Dreams e hoʻokō maoli - e nīnau wale iā Danny lāua ʻo Shelly Jameson nāna i hoʻomaka ʻo Saratoga Chips mai kahi lumi i hope o ko lāua hale ʻehā mau makahiki i hala aku nei a ua kūʻai aku iā ia i nā mea hoʻopukapuka e mālama ʻole nei iā Jameson, akā loaʻa nā hoʻolālā e lawe i ka inoa āpau āpau. .
"Maopopo iā ʻoe kēlā ʻōlelo ʻelemakule inā makemake ʻoe i kahi mea lawa e hoʻokuʻu a inā ʻo ia ke kumu e hoʻi ia iā ʻoe?" wahi a Danny Jameson. "ʻ,, ʻo ia nō ka mea i hana ʻia iā mākou."
Ua wehewehe ʻo Jameson ua lilo kā lākou hui i mea kūleʻa a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokō hou i kāna mau koi ulu, no laila ua hoʻoholo lākou e nānā no kahi mea kūʻai aku e hiki ke hoʻonui iā ia a lawe i ka ʻoihana kahi e pono ai.
"Aloha nui mākou i kēia ʻoihana, akā ʻaʻohe a mākou kumuwaiwai e pono ai e hoʻokuʻu iā ia i kahi pae aʻe," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Jameson o Saratoga Specialities e hana ana i nā ʻāpana kaulana i ka pahu polū. "ʻAʻole mākou i makemake e kuleana mākou i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana ia mea."
No laila, i mea e hoʻopukapuka ai i ka ʻoihana no ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana, ua ʻimi ʻo Jameson i mau hoa hoʻopukapuka ʻike i ka ʻoihana kūʻai pūʻolo huahana, akā ʻo wai hoʻi e haʻalele i ka wahi o ka ʻoihana ma Saratoga Springs.
E hoʻokomo i nā mea hoʻopukapuka ʻo Jim Schneider lāua ʻo Joe Boff i kamaʻāina pū me Saratoga a me nā wahi e pili ana. Noho ʻo Schneider ma Spa City i ka wā i pelekikena ʻo Beech Nut Nutr Corp. ke neʻe lākou i Fulton County - ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia mai ia manawa mai; he ona a kahu holoholona no New York.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jameson ua hoʻoholo kāna wahine a ua iho ʻo ia iā Saratoga Specialities ma 2009 ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻole o ka hana. He loea ʻo Jameson ʻo ia ʻo Department of Defense a ʻike iā ia iho me ka ʻole o kahi hana i ka loli o ka pelekikena o ka pelekikena.
ʻAʻole makemake e nānā i hope a uē kūpono ʻole, ua ʻimi ʻo Jamesons i kahi ala e kāohi ai i kā lākou wā e hiki mai ana, uku i kā lākou pila a hānai i kā lākou keiki.
ʻO kahi huakaʻi serendipitous i Canfield Casino e hoʻomaka i kahi manaʻo a hoihoi hope i ka Saratoga Chip kumu.
"Ua hele mākou i Canfield Casino a ma laila e kau ana ma ka paia kahi pahu Saratoga Chip kumu," i wehewehe ai ʻo Jameson. "No laila ua nīnau wau e pili ana i kona mōʻaukala."
Ua ʻike ʻo Jameson ua hana mua ʻia nā ʻāpana i ʻAukake 1853 ma Moon's Lake House ma Saratoga i ke ahiahi i kauoha ʻia kahi mākaʻi i kaʻuala palai me kāna ʻai. Akā ʻaʻole hauʻoli ka mea ʻaina me kaʻuala i loaʻa iā ia, ke namunamu he mānoanoa lākou, no laila hoʻihoʻi ʻo ia iā lākou i ka lumi kuke.
ʻO ka mea kuke ma ka hale ʻaina ʻo George Crum, ka mea i ʻike ʻia no kāna ʻano kāhiko. ʻO ka huhū e hōʻino kekahi i kāna kuke ʻana a hoʻihoʻi i ka meaʻai, ʻokiʻoki ʻo Crum i kahi hui o ka pepa ʻuala lahilahi, kālua iā lākou i loko o ka aila i hoʻolapalapa ʻia i kahi ʻano crispy a paʻakai liʻiliʻi iā lākou. ʻO ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e lilo i "stn ornery stunt" i lilo i mea hoʻokūkū koke - ua makemake ka mea ʻaina fussy a me kāna mau hoaaloha i nā ʻuala crunchy a hoʻomaka i ka haʻi ʻana i kā lākou mau hoaaloha a puni ka Hikina ʻĀkau e pili ana iā lākou. Ua kapa koke ʻia nā ʻāpana ʻo Saratoga Chips. I ka haʻalele ʻana o George Crum iā Moon's Lake House, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hale ʻaina ponoʻī i kapa ʻia ʻo Crum's House a ua waiho ʻo ia i mau hīnaʻi nui o ka Saratoga Chips ma kēlā me kēia pākaukau.
ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o Saratoga Chips i nā hale ʻaina ma uka a ma lalo o ka East Coast o ʻAmelika.
Ua loli kēlā mau mea āpau, ua wehewehe ʻo Jameson, i ka makahiki 1920, ʻo Herman Lay, ka mea i kipa aku iā Saratoga i ke kauwela, hele mai i ke kaona a ʻono i ka ʻuala crispy. I kona wā i hoʻi ai i Georgia ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻokolohua me nā ala e streamline i ke kaʻina hana, i ka hopena ua haku ʻo ia i ka mīkini ʻuala potato a me ka ʻōnaehana belt conveyor e pono ai e hana i nā ʻāpana.
"Akā, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi pilikia kūʻai," wahi a Jameson. "Ua kapa ʻia lākou ʻo Saratoga Chips a ʻaʻole ʻike nā poʻe āpau o ka ʻāina i ka Saratoga a no laila ua kāhea ʻo ia iā lākou he mau ʻuala."
Hoʻopau koke nā ʻāpana i hana nui ʻia iā Saratoga Chips mai kā lākou ʻoihana a lilo lākou i ʻāpana o ka wā i hala.
"ʻO ia kaʻu i nīnau ai i kahi nīnau maʻalahi," wahi a Jameson. "No ke aha, ma muli o ka mōʻaukala, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku i kahi Saratoga Chip?"
Ke hoʻokumu nei i kā lākou hui ma ka ʻEhā o Iulai i 2009 ma ke ʻano he ala pilikino e haʻi ai i ko lākou kūʻokoʻa mai ka hana ʻole, ua hoʻolauna hou ʻo Jameson i ka Saratoga Chip i ka ʻāina ma ka pahu lawe mua o Moon Lake.
ʻOiai paʻakikī i ka wā mua i ka hoʻokele waiwai e ulu pono ai ka ʻoihana, mālama ka wahine i ka ʻoihana a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā wahi mākeke kūloko. Akā aia lākou i kahi kū me ka ʻole o nā kumuwaiwai e kūʻai aku iā ia ma mua o kekahi mau haneli mile.
ʻO ia kahi i komo ai ʻo Schneider lāua ʻo Boff.
Ke hele nei i kahi ʻaelike me nā Jamesons ma ke kūʻai ʻana mai o ka ʻoihana, ua kapa hou ka poʻe hoʻopukapuka i ka hui ʻo Saratoga Chips a noi aku i nā Jameson ʻelua e noho ma luna - ʻo Danny ka hope pelekikena o nā hana a e hoʻomau ʻo Shelly i ka mālama ʻana i ka waihona puke o ka hui.
"Ua hauʻoli wau a me Shelly e noho me kā mākou hoʻoilina a ʻike i kā mākou ʻike i ʻike ʻia me nā huahana i kūʻai hope ʻia aku i nā hale kūʻai ma waena o ka ʻāina," wahi a Jameson.
Ua hele aku ka hui mai kahi hana ʻehā e hoʻohana ai i nā mea kūʻai aku o Saratoga Bridges a me ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i kahi luna CFO hou a me ka ʻāpana. Ua hoʻoneʻe lākou i nā hana i kahi hale kūʻai ma Ferry Road.
Hoʻomau ʻo ia, me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana he ʻano hou kā Saratoga Chips, a me kekahi mau mea ʻono hou a ma hope iho ua hoʻomoe ʻia nā loina maʻamau.
"Ua hana mākou i kekahi mau hoʻololi ʻōpala," wahi a Jameson. "Ma waena o kahi mile he 75 mile, ʻike ka poʻe āpau i ka pahu polū, akā ma waho o kēlā pae, ʻike ka poʻe āpau iā Saratoga Springs no kāna heihei holoʻokoʻa."
ʻO ia, wahi a ia, ʻo ia ka mea a lākou e manaʻo ai e lilo nā chips i mea kaulana.
"Ua hoʻāʻo mākou e kau i kahi ikaika mākeke kūlohelohe - e hoʻouna i kēlā leka e hoʻopili pū i ka ipukukui a me kahi i hoʻomaka ai me ka heihei ʻana a me nā ʻōpala," wahi a Jameson, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana e ʻimi mua ka hui i nā mākeke hou ma Nu Ioka. Kahi kaona ma mua o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hikina i Bosetona a i ke komohana i Rochester. "E hōʻike pono ana nā ʻeke hou i kahi waiwai i nā wahi o ka ʻāina — nā lio a me nā heihei lio."
E hoʻolauna pū ana lākou i kahi hou hou i ka mākeke.
"Ma mua o ka hopena o ka makahiki, hoʻolālā ʻo Saratoga Chips e hoʻolauna i kahi laina o nā kuʻi kuʻi lima i hana ʻia e Chef David Britton o ka Downtown City Tavern ma Glens Falls," wahi a Jameson. "ʻO David ma mua me ka Pūnaewele Mea ʻai a ua hana ʻo ia i kahi o nā kūpenu a me nā mea kuke kuke. E uku nui ʻia kēia mau mea a loaʻa i nā supermarkets a pau. ”
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Schneider ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka ʻoihana.
"Ua hauʻoli [mākou] i ka holomua a ka hui i hana ai mai kona wā i loaʻa ai a hauʻoli mākou e noho ana ʻo Danny lāua ʻo Shelly," wahi a Schneider. "E hoʻonui koke ana mākou i nā mākeke hou ma waho o ka Capital Region a hoʻolauna i nā mea ʻono hou ʻelua, ʻo Honey Barbeque a me Rosemary Garlic, me kā mākou Saratoga Chip kaulana."
No kā lākou mau moemoeā e kūʻokoʻa a hoʻihoʻi mai i ka Saratoga Chip kaulana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Jameson ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hauʻoli a hauʻoli paha i nā hanana hou.
"ʻO ka mea pīhoihoi loa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kālā, aia i nā hoa hou nā waiwai a me ka ʻike e hoʻokō ai i kēia mau moeʻuhane," wahi a Jameson.