Kurt Winkler, the director of the House of Brandenburg Prussia history, claims that this story is actually older and that it might even originate in France. We do know that he wanted to transform the potato from a dish that was just undesirable to something that was fit for a king. He would serve basically every kind of course that he did as part of a royal diner. And then he would consume them very loudly in front of his guests telling him like, "Oh my God, this is amazing"