Does anyone know any-thing/history about popcorn?!
Does anyone know any-thing/history about popcorn?
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S Does anyone know any thing/history about popcorn?
i need some history, who discovered, ect... on popcorn. like why is it benifitial to out society and stuff like that.
Thanks.
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Biblical accounts of "corn" stored in the pyramids of Egypt are misunderstood. The "corn" from the bible was probably barley. The mistake comes from a changed use of the word "corn," which used to signify the most-used grain of a specific place. In England, "corn" was wheat, and in Scotland and Ireland the word referred to oats. Since maize was the common American "corn," it took that name -- and keeps it today.
It is believed that the first use of wild and early cultivated corn was popping.
The oldest ears of popcorn ever found were discovered in the Bat Cave of west central New Mexico in 1948 and 1950. Ranging from smaller than a penny to about 2 inches, the oldest Bat Cave ears are about 4,000 years old.
Popcorn was integral to early 16th century Aztec Indian ceremonies. Bernardino de Sahagun writes: "And also a number of young women danced, having so vowed, a popcorn dance. As thick as tassels of maize were their popcorn garlands. And these they placed upon (the girls') heads."
In 1519, Cortes got his first sight of popcorn when he invaded Mexico and came into contact with the Aztecs. Popcorn was an important food for the Aztec Indians, who also used popcorn as decoration for ceremonial headdresses, necklaces and ornaments on statues of their gods, including Tlaloc, the god of rain and fertility.
An early Spanish account of a ceremony honoring the Aztec gods who watched over fishermen reads: "They scattered before him parched corn, called momochitl, a kind of corn which bursts when parched and discloses its contents and makes itself look like a very white flower; they said these were hailstones given to the god of water."
Writing of Peruvian Indians in 1650, the Spaniard Cobo says, "They toast a certain kind of corn until it bursts. They call it pisancalla, and they use it as a confection."
The use of the moldboard plow became commonplace in the mid-1800s and led to the widespread planting of maize in the United States.
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http://www.popcorn.org/encyclopedia/epan...
Last time i ate pop corn was like a week ago from astupid man who thought himself a cool guy ........ is that enough ohh yea i was with my freind at club ..!
Indians ate it
It used to be popped on the cob
It has a drop of water inside, that's why it pops
I'm pretty sure it was either the pilgrims are indians who knew how to make popcorn. When they came out with movie theaters people began selling the popcorn outside of the theater for snacks. The movie theaters eventually gave into this idea hired them into the theater and then into its own profit. and know we have overpriced movie snacks!
There are some ancient Mexican codex that shows how 700 or 800 years ago Aztecs use to prepare pop corn (they had also a Corn God), they use a "comal" (grill) and put the corn on and heat it, then it starts jumping.