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the only snack that explodes itself into existence at 350 degrees of pure ambition
means Corn kernels that burst into fluffy white morsels when heated, eaten as a snack — especially at movies.
from A plain American compound of "pop" (the bursting sound, itself imitative — the word literally sounds like the thing it names) and "corn," the New World grain. The exploding-corn trick is genuinely ancient: Indigenous peoples of the Americas were popping maize for thousands of years before Europeans arrived, the kernels' hard moisture-trapping hulls doing the same steam-pressure magic then as now. The snappy English name itself is a 19th-century coinage, blooming alongside the kernels at fairs and, later, cinema lobbies.
- launch speed
- Kernels can jump three feet when they pop
- the pressure
- Bursts at roughly 135 pounds per square inch
- ancient snack
- Popped kernels found are over 5,000 years old
- moisture trick
- Needs exactly 14 percent water inside to pop
- survivor kernels
- Unpopped duds are nicknamed old maids and spinsters
orville redenbacher — american popcorn brand founded 1971, world's best-selling premium popcorn
garrett popcorn shops — chicago-based popcorn company established 1949, famous for caramel corn mix
fair park popcorn festival — annual dallas event celebrating popcorn with dozens of flavored varieties