Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Popcorn

Popcorn is a type of corn which explodes from the kernel and puffs up when heated. Corn popping was originally discovered by Native Americans, but became popular as a snack food. It actually became very popular during the great depression of the United States that is why it’s very known that popcorn is usually eaten while watching movies in cinemas or theatres.

Why does corn pop??
Corn is able to pop because, unlike other grains, its kernels have a hard but moisture sealed hull and a dense starchy filling. This allows the pressure to build inside the kernel until explosive “pop” results.
There are many techniques for popping corn. The biggest example is the popcorn machines which were invented by Charles Cretors in the 19th Century. Many types of small-scale home methods for popping corn also exist, with the most popular being put in a bag and hated in the micro-wave.

As a snack food, popcorn has both good and bad scales. Some consider it to be a health food, while others caution against it for a variety of reasons. It is has also been stated that having one pack of popcorn is equivalent to having 3 big burgers.
At the end there is one thing that we all can not disagree on, pop corn tastes good.

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