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"Mushroom"-shaped popcorn, left, is less fragile and less tender than "butterfly"-shaped, right. In the popcorn industry, a popped kernel of corn is known as a "flake". Two shapes of flakes are commercially important. "Butterfly" (or "snowflake") [34] flakes are irregular in shape and have a number of protruding "wings". "Mushroom" flakes are ...
Popcorn went from the occasional kitchen-intensive family treat into a handy snack people could make in a few minutes and eat every day. "We transformed overnight from grain handlers into food ...
The humble popcorn has a very long and fascinating history.
Screaming Yellow Zonkers was a popcorn snack food, produced and marketed by Lincoln Snacks in the United States from 1969 to 2007, with subsequent limited editions. Zonkers were noted for the bold graphics and funny text of their packaging.
A popcorn "cannon" seen in Taiyuan, China. In the 1930s, Anderson’s invention was adapted as the Chinese Popcorn cannon. [6] Anderson's invention was designed for industrial food manufacturing, and unsuitable for street vendors. [7] The device is a teardrop-shaped pressure cooking pot. [8] The history of grain-puffing in Asia remaines ...
A painting on the wall of an Egyptian tomb near Luxor displays a 4,000 year-old recipe for baking bread. Journalist William Sitwell's first book, A History of Food in 100 Recipes, tells the story ...
The Rueckheim brothers produced a new recipe, including popcorn, peanuts, and molasses, and first presented it to the public at the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago's first World's Fair) in 1893. The molasses of this early version was too sticky. [9] 1918 Cracker Jack ad, asking readers to enlist in the Navy.
He first began his popcorn business in the basement of his home in Schaller, Iowa, with the help of his son Howard. [2] Business was so successful that he immediately built a crib in 1914 and a shelling and cleaning building in 1915. [3] A wrapper sleeve from the company from 1926. A major concern in the early history of the popcorn industry ...