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Alcoholic beverages - Several fermented beverages were produced by Native Americans, such as Pulque, Tepache, Agave wine and Cauim. Some of these beverages have gained popularity in modern times, particularly in Mexico. [2] Almanacs – Almanacs were invented independently by the Maya peoples. Their culture arose, and presumably began using ...
A look at the history of popcorn beginning with the Iroquois Indians, who popped corn in clay jars.
[19] [20] Popcorn is an ingredient in Cracker Jack and, in the early years of the product, it was popped by hand. [19] An early popcorn machine in a street cart, invented in the 1880s by Charles Cretors in Chicago. Popcorn's accessibility increased rapidly in the 1890s with Charles Cretors' invention of the popcorn maker. Cretors, a Chicago ...
A hot-air home popcorn maker. A popcorn maker (also called a popcorn popper) is a machine used to pop corn. Since ancient times, popcorn has been a popular snack food, produced through the explosive expansion of kernels of heated corn . [1] Commercial large-scale popcorn machines were invented by Charles Cretors in the late 19th century. Many ...
Orville Clarence Redenbacher (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995) was an American food scientist and businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name which is now owned by Conagra Brands.
The city's fortunes ebbed as family-owned businesses gave way to corporations and the consolidation of American industry. But for 100 years, the American Pop Corn Co., and the Smith family that ...
C. Cretors & Company is an American manufacturing company, specializing in popcorn machines and other concessions equipment. It was established in 1885 with the invention of the first large-scale commercial popcorn machine to pop corn in oil. C. Cretors & Co. is in Wood Dale, Illinois and is still owned by the Cretors family.
Among pineapple-topped pizza (which has proven controversial even amongst Americans), ranch dressing and raw cookie dough, was buttered popcorn. Cut the collective internet freakout! Cut the ...