History Of Popcorn

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PROBLEM: Which brand of microwave popcorn produces the most popcorn and leaves the least amount of unpopped kernels? The microwave brands I tested were Pop Weaver Butter Flavor, Act II butter flavor and Orville Redenbacher Ultimate Butter. HYPOTHESIS: I predict that Orville Redenbacher brand will produce the most popped corn and leave the fewest kernels unpopped. The reason I believe this is because I feel like it is a more popular brand probably because of all of the advertising they do. BIBLIOGRAPHY: www.actii.com www.orvilleredenbacher.com www.popcorn.org www.popweaver.com www.wehow.com www.whatscookingamerica.net www.wisegeek.com ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Thanks to my mom for purchasing my project supplies. Also, thanks to my friend Alisha Sonner of Preston Farms, L.P. for the pictures of corn being grown and harvested in the fields. RESEARCH There are 3 types of corn: popcorn, field corn (the kind animals eat) and sweet corn that we often eat off of the cob. Most of the world’s popcorn is grown in the Midwest. Popcorn is planted much the same way as sweet corn, getting fertilized with nitrogen to provide growth of the corn. Unlike sweet corn, popcorn is allowed to mature and dry on the corn stalk. After it has dried, a combine harvests the ears and removes the stalks. Popcorn pops when the temperature reaches 400 degrees. An ancient way to pop corn was to heat sand in a fire and stir kernels in when the sand was heated. There are many ways popcorn can be popped. In a popcorn machine on wheels like the ones you usually can find at carnivals, air poppers which were popular in the 70’s, over campfires, on the stovetop in a pan with oil and now most commonly popped in the microwave. Popcorn is a cheap treat and was very popular in America during The Depression and World War 2. Sugar was sent overseas to American troops so there

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