popcorn

Popcorn (popped corn, popcorns or pop-corn) is a variety of corn kernel, which expands and puffs up when heated.
A popcorn kernel's strong hull contains the seed's hard, starchy endosperm with 14–20% moisture, which turns to steam as the kernel is heated. Pressure from the steam continues to build until the hull ruptures, allowing the kernel to forcefully expand from 20 to 50 times its original size—and finally, cool.Some strains of corn (taxonomized as Zea mays) are cultivated specifically as popping corns. The Zea mays variety everta, a special kind of flint corn, is the most common of these.
The six major types of corn are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.

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  1. TastyReuben

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    Popcorn

    Mr SSOAP adores sweet and salty popcorn. It's been a permanent fixture since I've known him and something he eats regularly (oh well at least it's full of soluble fibre) but sweet and salty is not a thing in Spain. You can buy popcorn, just not the sweet and salty flavour he loves. So I've had...
  3. TastyReuben

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  4. TastyReuben

    Popcorn!

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  5. TastyReuben

    Recipe Frenchified Popcorn

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  6. Markus-O

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  7. Herbie

    Popcorn

    Does this thread live here? So, it's Saturday night and we are settled down with popcorn and a film. We usually have salted popcorn. How about you? Sugar? Caramel? Salt? Cheese? Spice? Give me ideas (savoury for me, please).
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