Popcorn
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Popcorn is a variety of corn kernel which expands and puffs up when heated. The term also refers to the snack food produced by the expansion. It is one of the oldest snacks, with evidence of popcorn d
Popcorn Studio 2011
Popcorn up close salted and air popped
An early popcorn machine in a street cart, invented in the 1880s by Charles Cretors in Chicago.
Specimen of Zea mays everta
Flint corn
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Flint corn is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn. With less soft starch than dent corn, flint corn does not have the dents in each kernel from which dent corn gets its name. To protec
Popcorn
…then 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. Popcorn is one of six major types of corn, alongside dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, flour corn, and sweet corn. Corn…
Flint corn is named for its hard kernels, which typically come in a multitude of colors
Glass Gem Corn, an heirloom flint corn variety from Oklahoma
Boiled Visayan white corn, an heirloom flint corn variety from the Philippines