Its been many years since popcorn first made its inception and it is still going strong. Popcorn has been enjoyed by our grandparents, parents, and even great grandparents. It has been said that American actually eat over sixteen billion quarts of popcorn each and every year. I wrote this article to talk about the many interesting facts of popcorn and popcorn cookers.
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Maple syrup is considered as a common sweetener for breakfasts and desserts. However, many people don’t know certain interesting facts about it such as the methods in producing it and its several types.
Maple syrup production is indeed an interesting process, and it all begins in a sugar bush, which is a term used to describe a maple syrup farm. In this location, sugar maple trees or black maple trees are cultivated. Manufacturers of maple syrup have chosen the two aforesaid kinds of maple trees as they contain the maximum amount of sugar. Normally during February, March, and April, maple trees produce sap, which is collected by plastic pipelines that are attached to specific parts of the trees. The pipes send the maple sap to a large container, which is then transported to a sugarhouse. Once in the sugarhouse, the sap will be placed in a tank that has valves, which lead to a flat pan called an evaporator. The evaporator will boil down the sap so much that a large amount of water in it is lost and it would turn into a syrupy substance, which is the final product. With regard to its main producers, Canada provides around 80% of the world’s maple syrup, most of it made in the province of Quebec. In the United States, Vermont is the biggest maple syrup producer.
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Popcorn and Online Movies – A Yummy History
Long before movie goers found that popcorn and movies go together like Bogie and Bacall, popcorn was being enjoyed by our cave dwelling ancestors.
Imagine eating a snack that’s well over 5,000 years old!
Eatin’ Popcorn In A Cave
Way back when, someone was apparently munching some popcorn in a cave in what is now New Mexico. They didn’t finish their snack and some 5,600 years later, what might be the world’s oldest popcorn was discovered.
But while 5,600 years is old indeed, it can’t begin to compare to the oldest corn pollen ever discovered. After digging for long forgotten goodies some 200 feet below Mexico City, archaeologists unearthed fossilized corn pollen dating back some 80,000 years.
1000 Years Fresh?
And a single kernel of popped popcorn believed to be around 1,000 years old was found in a cave in Utah. Did you know that popped popcorn can still look fresh after a very long period… But it would probably taste stale, right?
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