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Find out how healthy the summer staple really is. ... She adds: "Whole forms, like popcorn and corn on the cob, offer more nutrients and fiber than refined products like corn syrup or cornmeal."
Conopholis americana, the American cancer-root, bumeh or bear corn, is a perennial, [3] non-photosynthesizing (or "achlorophyllous") parasitic plant.It is from the family Orobanchaceae and more recently from the genus Conopholis but also listed as Orobanche, native but not endemic to North America.
Old popcorn tends to dry out, lowering the yield. [citation needed] When the popcorn has finished popping, sometimes unpopped kernels remain. Known in the popcorn industry as "old maids", [31] these kernels fail to pop because they do not have enough moisture to create enough steam for an explosion. Re-hydrating prior to popping usually results ...
Field corn is a North American term for maize (Zea mays) grown for livestock fodder (silage and meal), ethanol, cereal, and processed food products.The principal field corn varieties are dent corn, flint corn, flour corn (also known as soft corn) which includes blue corn (Zea mays amylacea), [1] and waxy corn.
Flint corn (Zea mays var. indurata; also known as Indian corn or sometimes calico corn) is a variant of maize, the same species as common corn. [1] Because each kernel has a hard outer layer to protect the soft endosperm, it is likened to being hard as flint, hence the name. [2]
Corn on the cob is a culinary term for a cooked ear of sweet corn eaten directly off the cob. [1] The ear is picked while the endosperm is in the "milk stage" so that the kernels are still tender. Ears of corn are steamed, boiled, or grilled usually without their green husks, or roasted with them.
A national pastime. On a recent Sunday morning here in South Minneapolis, a decades-long father-son tradition continued at the Riverview Theater, a single-screen cinema nestled among century-old ...
The internet’s go-to homepage is popping off today. On Sept. 25, Google published its latest Doodle celebrating the worldwide appeal of popcorn. In addition to the art viewable on its homepage ...