 History, practical use, and resent uses of popcorn.  By Adam Juhl

 Popcorn was originally grown in Mexico but somehow it had spread globally through India, China and Sumatra years before the first European explorers arrived on North America's shores.  Popcorn was popped by throwing it on sizzling hot stones tended over a raging campfire. Naturally, as it popped it shot off in various directions. The game was to catch the popcorn and the reward was snacking on it.  Grains of popcorn over 1,000 years old were disvovered on Peru's east coast. Preservation methods of the Peruvian Indians was so advanced that 1,000 years later, this corn still pops.  The colonists loved popcorn so much they served it with sugar  and cream for breakfast. This was the very first puffed Breakfast cereal.

 Popcorn is mainly used as a snacking food.  Popcorn, threaded onto a string, is used as a wall or Christmas tree decoration in some parts of North America.

 World Records › The world's largest popcorn ball was unveiled in October 2006 in Lake Forrest, Illinois. It weighed 3,415 pounds measured 8 feet in diameter, and had a circumference of 24.6 feet (8 m).  Popcorn Balls  The Boy Scouts of America sell popcorn door-to-door as a primary fundraiser, similar to Girl Scout Cookies.  Popcorn Chicken