Popcorn

Popcorn
	Unpopped corn
	Popped corn
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperm
(unranked):	Monocot
(unranked):	Commelinid
Order:	Poale
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Zea
Species:	Z. mays
Subspecies:	Z. m. everta
Trinomial name
	Zea mays everta;

Popcorn is a snack food made by heating certain kinds of corn. There is a small amount of water inside the seeds, which causes them to explode. When the seed shell breaks a sharp noise is made. The name "pop" is because of this noise. After it pops it is white and fluffy.

Popcorn being cooked inside an microwave oven

Salt and melted butter are often added to popcorn. Sometimes caramel and other flavors are melted and mixed into the popcorn.

Popcorn is a popular food to eat at the cinema.

Kernel choking

Many accidents of choking on popcorn kernels were reported.^[1] This is because the popcorn kernel does go into the airway and throat, and gets stuck. Many people want other people to take kernels out of the popcorn for children.^[2]

Pre-popped and home popped

Popcorn that is already popped when you buy it is usually tastier and puffyer than just buying popcorn kernals and popping them with a microwave

Popcorn Media

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Specimen of Zea mays everta
An ear of popcorn grown in an Oklahoma organic garden
The sequence of a kernel popping
An in-home hot-air popcorn maker
Popcorn street vendor, Dōng Gǎng Lù road, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China (东岗路, 太原, 山西, 中国). The popping kettle is visible in black at the center of the picture.
"Mushroom"-shaped popcorn, left, is less fragile and less tender than "butterfly"-shaped, right.
Popcorn grown in Mozambique and sold in the marketplace
Movie theater popcorn in a bucket
Gangnaengi, Korean popcorn

References

https://www.nasimahealth.com/carbs-in-popcorn/ Archived 2020-06-11 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "2-Year-Old Chokes on Popcorn, Family Begs World to Take Warning". 23 November 2016.

[2] "Mom warns about dangers of popcorn after toddler accidentally inhales kernels".

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