Popcorn, The Colonists’ Favorite Breakfast Cereal
Popcorn was a popular snack over 5,600 years ago and still a favorite snack in 2011. It is estimated that Americans eat one billion pounds of popcorn each year. Its popularity stems from the fact that it is cheap, quick to make and low in calories.
This golden kernel of corn has a very long and rich history. Indian tribes used popcorn both as a food, a ceremonial decoration and one of the first foods they introduced to the colonists. It is thought that the Wampanoag tribe introduced popcorn to the colonists at the first Thanksgiving dinner. Read More »


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