John Myers
Popcorn cannot be made from just any type of corn. Only puffed corn, also known as pearl corn, is suitable for making the snack.
Puffed corn is a type of corn that has high water content. At the same time, the shell of the corn kernel is very firm. When the grain is heated, the water it contains is converted into water vapor, which expands greatly and eventually causes the husk to burst. When the corn kernels pop up, the water evaporates immediately and causes the starch contained in the popcorn to foam up. This gives popcorn its typical white foamy appearance. Use the corn as a base for our caramel popcorn, for example.
Which oil is best for popcorn?
- High oleic oils.
- coconut fat, coconut oil.
- clarified butter.
- Palm oil (doubtful from an ecological point of view)
- Soybean Oil (No GMO)
- grapeseed oil.
Can you make popcorn out of feed corn?
In this way, enormous pressure builds up in the corn grain until it finally explodes. If the shell is too thin, a crack will just form somewhere, and that’s that. That’s why you can’t make popcorn out of regular feed corn. Eggs contain almost all vitamins except vitamin C and many minerals.
Which plant provides the basic ingredient for popcorn?
Popcorn corn, also called puffed corn, is just one variant of the many varieties and types, but it is a particularly tempting one. The corn plant itself is content with little space, is easy to care for, and carries masses of kernels on two to four cobs, so growing your own popcorn in the garden is really worthwhile.
What is the difference between corn and popcorn corn?
For the kitchen, sweet corn is harvested unripe, in the stage of milk maturity (the grains are still very soft). Popcorn corn is harvested later when the cobs are dry. The released grains are used for popcorn. Maize is a cross-pollinator, i.e. all maize types and varieties can interbreed.
Why doesn’t corn turn into popcorn?
Grains that don’t pop usually have small cracks in the shell – like in a balloon, the air can’t build up the necessary pressure. But what does that mean for the perfect popcorn from the pot? Very simple: the heat has to be added to the corn very steadily.
Which corn is not suitable for consumption?
Dent corn is a type of corn that is most commonly grown in the United States. Its strength is soft inside but hard inside. This corn is not offered for human consumption either but processed into animal feed.
