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A Long History

2008.04.21

"The earliest popcorn ever found is believed to be 4,000 years old. They were found in the Bat Cave of New Mexico, USA —1948-50. "

"Charles Cretors, founder of C. Cretors and Company in Chicago, introduced the world's first mobile popcorn machine at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Scientific American reported: "This machine...was designed with the idea of moving it about to any location where the operator would be likely to do a good businesss. The apparatus, which is light and strong, and weighing but 400 or 500 pounds, can be drawn readily by a boy or by a small pony to any picnic ground, fair, political rally, etc. and to many other places where a good business could be done for a day or two."

"When moving pictures became the rage and movie houses opened across the country, the street vendors of popcorn would rent space outside the theaters and sell bags of popcorn to movie ticket buyers."

A local organic food store hosted a tasting last Saturday. I ended up being a great taster—tried everything and bought several items.

We bought three ears of corn on the cob popcorn. Because I thought the almost popped cob made for a good photo shoot I took it out before the popping finished. (We still had a huge bowl of delectable popped corn).

42 Comments

These are awesome sir! Awesome info about some of the earliest known ears of popcorn. This looks delicious enough to eat!

MHJphotos · 2008-04-21: 20:00

great job- your making my hungry!~ R

urmysunshine · 2008-04-21: 20:13

fantasic close up .one of my favourit.sweet and sower .in india known as tapari

mojaroo · 2008-04-21: 20:49

nice goin linda! this is really cool...i have never seen popcorn on the cob before!

sunshineand · 2008-04-21: 20:50

wow ..never seen this .. it did make amazing photos and I love the last one ..so so clear ... thanks for the history but why was it found in a cave?

Lindyart · 2008-04-21: 20:58

I've never seen popcorn on the cob before either..... but it makes a fantastic photo!

Carley · 2008-04-21: 21:18

Great info, great pics.

joycephotography · 2008-04-21: 22:06

I've never tried it on the cob - looks interesting!

kangshung · 2008-04-21: 22:17

Thanks for sharing the great pictures and information. I've never seen popcorn on the cob. I like the close-ups.

cobaltbutterfly · 2008-04-21: 22:44

I've not seen that before. Cool. I liked the part about how the cart could be pulled by a boy or a small pony. Funny.

vollenda · 2008-04-22: 00:38

great set!

kyira · 2008-04-22: 02:43

well done shots!
PS. I do not like popcorn as well as pop music :)

openbelarus · 2008-04-22: 04:25

Great! Fascinating little bit of history and lovely pictures.

Robertthebob · 2008-04-22: 04:46

mantis28 · 2008-04-22: 05:57

Tremendous photos! Love the first one! Neverseen it on the cob before.Thanks for the info!

glennis · 2008-04-22: 06:54

Great history. Love the last image.

rolpa · 2008-04-22: 07:17

that very interesting story and great shots too
Thanks for always sharing

OC110481 · 2008-04-22: 07:25

Absolutely stunning macro, Lynda... it looks like jewellery in the last shot... I've never seen corn from such a detailed and fine perspective. Your posts continue to amaze me :)

Peche · 2008-04-22: 08:44

perfect macro....great infos..
love the details n tone colour...well done...

MIRWAN · 2008-04-22: 10:38

Very interesting info. I love popcorn!

Beagles3 · 2008-04-22: 10:39

parcel me ...plzzz

ashishsamdariya · 2008-04-22: 14:49

Great set !!!

Gwadannie · 2008-04-22: 16:15

fantastic story and set of photos

storytaylor · 2008-04-22: 17:05

Thanks for the history. That popcorn makes for great pictures. It looks yummy too.

We grew popcorn one year and tried this with the kids when they were little. It beats shelling it all before popping.

oldbabe · 2008-04-22: 19:55

Great macros!
Thank you for the history.

leocheung · 2008-04-23: 00:21

I think the popcorn we had at the movies last week was from the Bat Cave!! Great images.

basisimages · 2008-04-23: 09:25

I've never seen popcorn actually on the cob like that..going to show the kids this one.

Lizzi · 2008-04-23: 15:34

Great story! Fantastic set!

somogyvari · 2008-04-23: 17:26

I've never seen them like that, but your photos are so nice that I 'd like to taste it :-))) !!!

domino · 2008-04-24: 03:53

Beautifully presented, it looks delicious, j'en ai l'eau à la bouche !
Great maco and tempting set !

carmitage · 2008-04-25: 08:11

What a Nice Macrography

zohrepix · 2008-04-25: 13:12

call me stupid..or ignorant Lynda but ive never seen popped corn on the cob like this so thanks for enlightening me. It really does make for some interesting shots. Last one is great.

focussed · 2008-04-26: 09:10