ACT II 100 Calorie Butter Microwave Popcorn
Here's to the perfect balance of butter, salt and flavor
Ingredients
Popcorn is a type of corn that expands when exposed to dry heat, and ultimately bursts (pops) open. It is a whole grain that is typically salted and/or buttered and eaten as a snack
Palm Oil
Oil obtained from the fruit of a palm tree which has a fatty acid content which is more stable at high heat than other vegetable oils.
Early Popcorn History
- The earliest evidence of popcorn was found in Peru and dates to 4700 BCE.
- It is believed that the first use of wild and early-cultivated corn was for popping.
- Ancient popcorn poppers—shallow vessels with a hole on the top and a single handle—have been found on the north coast of Peru and date back to the pre-Incan Mochica culture of about 300 AD.
- The English colonists were introduced to popcorn at the first Thanksgiving feast in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Quadequina, brother of the Wampanoag chief Massasoit, brought a deerskin bag of popped corn to the celebration as a gift.