FriendlyRetiree t1_j0xmk9h wrote on December 20, 2022 at 4:07 AM

#978,755

5,600 years? Isn’t that how old Orville Redenbacher is?

AudibleNod t1_j0xmlcq wrote on December 20, 2022 at 4:07 AM

#978,757

Popmaize

RiceCakeAlchemist t1_j0xol89 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 4:25 AM

#978,904

One of my all time favorite snacks. Salty and greasy!

richpourguy t1_j0xpkb0 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 4:33 AM

#978,969

Whenever I eat popcorn and watch a movie I like to think of indigenous Americans thousands of years ago. Sitting by the fire listening to storytellers all the while munching on popcorn. It really makes me feel connected to the past.

ReluctantVoices OP t1_j0xtdxn wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:10 AM

#979,228

Replying to richpourguy (#978,969)

I am going to do that from now on now that I know! =-o

herbw t1_j0y7xn6 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 8:01 AM

#980,106

Corn and the remaining highly durable cobs are known to be far, far older. And as those are maize as well, means that popcorn is likely as old as the oldest corn fossils known.

Domestication by 10K yrs. ago. Existing as a species likely 20K years or more. It's NOT all about humans, but about where Teosinta came from and how old that very likely goes back, too. Corn likely originated 10K's of years before we humans came to North Am.

TeamGodzilla t1_j14oi0q wrote on December 21, 2022 at 5:22 PM

#996,820