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Why Are Unpopped Popcorn Kernels Called Old Maids
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Celebrity quote: “Today the best popcorn pops twice as big as the popcorn of 50 years ago and leaves as little as one-fourth as many unpopped kernels, called old maids.”; -Joshua Foer, in the May 2005 issue of Discover Magazine;
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Experts Solve Mystery Of Unpopped Popcorn; Published - Apr 21 2005 09:28PM EDT || AP; INDIANAPOLIS(AP) Eat your way to the bottom of almost any bag of popcorn and there they are: the rock-hard, jaw-rattling unpopped kernels known as old maids.
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• Unpopped popcorn kernels are called "old maids". • Popcorn is one of the healthiest snacks there is. It is a whole grain food that is low in calories and fat, but is rich in carbohydrates. • Americans consume 17 billion quarts of popped popcorn annually, or 54 quarts per man, woman and child.
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Whether it's chips, pretzels, or popcorn, Americans love their snacks--especially if salty! Perhaps the first truly American salty snack was popcorn. But of all the salty treats we indulge in--pretzels, peanuts, corn chips--the potato chip is by far America's favorite snack, with annual sales in excess of $6 billion...
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The finding could lead to a better microwave popcorn variety with fewer, or no unpopped kernels, they say. ... Unpopped kernels, also called 'old maids', not only represent unnecessary costs on wastage, they can break teeth, destroy fillings and cause choking.
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Does anyone know what to call unpopped popcorn kernels left in the bag post-microwave? ... Back in Northport, Alabama, we called unpopped kernals "old maids". But, as the assumption behind the term implies, that was before microwave popcorn. Before microwaves.
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Besides being a nuisance, unpopped kernels, also called “old maids,” can break teeth, destroy fillings and cause choking. Manufacturers have tried to reduce the number of unpopped kernels through trial and error breeding of the better performing corn kernels, but the problem persists, especially in microwave popcorn.
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ASSORTED KERNELS OF POPCORN KNOWLEDGE ... -- Leftover unpopped kernels are called old maids. ... Workers exposed to the airborne chemical in plants making microwave popcorn have been diagnosed with a rare lung disease called bronchiolitis obliterans, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Unpopped kernels of popcorn has been called “old maids” since at least 1886. “Old bachelors” is a term that has sometimes been used for unpopped kernels, but the “old bachelors” version has never been as popular as “old maids.” ;
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