How does Popcorn pop into popcorn from corn?
seed to Spongy popcorn, how does that work?
Answers:
The folklore of some Native American tribes told of spirits who lived inside each kernel of popcorn. The spirits were quiet and content to live on their own -- but grew angry if their houses were heated. The hotter their homes became, the angrier they'd get -- shaking the kernels until the heat was too much. Finally they would burst out of their homes and into the air as a disgruntled puff of steam.
Each kernel of popcorn does contain a small drop of water stored inside a circle of soft starch. (That's why popcorn needs to contain 13.5 percent to 14 percent moisture.) The soft starch is surrounded by the kernel's hard outer surface.
As the kernel heats up, the water begins to expand, and pressure builds against the hard starch. Eventually, this hard surface gives way, causing the popcorn to explode.
As it explodes, the soft starch inside the popcorn becomes inflated and bursts, turning the kernel inside out. The steam inside the kernel is released, and the popcorn is popped!
Good Question. I think they get heated really fast and they pop
Hi i have never thought of that before but mayby cos they have something in them 2 make them pop or it is scienctific dunno this is wot ithink
its corn that is grown for popcorn so to speak.and they heat the kernels at a high rate of heat, keeping th kernels moving as not to burn them.think of jiffy pop pop-corn.only on a bigger scale.smiles
I think it is because the air inside the kernels expands vey quickly when heated, so it 'pops' the popcorn, revealing the inside.
Water inside the kernel.
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Answers:
The folklore of some Native American tribes told of spirits who lived inside each kernel of popcorn. The spirits were quiet and content to live on their own -- but grew angry if their houses were heated. The hotter their homes became, the angrier they'd get -- shaking the kernels until the heat was too much. Finally they would burst out of their homes and into the air as a disgruntled puff of steam.
Each kernel of popcorn does contain a small drop of water stored inside a circle of soft starch. (That's why popcorn needs to contain 13.5 percent to 14 percent moisture.) The soft starch is surrounded by the kernel's hard outer surface.
As the kernel heats up, the water begins to expand, and pressure builds against the hard starch. Eventually, this hard surface gives way, causing the popcorn to explode.
As it explodes, the soft starch inside the popcorn becomes inflated and bursts, turning the kernel inside out. The steam inside the kernel is released, and the popcorn is popped!
Good Question. I think they get heated really fast and they pop
Hi i have never thought of that before but mayby cos they have something in them 2 make them pop or it is scienctific dunno this is wot ithink
its corn that is grown for popcorn so to speak.and they heat the kernels at a high rate of heat, keeping th kernels moving as not to burn them.think of jiffy pop pop-corn.only on a bigger scale.smiles
I think it is because the air inside the kernels expands vey quickly when heated, so it 'pops' the popcorn, revealing the inside.
Water inside the kernel.
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