Popped Culture

by Smith, Andrew F.
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Smithsonian Inst Pr
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Summary

Andrew F. Smith investigates the flavorful myths surrounding the curious kernel's introduction, the reasons behind popcorn's unflagging popularity, and its ever-increasing success through a fortuitous association with new technologies, such as radio, movies, and microwaves.

Author Biography

Andrew F. Smith teaches culinary history at the New School University in Manhattan

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xix
PART I: HISTORY 1(164)
The Pop Heard 'Round the Americas
3(21)
Botanical Maize
5(3)
Archaeological Maize
8(6)
Historical Maize
14(3)
Pops Heard 'Round the World
17(1)
Popcorn in North America
18(6)
The Invention of Popcorn
24(14)
Wire-over-the-Fire Corn Poppers
27(4)
Literary Corn
31(2)
Why Does Popcorn Pop?
33(3)
The Healthy Snack
36(2)
Popcorn Children
38(14)
Holiday Corn
39(4)
Popcorn Boys
43(1)
Popcorn Parties
44(2)
Twentieth-Century Popcorn Children
46(4)
Popcorn Children Revisited
50(2)
Pop Cookery
52(16)
Popcorn Pudding and Flour
55(2)
Popcorn as a Breakfast Cereal
57(2)
Popcorn Balls
59(3)
Popcorn Cakes
62(1)
Popcorn Crisps and Crispettes
63(1)
Popcorn Candy
64(1)
Soups, Salads, and Entrees
65(3)
Early Pop Pros
68(31)
Growers
72(2)
Processors
74(7)
Vendors
81(2)
Prepared Popcorn Products
83(7)
Commercial Poppers
90(7)
The Invention of Snack Food
97(2)
The Popcorn Boom
99(25)
Motion Pictures
99(4)
Radio
103(3)
Popcorn Technology and Breeding
106(2)
Popping through World War II
108(3)
After the War
111(6)
A Global Business
117(2)
The Heyday of Movie Popcorn
119(2)
Television
121(3)
Pop Convenience
124(14)
TV Time Popcorn
125(1)
Jiffy Pop
126(2)
Microwave Popcorn
128(10)
Pop Mania
138(19)
The Popcorn King
138(6)
Gourmet Microwave Popcorn
144(1)
Popcorn Boutiques
145(2)
Popcorn Celebrations
147(2)
The Prepopped Surge
149(1)
Pop Food Revival
150(3)
Popping Devices
153(2)
Odds and Ends
155(2)
The End of Popcorn?
157(8)
A Healthy Snack?
157(3)
The Popcorn Processor's Shuffle
160(1)
Research and Breeding
161(1)
New Technologies
162(1)
The Global Marketplace
162(3)
PART II: HISTORICAL RECIPES 165(52)
Almond Nougat
168(1)
Balls
168(8)
Bars or Squares
176(2)
Best Evers
178(1)
Biscuits
179(1)
Bricks
179(1)
Brittle
179(1)
Cakes
180(2)
Canapes
182(1)
Candy
183(2)
Cereal
185(1)
Cheese and Nuts
186(1)
Chocolate-Covered Popcorn
186(1)
Cookies
187(1)
Corn-Nut Loaf
188(1)
Cornlets, Kornettes, and Dusky Maidens
188(1)
Cracker Jack
189(2)
Crisps and Crispettes
191(3)
Custard
194(1)
Cutlet
194(1)
Dainties
194(1)
Dates Stuffed with Popcorn
195(1)
Dressing
195(1)
Flake
195(1)
Fritters
196(1)
Fudge
196(1)
Hash
197(1)
Hunky-Dories
197(1)
Ice Cream
198(1)
Lace
199(1)
Macaroons
199(1)
Marguerites
200(1)
Mock Violets
201(1)
Muffins
201(1)
Nests
201(1)
Nuggets
201(1)
Omelets
202(1)
Pie
202(1)
Popcorn and Apples
203(1)
Popcorn and Bacon
203(1)
Popcorn and Macaroni
203(1)
Popcorn and Raisins
203(1)
Popcorn and Vegetables
204(1)
Popping Corn (Directions)
204(1)
Puddings
205(3)
Roast
208(1)
Rolls
208(1)
Salads
209(1)
Sandwiches
209(2)
Scrapple
211(1)
Smacks
211(1)
Soups and Accompaniments
211(2)
Stuffings
213(1)
Sugared Popcorn
213(1)
Tac-Tac
214(1)
Taffy
214(1)
Trifle
215(1)
Wafers
215(2)
Notes 217(32)
Select Bibliography and Resources 249(6)
General Works on Snack Food
249(1)
General Works on Maize
249(1)
Popcorn Books, Cookbooks, and Pamphlets
249(1)
Historical Catalogs and Advertising Brochures
250(1)
Agricultural Bulletins, Chapters, Circulars, and Journal Articles
251(2)
Children's Popcorn Books
253(1)
Selected Commercial Popcorn Businesses
253(1)
Other Resources
254(1)
Index 255

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