Tag - corn

bowl of caramel popcorn
Deconstructing Recipes

The Science of Caramel Popcorn

Caramel popcorn is full of contrasts. Light, fluffy and airy inside with a dense outside, savory corn with a sweet, buttery caramel sauce. Vegetables + candy (yes, you’d almost forget corn is a vegetable). The...

January 12, 2021
8 min read
regular yellow corn and bloody butcher cornmeal
Comparing Ingredients

Sweet vs. Popcorn vs. Tortilla Corn

Grilled corn on the cob, cornbread, popcorn, corn tortillas, none of these would exist if there had been no corn. But did you know that they all rely on slightly different types of corn? There are a lot more corn...

October 28, 2020
8 min read
getting ready to make stovetop popcorn
Comparing processes

How to Make Stovetop & Microwave Popcorn

Humans have probably eaten some sort of popped corn for hundreds, if not thousands of years. Nevertheless, for a long time, I thought making your own popcorn would require all sorts of special equipment and advanced...

October 19, 2020
6 min read
freshly popped popcorn
Using ingredients

Why Does Popcorn Pop? – Popcorn Science

Whenever you’re popping corn, whether it’s in a microwave, or on the stovetop, your ears play a crucial role. At the start, the kernels are quiet, not a lot of going on and at some point, your start hearing...

October 14, 2020
8 min read