One method of popping corn involved shewering an ear of corn
on a stick and roasting it until the kernels popped off the ear
Corn was also popped by first cutting the kernels off the cob, throwing them into a fire , and gathering them as they popped out of the fire .
in a final method for popping corn, sand and unpopped kernels of corn were mixed together in a cooking pot and heated until the corn popped to the surface of the sand in the pot

this traditional Native American dish was quite a novelty to newcomers to the Americas
Columbus and his sailors found natives in the west Indies wearing
popcorn necklaces , and explorer Hetnando Cortes described the use
of popcorn amulets in the religious ceremonies of the Aztecs, according to legendary descriptions of the celebratory meal , Quadequina , the brother of Chief Massasoit , contributed several deerskin bags of popcorn to the celebration

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