Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://okok.essortment.com/whatisthehist_rsdt.htm" target="_blank">http://okok.essortment.com/wha tisthehist_rsdt.htm</a> >>The Indians of North and South America popped corn 2,000 years ago. Teenage girls today would most likely balk at wearing popcorn to the prom but Christopher Columbus, in 1492, observed West Indian natives wearing popcorn corsages as well as using popped corn to decorate ceremonial headdresses. Columbus noted in his memoirs that Indians sold popcorn to his sailors. Cortez, another European global explorer, wrote in his diaries Aztecs decorated ceremonial garb with popped corn. He noted it symbolized goodwill and peace and how the Aztecs made necklaces and other ornaments for the god's statues with the grain, especially that of the god Tialoc, the god of rain, fertility and maize (corn). An amazingly clear documentation of popcorn comes from an early account of a Spaniard. He records observations of a ceremony honoring the Aztec god watching over fishermen. "They scattered before him parched corn, called momchitl, a kind of corn that bursts when parched and discloses its contents and makes itself look like a very white flower; they said these were hailstones given to the god of water." French explorers, about 1612 in the Great Lakes region, made mention in their documents the use of popcorn by the Iroquois. This popcorn was popped in pottery with heated sand. The Frenchmen took part in an Iroquois dinner that included popcorn soup and popcorn beer. Popcorn was spreading through almost all tribes of North and South America by the time the Pilgrims arrived. Quadequina, a brother of Chief Massasoit of the Wampanoag tribe brought popcorn to the first Thanksgiving dinner in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Indians brought popcorn to many of the meetings with colonists as a goodwill gesture - kind of like their contribution to the potluck meal. << Did someone say Popcorn Beer???? Happy Thanksgiving to ALL!!!!
Originally Posted By LPFan22 ... and stuffing, and sweet potatoes, and green beans, and dinner rolls, and dessert!
Originally Posted By dsnyredhead Didn't Snoopy serve popcorn on the "Happy Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown" show?
Originally Posted By Darkbeer And since Disneyland has become home to the Nation's Pardoned Turkey, just another reason to vote for the Classic Snack, the snack that deserves to be honored during the 50th celebration... POPCORN is Happy Food!
Originally Posted By mrichmondj Popcorn just makes me think of a dreary, cold November day in New England. Yuck! The Dole Whip, however, makes me think of a tropical breeze on the island of Maui. What other snack transports you to such a fantastic location?
Originally Posted By cape cod joe Mrich-fyi "a cold November day in New England" is better than a nice day anywhere else, except Orlando, of course. That's why we live here.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer When I eat Popcorn, it takes me to Disneyland!!!! As much as I like Hawaii, Popcorn and Disneyland wins out!
