Originally Posted By Darkbeer <a href="http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20041102/NEWS/111020005" target="_blank">http://www.summitdaily.com/art icle/20041102/NEWS/111020005</a> >>Popcorn is one of America's truly native foods. The oldest ear of popcorn, discovered some 55 years ago in a bat cave in New Mexico, is thought to be around 4,000 years old. Popcorn was an important food of the Aztec Indians. It was also an integral part of their ceremonies, often used to decorate ceremonial headdresses, necklaces and statues of their gods, including Tlaloc, the god of rain and fertility. Today, Americans eat 54 quarts of popcorn per person per year. And while movies and popcorn seem to go together, theaters are not the largest users of popcorn. About 70 percent is purchased by consumers at retail stores in raw or popped form and eaten at home.<<
Originally Posted By Elderp I've seen Tlaloc represented many ways. In Chapultepec Park there is a fountain with all his representations. Anyhow, I have never seen him with popcorn. Corn yes, popcorn no. Me thinks someone has been watching the corn video at the Tortilla Factory one too many times. Maizeca!!!
Originally Posted By mrichmondj But the Dole Whip is native to Disneyland! Nothing more Mickey Mouse than a Dole Whip! Who wants a snack you can get just about anywhere?
