Popcorn - popcorn (English spelling)

Japanese: ポップコーン - ぽっぷこーん(英語表記)popcorn
Popcorn - popcorn (English spelling)

A processed corn food, also known as puffed corn. Dried corn kernels are heated under pressure and then suddenly depressurized, causing the kernels to puff up. They can be eaten as is, or with salt, sugar, or butter flavoring. A typical snack in the United States, it is sold fresh at amusement parks and movie theaters. It has been on the market in Japan since 1957 (Showa 32). Popcorn is originally the name of a variety of corn, a popping variety. This variety puffs up just by heating it, without the need for pressure. Other varieties can also be made to puff up when pressurized.

[Tomomi Kono]

[Reference item] | Corn

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

トウモロコシの加工食品。パフドコーンともいう。乾燥したトウモロコシの子実を加圧しながら加熱し、急激に減圧すると組織が膨化する。これをこのまま、あるいは塩、砂糖、バター味で食べる。アメリカでの代表的なスナック菓子で、遊園地、映画館などでできたてを販売している。日本では1957年(昭和32)から発売された。ポップコーンとは本来トウモロコシの品種名で、爆裂種のことである。この品種は加圧しなくても加熱するだけで膨化する。加圧すると他の品種でも膨化させることができる。

[河野友美]

[参照項目] | トウモロコシ

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