How long does unpopped popcorn last? Is it a good thing to keep on hand?
How long does unpopped popcorn last? Is it a good thing to keep on hand?
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I dry packed a 50 lb bag of popcorn about 10 yrs ago, we have one can left on the shelf now. The last can I opened about 6 months ago still popped just fine. I think the shelf life if dry packed is about 20 yrs.
I need to dry pack some more now that hubby has a job and I can afford to buy the popcorn and cans. Our ward has a can sealer and it is sitting at my house.
And as for a good thing to have....YES, it makes a wonderful treat and you can grind it for cornmeal
According to The Popcorn Book that I think I bought from Scholastic at least 24 years ago:
"Popcorn is the oldest of three main types of corn...was discovered by the Indian
people in the Americas many thousands of years ago...But popcorn is even older
than that. In a bat cave in New Mexico, archeologists found some popped corn that
was 5,600 years old...And 1000-year-old popcorn kernels were found in Peru that
could still be popped."
I've read if stored corn won't pop put it in a jar in the fridge with a tablespoon of water, then try again in a few days.
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I've got at least a hundred pounds of popcorn in my storage. Good question that I never bothered to ask.
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Thats a good question, i know popcorn depends on a certain amount of moisture to cause it to pop, probably depends on type of climate you live in.
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If old popcorn dries out so much that it won't pop, put a bout a table spoon full or so of water into a quart of popcorn and seal it in a plastic bag or jar for a few days. This rehydrates it so it will pop. I know this works because I have done it.
Someone gave me some 20+ year old nitrogen packed popcorn that had been stored with dessicant packs to feed to birds. It was too old to pop I was told. I did some research on the internet and found out about adding the water to make it pop.
I ate it and bought bird seed to feed the birds
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On a related note, i asked my wife about popping corn without the microwave or airpopper. She got the old fashioned one that sits by our woodstove(as a decoration) and started popping.
Worked really great with coconut oil...then some butter and salt.
The holes in lid work great since you can turn the whole thing over and shake out unpopped kernels bofore putting corn into a bowl
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