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Moment of Um

How does popcorn pop?

Moment of Um

American Public Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

If you’re a movie lover, a snack lover, or just a lover of things that go “POP!”, you might be wondering what makes a kernel of corn pop. We asked food scientist Dave Dominguez for the deets on this tasty treat.


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0:00.0

From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of yum.

0:04.0

Moment of yum.

0:07.0

Um, um... um, um,

0:14.0

moment of um comes to you from APM studios. I'm Ruby Guthrie.

0:17.5

Happy Food Week. It's a whole week of delicious episodes leading up to Thanksgiving.

0:22.6

Um, hey, so glad you could come to the theater.

0:28.6

I just love seeing movies on the big screen.

0:31.6

You can't beat it. and I can't wait to see Duck Duck Ghost

0:35.7

3 return of the quack. I've heard it's even better than ducks in space.

0:41.0

Oh whoa whoa who, where are you going?

0:45.0

We can't go into the theater yet.

0:47.0

We've got to get snacks for, silly.

0:49.0

My tree, after all, you got the tickets.

0:52.0

But seriously, whatever you want, Cherry Slurpy, Junior Mintz, Twizzlers,

0:57.0

you name it, I got you.

0:59.0

Except if you're team Red Vines, I refuse to pay for chalky straws of so-called

1:04.1

licorish, but anything else fair game. Obviously I'm getting popcorn. You think

1:10.5

I'm going to come all the way to the movies and not get popcorn?

1:13.7

Get out of here.

1:14.7

Oh, wait, I was just kidding.

1:16.7

Stay and help me eat all of this popcorn.

1:19.5

Oh, look, they're making a fresh batch now! It's wild to think those hard little kernels transform into fluffy, crunchy, morsels of joy.

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