Popcorn!
This summer I grew some bantam popcorn, just for fun. The ears are tiny, about 3" or 4" long. Many of mine were even shorter due to incomplete pollination or maybe lack of water. But I still got lots and they're beautiful! They're colored like "Indian Corn" and some of them have purple husks.
The kernels are teensy tiny.
And when they're popped they're still teensy tiny! This popcorn has a great flavor. I put some salt on it and no butter. It's delicious. One nice surprise is that the kernels, being so small, have very thin hulls so even the old maids are easy to chomp on and eat. They don't hurt my teeth at all.
posted by Leslie @ 6:01 PM
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Neat, the penny really helps give some scale... tiny!
Thanks for the penny-scale! That's fantastic!
You'll need more heat to pop the penny...but I bet it would pop with some effort!
Cutest popcorn EVER. Now I want to grow some.
Duane, Kristl - it IS tiny.
Warren, why don't you get right on that and report back to us how it goes?
Ilex, the stalks are pretty small, about 5' tall I guess? They have one or two ears each on them. You're pressed for space but if you just HAD to have some, you could grow a bit.
I left the husks on some (but pulled back like in my first photo) and stuck a couple of them in my Christmas gift bags along with the tissue. It was a hit :) I don't know if anyone will bother popping it, but it generated a lot of interest.
*I* pop it - I like that I can chomp right down on it and it never hurts my teeth.
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