Kettle Corn History And Popcorn History
Did you know that Popcorn is truly an American treat? That’s right, the very first popcorn was found in the Bat Cave (not Batman’s) in New Mexico in 1948. Guess how old it was. Try 5,600 years, and when they put some in hot oil, it popped!
Now fast forward to when the Pilgrims came over to Plymouth Rock.
William Bradford was the governor of the original Pilgrim Colony, founded at Plymouth in 1621. The colony was first organized on a communal basis, as their financiers required. Land was owned in common.
The Pilgrims farmed communally too, following the “from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs” precept.
The results were disastrous. Socialism didn’t work any better 400 years ago than it does today. By 1623, the colony had suffered serious losses due to malnutrition and disease. Starvation was imminent for the entire colony.
Bradford realized the communal system encouraged and rewarded waste, laziness, inefficiency, and destroyed individual initiative.
Desperate, he abolished it. He distributed private plots of land among the surviving Pilgrims, encouraging them to plant early and farm as individuals, not collectively. The results: a bountiful, early harvest that saved the colonies. After the harvest, the Pilgrims celebrated with a day of Thanksgiving on August 9th.
Popcorn was served by an Indian named Quadequina who brought a huge deerskin of Popped Corn to the Feast. From then on, we Americans were hooked on Popcorn.
There are accounts that it did not take long for those industrious Americans to add Sugar, Honey, and Molasses to the mix. And more than likely, there was some unsung Heroin of Kettle Corn. My hat is off to you dear, whoever you were.
The earliest written records for Kettle Corn were from the early 1700’s.
Kettle Corn is truly an American treat that goes back hundreds of years and you are now going to be able to make this wonderfully delicious American treat in your own kitchen, any time you like.
Now it is time to let you in on the Kettle Corn Secret! 
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