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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 02:44 PM
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The person who decided to explode kernels of corn was a genius.
And the person who decided to cover up those corn puffs with cheese deserves a Nobel Prize in culinary achievement.

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Little Wing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 02:45 PM
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1. Smartfood is incredibly fatty
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 02:46 PM
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2. Of course it is!
56% fat, to be exact.
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PVnRT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 02:46 PM
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3. I hope you enjoy the suffering those kernels go through
:sarcasm:
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montanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 03:30 PM
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4. Pure and simple genius. Well said. k/r
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 03:31 PM
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5. You can thank the Native Americans.
We call it "maize".
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 03:32 PM
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6. Anonymous Native American genius.
Of course, if the Native Americans were so smart, how come they didn't have flush toilets? :sarcasm:

That's a fairly common piece of right-wing bigotry.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 03:39 PM
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7. NA's also popped amaranth grains.
Edited on Tue Jan-09-07 03:41 PM by eppur_se_muova
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaranth#Cultivation_and_uses (sounds like the inspiration for Cracker Jack to me):

Several species are raised for amaranth grain in Asia and the Americas. Amaranth grain is a crop of moderate importance in the Himalaya. It was one of the staple foodstuffs of the Incas, and it is known as kiwicha in the Andes today. It was also used by the ancient Aztecs, who called it huautli, and other Amerindian peoples in Mexico to prepare ritual drinks and foods. To this day, amaranth grains are toasted much like popcorn and mixed with honey or molasses to make a treat called alegría (literally "joy" in Mexican Spanish).

Amaranth was used in several Aztec ceremonies, where images of their gods (notably Huitzilopochtli) were made with amaranth mixed with honey. The images were cut to be eaten by the people. This looked like the Christian communion to the Roman Catholic priests, so the cultivation of the grain was forbidden for centuries.

Because of its importance as a symbol of indigenous culture, and because it is very palatable, easy to cook, and its protein particularly well suited to human nutritional needs, interest in grain amaranth (especially A. cruentis and A. hypochondriaca) was revived in the 1970s. It was recovered in Mexico from wild varieties and is now commercially cultivated. It is a popular snack sold in Mexico City and other parts of Mexico, sometimes mixed with chocolate or puffed rice, and its use has spread to Europe and North America. Besides protein, amaranth grain provides a good source of dietary fiber and dietary minerals such as iron, magnesium, phosphorus, copper, and especially manganese.
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-09-07 03:44 PM
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8. I *LOVE* amaranth. My favorite grain by far.
Has the best flavor of any grain I've ever had.
:P
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