Philosophy
Orville Redenbacher
July 16th, 1907 to September 19th, 1995
Orville Redenbacher was an "American agronomist and popcorn business founder, born in Brazil, Ind., Popcorn King whose devotion to creating and promoting a fluffier, tastier popcorn turned him into a bow-tied advertising icon. His interest in popcorn blossomed early. It was the favorite snack on his family's farm, and Redenbacher grew it to earn extra spending money. In the early '40s, while managing a 12,000-acre farm where he was growing popcorn, Redenbacher and a friend, Charles Bowman, used the fields to experiment with corn hybrids from Purdue University. Several decades and 30,000 hybrids later, they introduced gourmet popcorn."
"My gourmet popping corn pops up lighter and fluffier than ordinary popping corn. Mine is blowing the top right off of the popper. Mine eats better too. Try my gourmet popping corn. You'll taste the difference or my name isn't Orville Redenbacher".
Orville Redenbacher [Wikipedia]
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Philosophy
Orville Redenbacher...colonel of the kernel
Orville RedenbacherJuly 16th, 1907 to September 19th, 1995
Orville Redenbacher was an "American agronomist and popcorn business founder, born in Brazil, Ind., Popcorn King whose devotion to creating and promoting a fluffier, tastier popcorn turned him into a bow-tied advertising icon. His interest in popcorn blossomed early. It was the favorite snack on his family's farm, and Redenbacher grew it to earn extra spending money. In the early '40s, while managing a 12,000-acre farm where he was growing popcorn, Redenbacher and a friend, Charles Bowman, used the fields to experiment with corn hybrids from Purdue University. Several decades and 30,000 hybrids later, they introduced gourmet popcorn.""My gourmet popping corn pops up lighter and fluffier than ordinary popping corn. Mine is blowing the top right off of the popper. Mine eats better too. Try my gourmet popping corn. You'll taste the difference or my name isn't Orville Redenbacher".
Orville Redenbacher [Wikipedia]
- How Contextual Is Taste?
There is no doubt that taste is not directly accessed, but is influenced by all sorts of other factors. The question is how sensitive taste really is to that which has nothing to do with chemistry, physics, or biology. My kids, like all kids, insist that...
- "nanny" Legislation Again?
Will we see warning labels on a can of Planters' Cocktail Peanuts? "Labels Urged for Food That Can Choke" by Laurie Tarkan May 24th, 2010 The New York Times On a July afternoon in 2006, Patrick Hale microwaved a bag of popcorn for his two young...
- Deceased--[walter] Fred Morrison
[Walter] Fred Morrison January 23rd, 1920 – February 9th, 2010 "Fred Morrison, inventor of the Frisbee, dies at age 90" by Doug Stanglin February 12th, 2009 USA TODAY Fred Morrison, inventor of the Frisbee, has died at his home in Utah at the age...
- King "corn"
This article from Chemical & Engineering News does make one wonder about the sustainability of having one primary food source in the complex food chain. If the "corn" link is broken as in severe drought or disease, it would have a devastating effect...
- Some Culinary Science
Culinary science...simple introduction A subject near and dear to all: Cooking--the physics of food preparation. It can be done indoors and/or outdoors and for the most part involve three forms of thermodynamics: Radiation [thanks to Einstein], convection...