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"Sam Bam" <sam@bam.slam> wrote in message
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> Besq wrote:
> > "Sam Bam" <sam@bam.slam> wrote in message
> > news:tAQXd.817929$Zm5.116692@news.easynews.com...
> >
> >>Besq wrote:
> >>
> >>>"Sam Bam" <sam@bam.slam> wrote in message
> >>>news:WKTPd.2079050$f47.364446@news.easynews.com...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Besq wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Does anyone know where I can find some heirloom popcorn kernels?
Just
> >>>
> >>>a
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>few so I can grow them and build up a supply.  Popcorn doesn't taste
> >
> > the
> >
> >>>way
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>popcorn should anymore.  Anyone?
> >>>>
> >>>>http://www.rareseeds.com/catlisting.php?cat=14
> >>>>
> >>>>Lady Finger Popcorn
> >>>>An heirloom from the Amish in Ohio and Indiana. Short plants produce
> >>>>6"-7" long, slender ears. The kernels are mostly yellow and have an
> >>>>excellent taste. Pops well. Pkt. (150 seeds)
> >>>>
> >>>>Item Code: CN112
> >>>>$2.00
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Strawberry Popcorn
> >>>>Popular and cute, these little ears look just like big strawberries
2-3"
> >>>>long. Plants 4'tall, produce 2-4 ears each. Great for fall decorations
> >>>>or making delicious popcorn, an old favorite.
> >>>>
> >>>>Item Code: CN119
> >>>>$2.00
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>Thank You!  I will definitely be ordering from them.  The popcorn of
> >
> > today
> >
> >>>is bland and flat, and I don't like it a bit.  I want that strong
> >
> > tasting
> >
> >>>kind I grew up with.  Thanx again!  AA
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Yer welcome, enjoy.
> >>
> >>I too miss the real deal, and what we get today tastes like styrofoam
> >>peanuts compared to the good stuff I grew up with.
> >>
> >>I'm tempted to blame Orville Redenbacker, but I suspect the true demise
> >>of popcorn might trace back to the days of Jiffy Pop...the "magic
> >
> > treat"...
> >
> >><burnt smell>
> >>
> >>Ugh.
> >
> >
> > I blame Redenbacker definitely.  Why couldn't he have left a good thing
> > alone.  His popcorn tastes terrible.  You must have worked at TI.  I
used to
> > get popcorn on my break and deliberately burn it so I could stand the
taste.
>
> LOL!
>
> I'm just recalling how lousy Jiffy Pop was when it got too far cooked -
> yuck.
>
> Btw - the Newman's Own brand of microwave popcorn is somewhat less
> heinous than most, if speed is the determining factor.
>
>
> > I will be ordering some of  the Amish popcorn, the yellow, and grow it
in my
> > back yard.  Those good potatoes I found have put out sprouts so I am
trying
> > to slow them down so I can plant them in my yard this year too.  And
I'll
> > grow my mother's heirloom tomatoes.  I'll be busy this year for sure,
> > keeping the raccoons away from the popcorn.  Thanks again!
>
> Cool sounding garden, lots of flavor for sure.

It is, when I put the effort into it.  I'm as aggravated about tomatoes as I
am about popcorn.  I wonder how many people of today remember what tomatoes
are supposed to taste like.  Not many if they accept those red things that
are passed off as tomatoes.  I'm tempted to cut into the parking area and
enlarge my garden so I can grow all the things I love.  I have to find space
to put some soil I got from Rocky Ford so I can grow my own Rocky Form
melons.  The secret is the soil, that grey brown adobe looking stuff that
doesn't look like it would even grow a weed produces those heavenly melons.
I'm trying to get them interested in making melon wine to keep the farms
going.  They need an industry down there or agri-biz will buy them all out
and the melons will also be a thing of the past.  The "scientists" will
probably genetically cross the melons with eels.  Ugh!
If everyone would rebel by growing their own, well, at least tomatoes in
buckets, maybe the stores would catch on and offer us what we want.  Thanks
again!