Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Corn kernels fly into the air as senators shell corn during Agriculture Day on the Hill at Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville , Tenn., Tuesday, March 18 ...

When the corn is harvested, the kernels are partially dehydrated ... the steam buildup causes the shell to burst open, softening and exposing the interior starch. As it cools, this starch then ...

It was the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas who figured out that, when heated, the humble corn kernel would explode out of its shell, transforming from a hard little pebble into something ...