Jiffy Pop
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Jiffy Pop is a popcorn product currently owned by ConAgra Foods. The product combines unpopped popcorn kernels with an aluminum pan and folded aluminum foil lid. As the pan is heated, the popping corn causes the foil to unfold and puff up.
Fred Mennen of Indiana is credited with developing the product in 1958 after five years of experimentation.[1] Mennen began marketing Jiffy Pop in 1959, and within one year it had reached the national U.S. market.[2]
[edit] Cultural references
The product is often mentioned in books on convenience foods or pop culture items associated with the 1950s or 1960s.
A giant Jiffy Pop appears in the 1985 movie Real Genius.
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.fiftiesweb.com/pop/jiffy-pop.htm FiftiesWeb.com's tribute to Jiffy Pop and its origins
- ^ http://www.conagra.com/brands/jiffy_pop/index.jsp ConAgra Jiffy Pop: Fact Sheet
[edit] Further reading
- Andrew F. Smith (1999). Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 1-57003-300-5.
- Adeena Sussman (2006). Just Heat It and Eat It!: Convenience Foods of the '40s-'60s. Collectors Press. ISBN 1-933112-19-0.
- Carolyn Wyman (2004). Better Than Homemade: Amazing Food That Changed the Way We Eat. Quirk Books. ISBN 1-931686-42-4.
