Jiffy Pop
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Jiffy Pop is popcorn and brand of ConAgra Foods. The product combines unpopped popcorn kernels and oil 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 LaPorte, 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]
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The product is often mentioned in books on convenience foods or pop culture items associated with the 1950s or 1960s.
A giant Jiffy Pop package appears in the 1985 movie Real Genius.
In the feature film Scream, Casey Becker starts making Jiffy Pop popcorn before being interrupted by the phone.
The animated television show The Simpsons have satirized the Jiffy Pop brand with their version, Chintzy Pop. Chintzy Pop is known for being a very bad brand, as, according to Apu, "a third of the kernels are baby teeth."
The sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live featured a fake ad for the "Jiffy Pop Air Bag," an automobile airbag powered by mixing kernels with hot engine oil to produce a popcorn-filled safety cushion that doubles as a snack.
The animated television show Futurama also satirized the brand as Iffy Pop, in the episode "Roswell That Ends Well."
In the animated television show Family Guy episode "No Chris Left Behind", Stewie teaches Cleveland how to make Jiffy Pop popcorn.
In the 2005 film Fantastic Four, Johnny Storm can be seen making Jiffy Pop by holding the package in his hand and using his powers to heat the kernels, while about to settle down to watch television.
[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.
