Why Popcorn Won't Pop

The question is of ten asked why popcorn sometimes faüs at the critica! moment to pop. The trouble is that the corn has either been pulled too green or has become too dry, explains California Fruit Grower. In the fonner case the skin woold be too tender to retain the heated aar nntil the explosión took place, and in the latter case the skin is sobrittle that the air escapes withont btrrstrng the kernel. If thecorn is too dry, which is most frequonüy the tronble, immerse the unsheQed ears hahf a minute m water and the grains will pop with a deHghtfnl eiuberance.