What is a popcorn kernel composed of?

C’mon @pshizzle, you should know better (being around Fluther for 900 + Lurve points) that that is a no-go-area.
Fluther isn’t the place to ask for followers for your Tumblr page.

Edit: Ah, great, you changed the question.

It is real corn and it is real corn with a decent amount of moisture in the kernel. The water inside heats up, cooks the inside and then pops the cooked center out.

http://www.popcorn.org/ForTeachers/TeachingGuide/WhatMakesPopcornPop/tabid/88/Default.aspx

This is really a topic for 4th grade science, but… what ever.

Maize.

Not sure. I just know he outranks a popcorn sergeant.

it doesn’t seem like real corn

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Check this out

All corn is real; corn for popping is only one of the varieties of corn. Corn plants

Yellow corn- The most common and popular of varieties. There are a wide range of types of seed within this category.

White Corn- With white kernels, this author and many others consider white corn to be among the best tasting corn you can find.

Bi-Color- This variety boasts both yellow and white kernels.

Popcorn – Kids and adults will enjoy the thrill of growing their own popcorn, and popping it in the fall. The ears need to thoroughly dry. Rub two dry ears together to remove the kernels from the cob, or take the cob with kernels still attached, and pop it in the microwave!

Broom Corn- Few people today are familiar with Broom corn. This corn was grown for the thin, strong stalks. They would be dried, then tied at the end of a stick to make a broom.

Ornamental Indian Corn- This corn is grown only for decorative purposes.

Tall stalks- This corn is grown for it’s(sic…Gail) tall stalk. It is used in competition at fall festivals. A corn stalk from this variety can grow over twenty feet!

When I was in college my room mate took me to her home in Iowa. We picked ears of popcorn, and shelled the husks. My fingers still hurt.

What kind of question is this? Have a delved so far into artificiality that people think that everything that they see is fake some how?

Atoms.

Atoms family.

Have a delved so far into artificiality that people think that everything that they see is fake some how?

To be fair, I would not be surprised if most of us haven’t seen most of our food in its pre-harvest state.

Hm. Well. I live in farm country so I don’t have that problem!

Starch and fiber. And salt, butter, and anything else you add to it.