{"id":16604,"date":"2017-01-19T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/?p=16604"},"modified":"2017-01-19T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T18:38:42","slug":"fun-facts-and-deals-for-national-popcorn-day","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/fun-facts-and-deals-for-national-popcorn-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Facts and Deals for National Popcorn Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/National-PopcornDay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/National-PopcornDay.jpg\" alt=\"National Popcorn Day\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/National-PopcornDay.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/National-PopcornDay-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is National Popcorn Day and what better way to celebrate than to enjoy one of America\u2019s favorite salty snacks? Along with a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/articles\/50-flavored-popcorn-recipes.html\" target=\"_blank\">unique popcorn recipes<\/a>, we put together a list of some popcorn fun facts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every year, Americans consume over 18 billion quarts of popcorn.<\/li>\n<li>Nebraska makes more 250 million pounds of popcorn a year and produces more than any other state in the United States.<\/li>\n<li>There are 6 different types of maize: flour, sweet, pod, dent, flint, and popcorn. Popcorn is the only type that pops.<\/li>\n<li>Popcorn has more iron than eggs and more protein than any other cereal grain.<\/li>\n<li>Popcorn is a whole grain that is only 31 calories per cup.<\/li>\n<li>In ancient times, popcorn was made using hot sand that was heated with fire in Mexico.<\/li>\n<li>Long ago, Native Americans not only use popcorn as the snack we know of today, but also to make beer and soup.<\/li>\n<li>When you buy popcorn at the movies, there is a 90 cent profit for every dollar that is spent. Movie theaters make more of a profit from popcorn than actual ticket sales.<\/li>\n<li>The need to make popcorn at home helped in the development of creating the first microwave oven.<\/li>\n<li>There are two different types of popcorn: mushroom and butterfly. Mushroom popcorn is created when the kernel expands evenly while butterfly popcorn is turned inside out while it pops. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/kellyoakes\/what-actually-makes-popcorn-pop?utm_term=.volOVogvw#.hs3grL45Z\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see pictures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Take a look at some of these popcorn deals below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/store\/popcornfactory-coupons\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Popcorn Factory<\/a>- 15% off site wide with coupon code, plus 10% cash back<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/printable\/grocery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Popcorners Coupons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/store\/garrettpopcornshops-coupons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Popcorn Shops<\/a>- 5.3% cash back<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/fun-facts-and-deals-for-national-popcorn-day\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"excerptimage alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>Today is National Popcorn Day and what better way to celebrate than to enjoy one of America\u2019s favorite salty snacks? Along with a few unique popcorn recipes, we put together ... <a title=\"Fun Facts and Deals for National Popcorn Day\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/frugal-articles\/fun-facts-and-deals-for-national-popcorn-day\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fun Facts and Deals for National Popcorn Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2933,2870,3070,3072,3071],"class_list":["post-16604","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-frugal-articles","tag-frugal-recipes","tag-fun-facts","tag-national-popcorn-day","tag-popcorn-fun-facts","tag-popcorn-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}