FOTD: Corn Shelf Life

January 23, 2007 in FOTD

Did you know:

Corn has an extroidinary shelf life? Ten-year-old kernels will germinate, and 1,000 year-old popcorn still pops1

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Additionally they found corn in the Egyptian pyramids that appeared perfectly intact and edible.

Yikes!

Source: Gourmet, February 2007, p33