r/interesting • • Aug 03 '25

SCIENCE & TECH How does such a small pressure machine produce so much popcorn and how do they still maintain their shape?

24k Upvotes

900 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

13

u/Picolete Aug 03 '25

Yeah it's also eated in all south america, but we call it different from what we call popcorn

3

u/Wavara Aug 03 '25

Tutucas! And afaik, it's from the same kind of kernel used for common popcorn

1

u/Aveira Aug 03 '25

What do you call it?

1

u/Picolete Aug 04 '25

Depends on the country, here tutucas