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Re: Prairie Popcorn

Lloyd,

That's interesting because I didn't see any Indian grass that had popped,
and, yes, it was quite rare because there were only about 3 popcorn stems
in the whole 1 acre burn site.  On a related note, I learned recently that
one of the main staples of many eastern Native American tribes was 
actually popcorn.  I'm not sure if they used butter... maybe just the
tribes from Wisconsin.  :)

Thanks,
Chris.

On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Lloyd Crim wrote:

>Chris,
>	About 30 years ago a professor at Iowa State University found a head of
>Indiangrass that had popped like you described.  It was unusual
>circumstances, but it did happen.  I don't know if he still has the head or
>not.  It wasn't laden with seed, and not all popped, but several did.  I
>was interested that Big Bluestem would do the same thing.
>Lloyd Crim

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