Help me out: what do you call a corn kernel that did not pop?

[sallybr]

a friend of mine from Brazil asked me this question and I tried to find out, but no luck

we have a name for those back home, but I don't think I ever heard a specific way to call those here

?????

 

[barb_b]

un popped corn? : )

 

[karennoca]

They are called, Old Maids

steam which builds up inside the corn kernel is what makes it pop. Those which do not pop have a lack of moisture, hence the term, "old maid" or some say "spinsters".

I used to call them, "tooth breaker kernel"

 

[cheezz]

Old maids smileys/smile.gif Bingo!

 

[barb_b]

Ha!! Learn something new everyday! I love it!

 

[sallybr]

Thank you thank you thank you!

 

[marilynfl]

Or *Marilyn* since my aunts called me *old maid* until I got married at 28.

 

[deb-in-mi]

You were a young chickie - I was the over-the-hill 32 year old bride!