| If there's one snack that is often dubbed as an | | | | Cretors caused a sensation by inventing the |
| indulgence for life's blissfully idyllic moments, is | | | | world's first popcorn machine. |
| defined by an unimaginable number of flavors and | | | | Originally designed as a peanut roaster, Cretors |
| is blessed with an eternal appeal that's | | | | simply added a contraption on top to make the |
| unsurpassed in every way, it just has to be | | | | machine look different. But what really catapulted |
| popcorn. Cheddar cheese popcorn, peppermint | | | | C. Cretors & Co. to the rockstar league was |
| popcorn, white chocolate or chocolate fudge | | | | their spectacular showing at the Columbian |
| popcorn, there are innumerable ways to celebrate | | | | Exhibition in Chicago in the year 1893. It was here |
| the enduring mystique of this wonderful snack. | | | | that the first steam driven, mobile popcorn |
| History is no stranger to its iconic status, and | | | | machine popped more eyeballs that probably |
| neither is the world's appreciation of it. | | | | Madonna and Justin Timberlake together on stage. |
| Such is the unabashed hype and hoopla about this | | | | What followed was nothing short of a revolution. |
| snack, that other equally intriguing aspects remain | | | | With the impressive spike in the appeal of mobile |
| shrouded in a cloak of exotic mystery. Take for | | | | machines, the movie going experience changed |
| example, the fascinating question that teases you | | | | forever. Today, movie halls without popcorn or |
| about your knowledge of popcorn machines, and | | | | their redoubtable machines are like chocolates |
| asks, 'who invented the popcorn machine?' | | | | without sin or Windows without Bill Gates! |
| Facts With That Nostalgic Echo | | | | Trigger For Innovation |
| Popcorn gained immense popularity during the | | | | More innovations followed, and in 1925 home |
| Great Depression, when street vendors made | | | | poppers made their debut, followed by the |
| quite a killing by selling it with assistance from | | | | microwave popcorn by Percy L Spencer in 1945, |
| steam or even gas-powered popcorn poppers. It | | | | which, in fact, provided the trigger for inventing |
| was sometime during the year 1885 that Charles | | | | the microwave oven. |