Popcorn Popper (1902); Popover Pan (1895)

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POPCORN POPPER

   "Popcorn popper" is not in OED.  I don't have Andrew Smith's "popcorn" book handy with me here at NYU reference, but here's the earliest on Proquest.


  Classified Ad 1 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; May 27, 1912; pg. 10, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 26 -- No Title; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Jan 12, 1902; pg. 10, 1 pgs
("Nelson's 10c Articles...Popcorn Poppers.")

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POPOVER PAN

   Not in OED, but what is?


  SWEET POTATO SALAD.; The Washington Post (1877-1954), Washington, D.C.; Oct 14, 1919; pg. 10, 1 pgs

  Display Ad 66 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; May 5, 1918; pg. 24, 1 pgs

  THE WOMEN OF ARMENIA; The Wives, Mothers, and Daughters of an Afflicted Nation.; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Aug 18, 1895; pg. 21, 1 pgs
("Another dessert suggestion is to bake cottage pudding in gem or popover pans, thus giving to each person an individual pudding."  This untitled article is on the same page, following the "Women of Armenia" story.  The "popover pan" is not from Armenia--ed.)



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