[Avodah] popcorn

[Eli Turkel]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Jonathan Baker <jjbaker at panix.com> wrote:
>> <<My question is why:  why should we outlaw air-popped popcorn, or microwave-
>> popped popcorn, if it takes way less than 18 minutes to pop the popcorn?
>> We don't outlaw all wheat products, for instance, just those that involve
>> water being in contact with the wheat grains or flour.  Which is not the
>> case by popcorn.>>

R Zevin  in Hamodaim BeHalacha (p259) has a long discussion on kitniyot.
He brings the Maamar Mordechai that prohibits making matzot from flour from corn
even using all the halachot of wheat matzot, eg 18 minutes.  because people
will confuse it with regular matza.
The Chatam Sofer allowed it in extenuating circumstances if it was baked with
all the halachot of wheat matzah including no salt and "mayim she-lanu".
However, in addition one needed something to indicate that it was not
made from wheat
but corn and so no one would use for the matzah mitzvah.
The Chaye Adam simply brings down that one can bake matzot from
kitniyot and eat them

Eli Turkel