Talk:Foam peanut

message: Anybody know how the foam peanut came about?  It seems like an odd shape for package fill material, yet it's ubiquitous today.  Is it easier to manufacture?  Does it have better handling characteristics?  Why a peanut? --69.227.176.75 05:21, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Quick search of google patents turned up http://www.google.com/patents?id=XscaAAAAEBAJ&printsec=abstract&zoom=4&dq=loose+fill+packing a 1965 patent. The shape is so they interlock when compressed and free flow when uncompressed. The plastic is so it doesn't get moldy. Gront (talk) 04:34, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Dow Chemical Company is not mentioned at all in the 1965 patent referenced on this page. In fact, the assignee of the patent is clearly listed as Tektronix, which doesn't appear to be a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. Dow may hold the patents to extruded polystyrene e.g. Styrofoam brand, but the "loose fill packing material" patent no. 3188264 is not theirs. Dow does hold patent no. 4588638 published in 1986, an improved design on Styrofoam dunnage. Moreover, Dow-Cargill (NatureWorks) is one of the foremost patent holders as regards PLA films and foams today used in the manufacture of starch packing peanuts. The 1965 date is all over the internet but I have yet to see anything other than this seemingly faulty Wikipedia citation to corroborate it.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.175.67.67 (talk) 14:39, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

text: Doesn't burning packing peanuts let off toxic fumes? --Homestar tiger  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.184.150.101 (talk) 20:23, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin?

message: Growing up, we used to call this stuff "styrofoam popcorn."  In fact, I thought it was odd the first time I heard a high school teacher refer to it as "peanuts."  And, of course, because of Black's Law, I've been hearing it referred to as peanuts ever since.
But, popcorn is a legitimate alternate name for it.  Here's a brief list of sources:
(sources redacted because Wikipedia suspiciously blocks links from those sources)
You know what?  Let's skip the individual links and go straight for the search results:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=%2B%22styrofoam+popcorn%22&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=%2B%22styrofoam+popcorn%22&sc=5-20&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=bb05b2e23aa942c085396f142315779d
There ya go.  26,800 results for the exact phrase, "styrofoam popcorn."  That means there are over 20 thousand individual websites that call the stuff, "styrofoam popcorn."
There are still over 11,000 results for "styrofoam popcorn," that exclude the word, "peanuts":
http://www.bing.com/search?q=%2B%22styrofoam+popcorn%22+-peanuts&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=%2B%22styrofoam+popcorn%22+-peanuts&sc=5-21&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=4cdcb8c4717f4c708fb3db88ed13dbab
That's a not insignificant number of people.  I move to have, "styrofoam popcorn" included as an alternate name for the stuff on the grounds that a large number of people know it by that name exclusively, and an even larger number of people know it by that name among others.
Certainly, more people call it popcorn than, "noodles."  In fact, I've never heard it referred to as noodles.  Ever.  On second thought, I move that we remove noodles and replace it with popcorn.50.168.176.243 (talk) 18:40, 13 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popcorn As An Alternate Name... 

message: Hello, recently I have eaten 5 packing peanuts. I find them bland and was hoping for any packing peanut recipes. Thank you :) 2600:100E:B1C0:EE21:47:F530:431A:FA9F (talk) 20:08, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consumption