The REAL Way To Shell Popcorn!

After trying to get the popcorn off the cobs by hand, we decided there must be a better way!  Well, there is...............it's called a vintage Black Beauty Corn Sheller, circa early 1900's, made in St. Louis MO !  Our neighbor Frank had one of these contraptions and we asked if we could borrow it for a while.   This is a great little hand cranked machine that strips the corn kernels off the cobs, and even gives you the dry corn cob back easily!

We set up a big tub on the table, and decided to try the corn sheller.   Our popcorn isn't quite dry enough yet, but in a week or so we should be able to strip off all the popcorn a lot easier than doing it by hand.

A close up of the vintage corn sheller.   What an invention!

And it really works, too!

After stripping the corn kernels off the cob, this little vintage gadget even gives you the cob back easily !

You can see this is a Black Beauty corn sheller.   It says made in St. Louis MO.  A quick research on the internet shows that this was made around early 1900's or before (back when we actually made long lasting stuff in the good old USA!)

There is a You Tube video of one of these in action.  Hope this link works for you to see how neat it really works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW3ZskBzAEs
(edited to add:  I see that this link does not work.  Well, if you go to You Tube and just type in Black Beauty corn sheller, it will be the first video on the list)
We just love using vintage machinery and gadgets to do things.  And when they actually work, that's even better.   Sometimes country boys have the neatest old toys.  Since we have 100 lbs of popcorn to shell, this will certainly make the job easier.