A wide variety of spellings exist for the English usage of the term, e.g., tshotshke, tshatshke, tchachke, tchotchka, tchatchka, chachke, tsotchke, chotski, or chochke; the standard Yiddish transliteration is tsatske or tshatshke. In Israeli Hebrew it is often spelled ×¦××¦×§×¢, [Ëtsats.ke], with a tsade instead of teth-shin, as in Yiddish.
At first, corn was only a garden curiosity in Europe, but it soon began to be recognized as a valuable food crop. Within a few years, it spread throughout France, Italy, and all of southeastern Europe and northern Africa.
Where did Kettle Corn come from?No one knows for sure where kettle corn originated. Some say that the German immigrants introduced us to kettle corn, others say it was the pioneers. Some say that kettle corn dates back to the 1700's while others claim it wasn't until the 1800's. One legend has it that back in the 1800s, after a long hard day rendering fat in a butchering legend has it rendering vat (kettle). Soon, very hot kernels of corn were flying every where.