Making cracked corn from popcorn first observations

[speedfreaksteve]

For my last mash I didn't have access to any cracked corn so I went to my local bulk food store about bought 12lbs of popcorn (cost me around $14 so it wasted cheap). I started running it through my hand mill and the first few lbs just about killed me. After that I pulled out the magic bullet and it did a much better job in breaking up the popcorn. I've since then done one run with the fermented wash. I was aiming for sort of a rye/bourbon hybrid which I've done before with success. Sort of like a bourbon without the corn bite that some rye drinkers aren't fond of.

Anyways, the corn flavour is interesting. It's kind of strong in a good way, but smooth. Like buttery smooth. Is it my imagination or is popcorn made up of possibly a much better tasting corn for the purpose of mashing? Makes sense to me since cracked corn isn't exactly meant to be used as a human consumed food product.

Has anyone else used unpopped popcorn in the mash?