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Making Popcorn
- JEBar
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Making Popcorn
what's your favorite way to pop corn .... any special tips ? ... favorite type of popper ? .... favorite type of corn ?
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Re: Making Popcorn
Sadly, due to the advent of microwave popcorn, I haven't made it any other way for years.
Before that, making popcorn was actually kind of a fun ritual involving shaking it in a big pot on the stove, melting butter to pour over it, watching a good movie...
Before that, making popcorn was actually kind of a fun ritual involving shaking it in a big pot on the stove, melting butter to pour over it, watching a good movie...
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Re: Making Popcorn
I agree with ditto. Microwave is too easy and nearly perfect.
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Re: Making Popcorn
I don't eat a lot of popcorn but when I do it's Jiffy and cooked over a campstove. I do have some Boy Scout microwave popcorn that is very good but I seldom ever pop it.
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Re: Making Popcorn
It's one of the few foods that a microwave does better.CT_Shooter wrote:I agree with ditto. Microwave is too easy and nearly perfect.
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Re: Making Popcorn
I heartily disagree with everyone so far. I do not like microwave popcorn at all.
I use a genuine stovetop Whirlypop, I use the best pop corn I can buy or some I picked and dried from dad's place. I only use coconut oil. Talk about a world of difference.
It's more work, but it's worth it.
By the way, I've used other similar systems than genuine Whirlypop. They pale in comparison. However, I seldom have popcorn anymore.
I use a genuine stovetop Whirlypop, I use the best pop corn I can buy or some I picked and dried from dad's place. I only use coconut oil. Talk about a world of difference.
It's more work, but it's worth it.
By the way, I've used other similar systems than genuine Whirlypop. They pale in comparison. However, I seldom have popcorn anymore.
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Re: Making Popcorn
I cook my old fashioned popcorn on the stove and use Orville R.'s or some other good brand. I used to have some from a farmer friend's corn when I lived back east.
I use a good brand of oil. That varies if my husband does the shopping (!) and oil lasts us a LONG time. We watch the date on small/medium bottles.
I melt real butter and top it off with salt.
We have some microwave popcorn here and sometimes my husband takes a bag of it to work. He likes the flavor of the old fashioned, stove cooked popcorn. He may not buy any more MW popcorn after he uses this box up.
I don't like the SMELL of microwave popcorn cooking even with a fan on and/or the window open.
I have tried a few MW brands over the years too. I do not eat MW popcorn any longer.
I cook/pop mine in a quality stainless steel pot on the stove.
I think that those old Whirlypop's like Dave mentioned worked very well too.
I gave away the AIR POPPER that I tried too.
I LOVE popcorn and eat it on and off. I love to have it when I watch a movie here at home.
I agree with Dave when it comes to the taste and quality of popcorn cooked the old fashioned way on top of the stove.
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I use a good brand of oil. That varies if my husband does the shopping (!) and oil lasts us a LONG time. We watch the date on small/medium bottles.
I melt real butter and top it off with salt.
We have some microwave popcorn here and sometimes my husband takes a bag of it to work. He likes the flavor of the old fashioned, stove cooked popcorn. He may not buy any more MW popcorn after he uses this box up.
I don't like the SMELL of microwave popcorn cooking even with a fan on and/or the window open.
I have tried a few MW brands over the years too. I do not eat MW popcorn any longer.
I cook/pop mine in a quality stainless steel pot on the stove.
I think that those old Whirlypop's like Dave mentioned worked very well too.
I gave away the AIR POPPER that I tried too.
I LOVE popcorn and eat it on and off. I love to have it when I watch a movie here at home.
I agree with Dave when it comes to the taste and quality of popcorn cooked the old fashioned way on top of the stove.
Cate
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Re: Making Popcorn
Save your bacon grease. Use a couple tablespoons in a pan that has a lid, sauté pan works well. Get the oil hot and toss in the kernels, put the lid on and keep them moving. Results are salty bacon flavored popcorn. Nice and easy!
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Re: Making Popcorn
revisiting and oldie but goodie thread ===> for years now we've settled on white popcorn and Orville Redenbacher’s Popping & Topping Buttery Flavored Oil in a Presto PowerPop Microwave Popper consistently yields the best popped corn that we've found .... we do melt butter to pour over it .... outstanding
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Re: Making Popcorn
revisiting and oldie but goodie thread ===> for years now we've settled on white popcorn and Orville Redenbacher’s Popping & Topping Buttery Flavored Oil ===> https://www.amazon.com/Orville-Redenbac ... 180&sr=8-6 in a Presto PowerPop Microwave Popper ===> https://www.amazon.com/Presto-04830-Pow ... 180&sr=8-4 consistently yields the best popped corn that we've found .... we do melt butter to pour over it .... outstanding
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