Popcorn fans, and that means almost no one in TFA, this is what you need:
Cuisinart Popcorn Popper (new window)

You use oil with them (though a little less than I'd use with a pot, because you get constant stirring and don't have to worry as much about burning). But you eat right out of the container and then toss all the dirty parts in the dishwasher. The downside is that they aren't very rugged. I think I'm on my 4th, though the store swapped my last one when it came apart after a few months. The others lasted longer and had electrical problems - the heating stopped working.

Ow! That was my feelings!: friggin' wussies. Real men use a cannon.

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I was on Alibaba this morning looking for poppers and that model wasn't offered.

LegacyDL: C4 Plastique if you're at Michael Bay's house.

Too many unpopped kernals that act like shrapnel.

dholway: kokomo61: zez: Also, white popcorn is so much better than yellow! Why is it always harder to find?

You're welcome. (new window)

Allow me to retort. (new window)

I've never tried black popcorn even though it's easier to get around here than white.

White isn't impossible to find it's just that some groceries that I go to don't stock it so I have to make another trip. Same with white corn taco shells.

microwave the bag, add Bacos

machodonkeywrestler: mister cornwallis: I'm torn. I was in the pot on the stove camp for a long time (designated popcorn pot), and was just starting to fark around with flavouring. Then I got an air popper for xmas, and I'm trying to figure out how long until I can give up on the thing that shoots unpopped kernels in every possible direction while in use.

You 're supposed to put the top on it when you make popcorn.

I see what you did there. I do, I just have shiatty luck with bounces off the top, out and then off the counter. Don't even get me started on the ones that explode in the bowl.

Air poppers require sweeping the floor, and lazy stoners don't like sweeping the floor.

Serious movie night-Stove Top pan with stirrer. (I think it's called Whirly Pop) with oil.

Meh movie night-Microwave.

Air-popped corn is like eating cardboard.
Used to have a special bowl w/ lid to oil pop in the microwave. Then it broke and wasn't replaced. Need to find a new one, as commercial microwave stuff isn't nearly as good - even the Cub Scout stuff.

at home i use a hot air popper. When camping i will do the old oil and pan method. people love having me on camping trips because of my pocporn making skills

zez: dholway: kokomo61: zez: Also, white popcorn is so much better than yellow! Why is it always harder to find?

You're welcome. (new window)

Allow me to retort. (new window)

I've never tried black popcorn even though it's easier to get around here than white.

White isn't impossible to find it's just that some groceries that I go to don't stock it so I have to make another trip. Same with white corn taco shells.

I'll have to try black and red - I'm not opposed to it....but yellow popcorn is just hideous in its' wallboard-like texture. How is black popcorn's kernel texture / taste compared to white and yellow? (Next movie night, looks like I'm picking up some coconut oil and other varieties. It'll be a popcorn smorgasbord).

Buttered popcorn (especially microwave) smells like stale urine. It's put me off on other kinds. To me, walking into a movie theater to me is like walking into a men's restroom that hasn't been cleaned in forever.

Salt, sand, a shallow pan, and a wood fire

LARD/ bacon drippings in a pan. A mixture of red and white kernels.

or

Homemade chili oil in a pan to give the corn a nice kick. May do that tonight.


/Hot air is for balloons

kokomo61: Take the popcorn out of the fridge (I keep it sealed tight in its jar to keep it humidity down)

Yeah, I'm a popcorn snob.

You make a terrible snob. "Keep the humidity down" = more unpopped kernels. It's the humidity in the kernel that makes it pop. Keep it out of the fridge.

So sayeth these guys. And these guys. Etc.

I remember being in nursery school, circa 1973-74, and the teachers would sometimes have popcorn coming out of some sort of popping device in the middle of the floor, like fireworks. Yep, an open pan w/oil of some sort.

We also rode bikes w/out helmets.

Use the radiation from your Cell phone.

The are videos on the internets to show you how.

I've been using grapeseed oil, sometimes peanut oil, popped on the stovetop. Either I'm not enough of an oil afficionado, but I can't tell the difference.

Eh, the worst flamewar I ever saw on here was whether you should eat your steak raw like a caveman or cook it like a civilized human being.

As for popcorn, all microwave popcorn sucks.

Popcorn sucks.

• Get a good brand -- here in WI you can get Wisconsin Gold at Woodman's for very cheap, and it's available in Yellow, white, red, blue, black. Orville's is fine, too. Avoid Jolly TIme. Yellow popcorn for me, please, for the flavor. White is generally nice and tender but to me it doesn't taste like anything.

• Pop it in something like this

with the lid on crooked. You don't really need a separate kitchen gadget.

• Use coconut oil. Maybe bacon grease once in a while. Start on medium high, shake once in a while, turn it down to medium just a little past the halfway point.

• Microwave butter flavor popcorn smells like vomit.

I have too many unitaskers in my kitchen, and the hot air popper lost out.

Popping oil or peanut oil in the bottom of a pan, heat it up, toss in 3-4 kernels until they pop, then pour in the rest.

Jiffy Pop over a camp fire. Even though the "direction" say you shouldn't do that. Hardcore!

NewportBarGuy: Chicago Deep Dish sucks.

The NL is behind the times in not adopting the Designated Hitter.

I have one of the servants make it.

Rapmaster2000: Popcorn sucks.

Seconded. I use my air poppers to roast coffee beans and my oils to fry hash browns.

I put the kernels in my mouth, stick my head into the microwave and enjoy the freshest popcorn you'll ever taste. That's how real men do it.

I use butter in my wok, comes out yummy and toasty

Stovetop is very much the way to go.

1. Good, quality popcorn
2. Heavy pan
3. Peanut Oil
4. salt
5. Big, wide bowl to put it in

I really like the crunch and flavor of the peanut oil, more-so than the other oils I've tried (olive, canola, sesame).

I find with popcorn, the best thing I can do is expose as much of it to the air as I can, and give it a few minutes to "gas out" (as I call it) before consuming. There is all the steam from the kernels still escaping. A rest period lets it all escape and settle, ensuring crunch.

Packaged microwave popcorn is the work of the devil. I've been giving thought to trying an Alton Brown suggestion (kernels and oil in a small brown paper bag). Anyone try that?

FTFA: "We only pop the kernels in virgin olive oil and season the popcorn with house-made seasoned salt, made from fine sea salt, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cayenne, black and chili pepper," says Kornick.

Sounds good. The popcorn I make for the family is simple: Cooked in olive oil with salt and fresh ground pepper. Simple, delicious, and healthy (well, as compared with the bacon fat recipe). You don't feel gross after eating it like you do with the Movie Theater popcorn.

My Cherokee Gramma used to go all Gregor Mendel with her 2 acre garden. Bet forth of july ever was when she popped red, white, and blue popcorn she had grown. Her RW&B tacos were cool, too.

She was a pioneer in Genetically Modified, Artiesian Home grown Corn.

mrjones61: I put the kernels in my mouth, stick my head into the microwave and enjoy the freshest popcorn you'll ever taste. That's how real men do it.

Not only that, but it takes care of your brain tumor without having to deal with your HMO.

mister cornwallis: Then I got an air popper for xmas, and I'm trying to figure out how long until I can give up on the thing that shoots unpopped kernels in every possible direction while in use.

Put a towel over the air inlets, run it for about 15 minutes until it burns out, then go back to the traditional method. Disclaimer: poster is not responsible if you burn your house down.

Or try a different brand of popcorn. The Orville "for air popping" stuff I have now is too energetic and blasts out a lot of un-popped kernels as well as a few that pop after they land in the bowl. Before that I had a bag of generic store-brand popcorn that worked much better in the air popper.

I also have a cast-iron dutch oven in my camping gear that can be used for popcorn, but it does tend to burn some of the kernels. I probably could rig up some sort of a stir-bar for it but so far I have been too lazy to bother.

Sheesh people. Take 1 cup unpopped kernals and place it in the freezer for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, take a 10 QT. pot with a lid and heat 1/4 cup of motor oil until smoking. Quickly throw in the frozen kernals, toss on the lidd, and shake the crap out of the pot.

Ta da - fire!

Ted Haggard's Poop-Stained Replicock: Sheesh people. Take 1 cup unpopped kernals and place it in the freezer for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, take a 10 QT. pot with a lid and heat 1/4 cup of motor oil until smoking. Quickly throw in the frozen kernals, toss on the lidd, and shake the crap out of the pot.

Ta da - fire!



It tastes like burning...

Air popper if I'm feeling lazy and coconut oil if I'm not. Of course if I'm making it for a lady I go for the oil. I also make sure to apply the melted butter with my penis. How else will she know that I'm a man?