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albatros183		2012-02-26 04:23:01 PM

Since I have to be at the gym in 26 minutes I have an app. that tracks popcorn purchased by people along my route and siri calls them to have it ready for me when I pass by

buckler		2012-02-26 04:25:09 PM

MontyBurns: 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.

I know what you're talking about; we had one in the 70's. It was an electric pan with a well to heat the oil. You'd pour the oil, then add the popcorn and cover the thing with a large lid that looked something like a hatbox. The cover had a well on top to put butter in, so that it would drip onto the popcorn as it popped. When done, I believe you'd snap a lid onto the butter well, flip the whole thing over and remove the pan, using the cover as the serving bowl.

At one school I worked at, teachers would use them without the lid, placing them on a large cloth grid to see where on the grid the popcorn would land when it popped out, as a lesson in probability.

Radioactive Ass		2012-02-26 04:29:40 PM

I make my own microwave bag. 1/4 to 1/3rd cup of popcorn, salt and a splash of the oil of the day in a brown paper lunch bag (toss in a pat or two of butter if you want butter flavored but use a bit less oil and salt). Fold over once, staple the bag shut, give it a quick shake to coat the kernels and nuke it lying down on its side until the popping slows down. Give it another quick shake and nomnomnom. Quick, easy, no cleanup and about 100x cheaper than the store bought microwaveable stuff with all of the extra preservatives and crap.

MadSkillz		2012-02-26 04:33:29 PM

mister cornwallis: 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.

When you have a dog, you can have a highly entertaining show while it pops as it tries to catch all of the flying popcorn.

theorellior		2012-02-26 04:41:31 PM

MadSkillz: When you have a dog, you can have a highly entertaining show while it pops as it tries to catch all of the flying popcorn.

Now that's a show even lazy stoners can get behind!

douchebag/hater		2012-02-26 04:42:08 PM

1) Olive oil?

2) Old Bays for seasoning?
Your ideas are intrigueing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

3) Stir Crazy are for AIR POPPING?!?!?!? NS?!?
A neighbor gave their old one after purchasing new and the seed area and
and bowl were smeared with oil from years of use.

douchebag/hater		2012-02-26 04:52:50 PM

Real Women Drink Akvavit: Outlaw2097: ...a man cooking?

Get your ass back to the grill. That is your place, not in the kitchen.

Agreed. Any man in MY kitchen better be fixing the garbage disposal or installing a double oven. You do not, under any circumstances, enter Estrogen Land without being summoned. There's a reason the beer is kept in the garage refrigerator. The gods themselves could not save you if I caught you touching my knife roll or messing with my espresso machine.

You sound fat.
Obligatory. I keed! I KEED!

relaxitsjustme		2012-02-26 04:53:35 PM

Popped in a stir popper on the stove top using CORN OIL is the only way to go.

/Butter and salt
//maybe some furikake flakes for the locals/asians

davidphogan		2012-02-26 04:53:47 PM

MadSkillz: When you have a dog, you can have a highly entertaining show while it pops as it tries to catch all of the flying popcorn.

I used to take the lid off the pan just to watch my roommate's dog freak out at popcorn flying everywhere. It was farking awesome.

OnlyM3		2012-02-26 05:01:59 PM

lokis_mentor

>>> >>> OnlyM3: Creoena
>>> >>> Buttered popcorn (especially microwave) smells like stale urine.

>>> Wolf! Right here and now!

It's "Right here and Now! Wolf!"

Whatever you say chief,
www.upl.co

willydwonka		2012-02-26 05:03:31 PM

NewportBarGuy: Spanky3woods: A splash of Tabasco was what my grandpa taught me. Awesome taste

Might I recommend:

[i41.tinypic.com image 270x400]

Tony's goes on EVERYTHING.

Jgok		2012-02-26 05:13:59 PM

Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich: HotIgneous Intruder: Olive oil in a crank stir popping pan, ftw.

Coconut Oil. You want coconut oil.

For starters, olive oil degrades pretty rapidly at the temperatures required for popping, meaning you lose almost all the flavor. Secondly, coconut oil smells like the movie theaters from when you were a kid, because that's what they used to use before the health nazis got their way. Seriously, try it, you'll be sold.

Damn straight. Coconut oil is the way to go, you just have to remember that a little goes a long way. Plus, it never spoils... I usually buy a few gallon buckets at once and just store the extras in the back of the pantry. I don't need any other kind of oil for cooking.

In terms of the actual popping procedure, I'm a lazy bastard. I have an automatic popper that uses an oiled hotplate for popping and drips melted butter from above while the corn is being stirred from below. I get very good results from that machine (maybe 5 burned kernels in a full load), I don't have to stand there and watch it pop, and the lid/cover is also the popcorn bowl. Laziness FTW.

libranoelrose		2012-02-26 05:16:36 PM

Krieghund: This:

[farm2.static.flickr.com image 500x374]

Is better than this:

[www.cheese-burger.net image 470x327]

/I have both within 3 miles of my house

images.sodahead.com

The First Four Black Sabbath Albums		2012-02-26 05:17:56 PM

Did you know you can sneak hamburgers into movie theaters? That's why God made pockets.

dewihafta		2012-02-26 05:19:30 PM

Airpop.

Then drown in butter in salt.

You don't need an airpopper to do it, either.

Take a plain brown paper lunch bag, put in 1/4 cup of unpopped kernels, fold bag closed and tape shut. Microwave for two minutes (I put it on power 8) and there you go. Cheap airpopped popcorn.

It's when I add a whole stick of butter that it gets expensive. :P

davidphogan		2012-02-26 05:27:54 PM

The First Four Black Sabbath Albums: Did you know you can sneak hamburgers into movie theaters? That's why God made pockets.

You mean like nature's pocket? Cause I wouldn't want to eat stuff that was stored there.

Forbidden Doughnut		2012-02-26 05:31:20 PM

Old enough to know better: Where does that leave us Microwave corn poppers?

We're around. I sometimes add brewers yeast & MORE butter to make it worthy.

fusillade762		2012-02-26 05:42:58 PM

eas81: [3.bp.blogspot.com image 521x560]

fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net

Jim_Callahan		2012-02-26 06:10:09 PM

So what's directly heating the water with a microwave instead of indirectly through convection count as? Because it's not air-popping anything, the air is only heated as a side-effect after the popping already started.

Balchinian		2012-02-26 06:22:41 PM

You all fail.

Real men do not eat popcorn, and they certainly don't cook it. Popcorn is for women and children.

Real men eat pretzels or peanuts. Or Cheez-It crackers. Lots of Cheez-It crackers.

Capt_Fodder		2012-02-26 06:24:04 PM

basemetal: NewportBarGuy: Spanky3woods: A splash of Tabasco was what my grandpa taught me. Awesome taste

Might I recommend:

[i41.tinypic.com image 270x400]

[static-l3.blogcritics.org image 300x300]

A couple of drops of this into the bag and shake. Tasty.

I stir a bunch in with the melting butter; that way you get wonderfully flavoured fire corn. I've also added Tabasco, chili powder (kinda gooey though), and some Habanero sauces to it as well.

/Yes all at once
//I don't like to share my popcorn

Asplenium		2012-02-26 06:45:25 PM

LeroyBourne: duck fat

Just did this the other day. While it didn't have a ton of duck flavour, it tasted amazing. It's joined my list of favourite uses for duck fat (the primary being mashed potatoes).

Cerebral Knievel		2012-02-26 07:13:47 PM

Jim_Callahan: So what's directly heating the water with a microwave instead of indirectly through convection count as? Because it's not air-popping anything, the air is only heated as a side-effect after the popping already started.

uhm.... well... Sorry.. I thought everyone knew how microwave ovens work..

A microwave works from the action of the Microwaves exciting the water molecules in the food, the resulting molecular... friction I guess you could call it causes the water in the food to heat up.

when popping pop corn you heat up the moisture trapped in the popcorn kernel. when the steam pressure inside the kernel gets high enough it causes the Kernels shell to "pop" open and the starch inside to expand rapidly. In microwave popping, the microwaves heat up that moisture, causing the popping action.

If I'm not mistaken, Popcorn was the very first food item ever to be prepared via Microwave energy.
the principal was discovered when the scientist / engineer guy was messing around with Magnetron Microwave emitters and discovered that a chocolate bar he had in his lapel pocket had melted.

mikefinch		2012-02-26 07:32:50 PM

Anyone else take the cheese packet out of a box of KD and use it as seasoning salt?

Dangerously cheesy.

Grables'Daughter		2012-02-26 07:37:28 PM

ChubbyTiger: Whirley Pop FTW. Indiana folk know their popcorn.

Finally we get kudos for something.

Niali		2012-02-26 07:42:52 PM

Air, yo. There are way more fat men than fat little girls.
t3.gstatic.com

Grables'Daughter		2012-02-26 07:45:00 PM

mikefinch: Anyone else take the cheese packet out of a box of KD and use it as seasoning salt?

Dangerously cheesy.

What is KD, please?

in2itive		2012-02-26 07:46:34 PM

Anyone remember this?

Damn it was good. Have not seen it in a decade or two

www.lostwackys.com

/HOT like it used to be out of the pot :)

/ Off topic but does anyone remember the goodness that was Sizzalean? Ummmm imitation bacon.....

kokomo61		2012-02-26 07:47:45 PM

Grables'Daughter: What is KD, please?

Kraft Dinner. Those of us south of the Canadian Border call it "Kraft Macaroni & Cheese."

g-ecx.images-amazon.com

Grables'Daughter		2012-02-26 07:53:54 PM

kokomo61: Grables'Daughter: What is KD, please?

Kraft Dinner. Those of us south of the Canadian Border call it "Kraft Macaroni & Cheese."

[g-ecx.images-amazon.com image 500x375]

Gotcha.

Okay, so if I put the cheese pack from that on my corn, what do I put on the macaroni?

Ray_Peranus		2012-02-26 08:09:29 PM

Devo Cornholiosky: [i.ebayimg.com image 332x500]

Call me hipster, but I've been using this machine before it was cool. And NOT for coffee! Doesn't plug up if you overfill it, and rarely gives you excess kernels.

hipster...

Grandemadaca		2012-02-26 08:09:52 PM

unlikely: Guys love gadgets. That hot air popper is 100% entirely a gadget.

Subby, your presuppositions are invalid.

iweb.cooking.com

...would like a word with you.

/In true man style, I've stripped one down to fix it when it stopped stirring.

Bongo Blue		2012-02-26 08:20:01 PM

Kazthon: Oil, on the stove top, in a designated popcorn pot kept in the drawer to be pulled out when the time is right. Don't forget the butter and salt.

THIS!

mikefinch		2012-02-26 08:21:40 PM

Grables'Daughter: Okay, so if I put the cheese pack from that on my corn, what do I put on the macaroni?

cook it when you have leftover kraft dinner and then mix those -- then add that to Campbells tomato soup when you make it.

Tomato soup with leftover kd in it is awesome.

Benni K Rok		2012-02-26 08:27:09 PM

I beat my popcorn off the giant corn monster like a real man.

lokis_mentor		2012-02-26 08:31:02 PM

>>> Wolf! Right here and now!

It's "Right here and Now! Wolf!"
Whatever you say chief,
[www.upl.co image 611x256]

Okay...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ysE3OOzRJkM/T0rchRJTszI/AAAAAAAAAB c /b8xZ96twmIE/s640/2.jpg

lokis_mentor		2012-02-26 08:32:09 PM

lokis_mentor: >>> Wolf! Right here and now!

It's "Right here and Now! Wolf!"
Whatever you say chief,
[www.upl.co image 611x256]

Okay...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ysE3OOzRJkM/T0rchRJTszI/AAAAAAAAAB c /b8xZ96twmIE/s640/2.jpg

/link owned

Wolfmanjames		2012-02-26 08:42:57 PM

Hot air user here. Yes, I want to keep my popcorn healthy before I use if for this...

Caramel Crack

• 6 quarts popped popcorn
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups firmly packed brown (or maple) sugar
• ½ cup corn syrup, (either light or dark will do)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 jigger dark rum

Preparation:
Preheat oven to 250°. Oil or spray a large roasting pan with vegetable cooking spray, regular or butter-flavored. Pour popcorn into the pan. In a heavy pan, slowly melt butter; stir in the brown syrup, corn syrup, and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil without stirring for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the baking soda, vanilla and rum. Gradually pour the syrup over popcorn, stirring to blend well. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 10 minutes. Remove from oven; let cool completely and beak apart.

sonder		2012-02-26 08:43:29 PM

Personally, I use oil, in a pot, and my popcorn is imported from the storied shores of my parents, in Iowa.

I want to be clear here, that I'm not kidding. Popcorn is serious business, and me and the missus have it at least three times a week as a snack. My mother taught me how to make it in the pot from corn we brought back with us when I was a bairn in the arctic - (we would spend two months out of every summer down south in illinois and iowa) and it should always...ALWAYS be made in a pot, over gas fire, with oil.

The seasonings are your business, but lately I favor either traditional butter and sea salt, or dusted with a bit of ancho chile powder.

/Strikes fist twice over his heart and mutters 'DEKALB COUNTRY.'

sonder		2012-02-26 08:51:46 PM

Tatterdemalian: Popcorn was invented as a means to make hard kernel corn digestible to humans, in spite of its evolved natural defenses against penetration by the funguses that would occasionally wipe out the crops of softer-kerneled corn.

You sound like a farking PARTY ANIMAL.

unlikely		2012-02-26 09:00:53 PM

Grandemadaca: unlikely: Guys love gadgets. That hot air popper is 100% entirely a gadget.

Subby, your presuppositions are invalid.

[iweb.cooking.com image 495x371]
...would like a word with you.

/In true man style, I've stripped one down to fix it when it stopped stirring.

An oil popper can be a gadget too, but you can't tell me you think an air popper is NOT a gadget...

ChubbyTiger		2012-02-26 09:16:17 PM

Grables'Daughter: ChubbyTiger: Whirley Pop FTW. Indiana folk know their popcorn.

Finally we get kudos for something.

You're a Hoosier? I don't know if I can accept this.

/too long in The Haute
//cabbage roll is awful

Shoutingsilence		2012-02-26 09:40:06 PM

Air popped with either Tabasco, cock sauce (sriracha), or freshly squeezed lemon juice.
/Kale chips ftw!
//Tear kale into bit size pieces
///Mix with oil & sea salt
////Bake at 350 for 8 minutes
//Almost as good as slashies

lokis_mentor		2012-02-26 10:06:36 PM

Member of the Stock pot, heated add oil and salt, then white corn crowd.

Kids and wife like mix-ins.. pizza goldfish, Frank's red hot and pretzel sticks are their favorites

Silly_Sot		2012-02-27 12:49:29 AM

I pop popcorn from the residual heat of farking my woman.

lordargent		2012-02-27 02:30:35 AM

Air popper +

1.bp.blogspot.com

Misto sprayer +

www.cayennepepperdiet.org

Acharne		2012-02-27 03:36:10 AM

Nutritional Yeast and butter is god's own recipe for perfect popcorn. Air popped preferably. Yes I'm serious.

Mister Peejay		2012-02-27 05:58:38 AM

The First Four Black Sabbath Albums: Did you know you can sneak hamburgers into movie theaters? That's why God made pockets.

Oh.

OHHHH. You put the burgers in the pockets.

I see now.

See, I thought hiding burgers for smuggling into movie theaters was why some guys like women with knee-knockers.

Mock26		2012-02-27 07:37:36 AM

If you do not use butter on your popcorn and want a healthy snack then use a hot air popper.
If you do not want a healthy snack than use oil and douse with butter.
One is not intrinsically better than the other. It is a simply a matter of personal preference.

I use oil and make it in the Whirley Pop: