Popcorn

Damsel in dis Dress said:

On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 22:15:30 +0200, jake <[email hidden]>

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I have so much popcorn in the cupboard I am also pondering treating it
like hominy/grits, with an overnight soak. Maybe it would be edible.

OR ......

* Exported from MasterCook *

Kettle Corn

Recipe By 😄amsel in dis Dress
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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vegetable oil
popcorn
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
salt -- for sprinkling

In a three-quart saucepan (or "kettle"😉 with a tight-fitting lid, pour
enough oil to cover to a depth of about one-half the size of a popcorn
kernel. Add two "test" kernels of popcorn, and turn heat to medium
high. When the test kernels pop, the oil is hot enough to continue.

Quickly pour in enough popcorn to cover the bottom of the saucepan in
an even layer. Sprinkle the sugar over the unpopped kernels, and
place the lid on the pan. As the corn pops, shake the pan
occasionally to assure that unpopped kernels reach the bottom of the
pan. When the lid starts to lift off the pan and the popping slows or
stops, remove pan from heat.

Pour popped corn into a large bowl or several smaller ones. Dust
lightly with salt.

Yield:
"12 cups"
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Thank you for the info! I've used that method in the past, but always
wound up with a burnt pot. And that's without using sugar - I like
popcorn salty.

Mr Libido Incognito said:

Damsel in dis Dress wrote on 02 Apr 2006 in rec.food.cooking

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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 15:44:34 +0200, jake <[email hidden]>

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Joseph Littleshoes wrote:

>You dont need any oil at all (popcorn and a paper bag in the
>microwave)
> but a little higher temp oil than butter would probly help, canola
> is
>what i use and i never buy brand name pop corn, i get it for one
>dollar a pound in bulk at a local market.

You mean you can use a regular paper bag and fill it? It isn't
explode, or rather, how do you get it to stay closed, then? If I
could do PC in the MW, I'd be a very happy camper. I don't buy those
prefilled bags because they are extremely expensive and I want to be
able to choose my own portions.

We tried it last night. I just put some unpopped corn into a lunch
bag, folded the bag tightly at the top, and popped away. I used the
popcorn button, which is perfect for the store-bought packets. The
plain popcorn needed a little more time.

Carol

If you use a large-ish pyrex glass container (with lid of course) you can
add a little oil...That will make the popcorn pop quicker.

Great info, something to try. Thank you.

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(Just be sure it's microwave safe at pop corn cooking temps before trying
it)

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I take a paper bag, put in enough pop corn to make one layer (or perhaps
a bit more depending on how much i want to make) in the bottom of the
paper bag, fold and crease the folds then put it in the MW for about 4
minutes, you have to be a bit careful and experiment with settings as
these machines can vary so much from one to the other.

Ok, that's great to know! Will experiment twith that approach.

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But you can do it in aa pot on the top of the stove with out oil, takes
a tad longer, as a kid we used a wire basket over the open fire in the
fire place.
---
JL

Damsel in dis Dress said:

We tried it last night. I just put some unpopped corn into a lunch
bag, folded the bag tightly at the top, and popped away. I used the
popcorn button, which is perfect for the store-bought packets. The
plain popcorn needed a little more time.

Carol

Odd !!

When I tried that, ( popcorn in a lunch sack )

I got "Fire in the Microwave"

<rj>

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Those microwave poppers work really well too. Looks sort of like a
tupperware bowl. I bought one for around $6 at least five years ago and
it hasn't scorched or deformed in any way.

I saw one of those in Barcelona, of all places. Didn't buy it because
there aant'enough room in my suitcase, but I was very tempted.

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Bought it because I can't stand the smell of that "space butter" they
use in those microwave popcorn packs.

They don't have that here, I think. Or rather, I dont'recall ever seeing
or tasting it.

I've enver had a butter subsitute that actually tasted like butter,
though. So I get your point.

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You mean you can use a regular paper bag and fill it? It isn't
explode, or rather, how do you get it to stay closed, then? If I
could do PC in the MW, I'd be a very happy camper. I don't buy those
prefilled bags because they are extremely expensive and I want to be
able to choose my own portions.

Years before commercial "Microwave Popcorn Bags" I popped corn in the
microwave. Where do you think they got the idea? I'd spritz the bag with
oil and put the kernels in there. I used a plain old-style paper lunch bag,
seal it up with a little room for the steam to escape... 2 minutes later,
popcorn. No added (disgusting, I might add) butter substitutes nor salt.

Jill

Thank you for the info, Jill,.

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You mean you can use a regular paper bag and fill it? It isn't
explode, or rather, how do you get it to stay closed, then? If I
could do PC in the MW, I'd be a very happy camper. I don't buy those
prefilled bags because they are extremely expensive and I want to be
able to choose my own portions.

Years before commercial "Microwave Popcorn Bags" I popped corn in the
microwave. Where do you think they got the idea? I'd spritz the bag
with oil and put the kernels in there. I used a plain old-style
paper lunch bag, seal it up with a little room for the steam to
escape... 2 minutes later, popcorn. No added (disgusting, I might
add) butter substitutes nor salt.

Jill

Thank you for the info, Jill,.

This just had to get me to experiment. I have a 4" tall/round plastic
pasta strainer with slits all over the bottom with a few raised edges
around the bottom to let the water drain and thinking it would help the
air circulate. I put about 200 kernals in it and covered it wiith the
plastic top that snug-seals that has varying sized hols on the top. Then
set it on high for 4 minutes.

Observations:

I didn't think to spray the bottom of the strainer with pam and about 20%
of the kernels stuck and didn't pop.

I should've put a paper plate over the top cover because about 2% of the
kernels got shot out through some of the largest top holes into the
microwave.

Still, 4 minutes latere I had about 4 cups of perfectly popped popcorn.
No stink and no burnt popcorn.

Not exactly the success I had hoped for. Having to rid the microwave of
kernels and wipe it downn with Chlorox antibacterial wipes and also wash
the strainer.

I'm also popcorn phobic, having chipped two teeth at two different movies
about 4 years apart. The first chipped tooth I swallowed the tooth chip
and spit out the kernel into my hand instead. Well 2 crowns later I
haven't had popcorn in 20 years or more until today.

I'll try the paper bag technique next time.

Andy

I just made some tender popcorn last evening.

Jolly time popcorn kept sealed tightly in a plastic bag, 2tbls coconut
oil and 1/4 cup of butter.

Cut 2tbls from stick of coconut oil, heated to almost smoke point in a
stainless 2 qt pan, added 1/3 cup popcorn and it immediately pops almost
before I get the cover on it. Popcorn pushes off top just gently, I set
aside pan 20 or 30 seconds to make sure no "duds" pop late and
immediately dump into a big bowl. I use residual heat to melt butter and
then apply it to popcorn sparingly. A little popcorn salt and it tastes
and looks like theatre popcorn.

The popcorn does come out the the yellow and white marbling just like at
the theater this must be due to the coconut oil.

You can get coconut oil sticks at Smart and Final. If you look up the
popcorn suppliers you will see all of them sell coconut oil, heaters and
automatic dispensers for the theatre popcorn vendors.

YUM!!!

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Andy said:

jake <[email hidden]> wrote in
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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

> You mean you can use a regular paper bag and fill it? It isn't
> explode, or rather, how do you get it to stay closed, then? If I
> could do PC in the MW, I'd be a very happy camper. I don't buy those
> prefilled bags because they are extremely expensive and I want to be
> able to choose my own portions.

Years before commercial "Microwave Popcorn Bags" I popped corn in the
microwave. Where do you think they got the idea? I'd spritz the bag
with oil and put the kernels in there. I used a plain old-style
paper lunch bag, seal it up with a little room for the steam to
escape... 2 minutes later, popcorn. No added (disgusting, I might
add) butter substitutes nor salt.

Jill

Thank you for the info, Jill,.

This just had to get me to experiment. I have a 4" tall/round plastic
pasta strainer with slits all over the bottom with a few raised edges
around the bottom to let the water drain and thinking it would help the
air circulate. I put about 200 kernals in it and covered it wiith the
plastic top that snug-seals that has varying sized hols on the top. Then
set it on high for 4 minutes.

Observations:

I didn't think to spray the bottom of the strainer with pam and about 20%
of the kernels stuck and didn't pop.

I should've put a paper plate over the top cover because about 2% of the
kernels got shot out through some of the largest top holes into the
microwave.

Still, 4 minutes latere I had about 4 cups of perfectly popped popcorn.
No stink and no burnt popcorn.

Not exactly the success I had hoped for. Having to rid the microwave of
kernels and wipe it downn with Chlorox antibacterial wipes and also wash
the strainer.

I'm also popcorn phobic, having chipped two teeth at two different movies
about 4 years apart. The first chipped tooth I swallowed the tooth chip
and spit out the kernel into my hand instead. Well 2 crowns later I
haven't had popcorn in 20 years or more until today.

I'll try the paper bag technique next time.

Andy