Do you like popcorn?
 

Just curious. I'm a big fan. It seems like a fairly healthy snack, and you can eat a ton and you really haven't eaten that much.

I'll tell you the best popcorn that I've ever had. Years ago, I was a bartender and we had a small popcorn maker that did it like the movie theater popcorn makers. The secret to the best popcorn ever, is to add tabasco to the hot oil with the popcorn and let it pop in the tabasco oil. It imparts heat and flavor without making nasty soggy popcorn. Warning: if you try this at home, make sure you have good ventilation. The tabasco/hot sauce vaporizes and gets in your nose. I've also used cayenne powder. It's good, but not as good, but not as hard to breath while you're making it.

I've also experimented with cayenne, chili powder and cumin, also very tasty. Garlic powder and salt are also very tasty on popcorn.

Have you tried any of the "heirloom" popcorns that are out and about these days? They pop up smaller. I'm not sure that they are better, I've never done a side by side taste test.

Do you make your own? I did when we had the gas stove, but I haven't since we moved to the apt with the glass top stove. Don't want to scratch the stove.

I also love the partially popped kernels at the bottom of the bowl. The completely unpopped are a bit hard, but the kernels that started to pop or tried to pop are nice and crunchy.

The biggest problem with popcorn is the shells getting in between your teeth and gums.

I make popcorn at my kids' school on Fridays. It's a machine just like at the theater. We have to follow guidelines so we measure the salt seasoning and canola oil for every batch.

Not to brag but I was told it is the best popcorn around. We even have bus drivers comein and buy it before they take the children home.

My secret is to make every batch without the salt and once it mies at the bottom of the maker it is just right.

The money all goes for the school to put on fun days and other events.


We do microwave popcorn at home and then use different flavored seasoning. I like Lemon and Pepper flavor.

I guess the tabasco trick wouldn't go over very well in that case. ;)

Probably not. ;)

I love the county fair kettle corn, and munch on it while watching the drama unfold on these forums.

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Getting Jiffy Pop done on the stove top as a kid was a big treat for us.

I like popcorn. It doesn't much like me. Goes through me like barbed wire.
What's the difference between popcorn and kettle corn?

I like buttery popcorn seasoned with garlic salt and cayenne pepper.

Best was with some buttery seasoning powder stuff I got from buying some popcorn to support the boy scouts.

As far as I can tell, the difference is that kettle corn seems to have a little sugar in the mix, but maybe there's more to it than that.

I make it several times a week. Always from scratch, never in a microwave. Commercial microwave popcorn and popcorn made in a machine taste terrible to me now.

JR

microwave popcorn is loaded with bad chemicals. not really suitable for safe consumption.

I will be the nay sayer so no, not a big fan..., about as exciting as rice cakes.
But... can't go to the movies and not have popcorn... kinda like I can't go to a baseball game and not have a hot dog.
Lets be honest... popcorn is just a vehicle for butter and salt (not that there is anything wrong with that)

Great Thread. I learned something.

Eating popcorn now on my lunch break... We have movie theater style popcorn at work. The shells are currently stuck in my teeth...

Popcorn is addictive. Once I start I keep eating till the bowl is empty.
Prefer heavy butter or kettle corn.
The "crunchies" at the bottom are like the prize in Cracker Jacks. The best part.

Kirkland (Costco) is good microwave popcorn. I like to make it the old fashioned way.

A chef friend showed me his trick, heat the oil, drop in a kernel, when it pops add layer of kernels and turn off heat for one minute. Turn heat back on and pop. I like to season with this....

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1468426763.jpg

I love this stuff

http://shop.skinnypop.com/img/thumbs/skp-004001.jpg

Same here. Nothing like from scratch on top of the stove.

I use Snappy or Rural Route 1 white popcorn on the stovetop with coconut oil like they used to use at the theater before the government decided it was bad for you (and were wrong). Butter and salt but there are a couple other seasonings that are good. I don't like kettle corn or caramel corn though.

When making it on the stovetop I do put a bag over or wrap the bowl right away as I melt the butter so it doesn't dry out.