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Microwave popcorn discovery
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:04 pm
Did you know that you can just buy popcorn seeds, put them in a paper bag in the microwave and they will pop? Afterward, just add butter and salt as desired. I just discovered this. I love homemade popcorn and hate the typical microwave stuff that they sell. Mind: blown
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Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:10 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Yep. It is nice b/c you can make just a handful at a time...nice for garnish or making trail mix, etc.
Also in the realm of "cool stuff in the microwave": slice a potato paper-thin, brush slices w/oil, and put on a bacon tray. Microwave 2-3 minutes at full power, and you will have damn tasty homemade chips. Sprinkle w/seasonings before cooking, if you like.
ETA the same technique will work with thinly sliced shallots to make a crispy fried shallot garnish (like on many viet dishes).
Also in the realm of "cool stuff in the microwave": slice a potato paper-thin, brush slices w/oil, and put on a bacon tray. Microwave 2-3 minutes at full power, and you will have damn tasty homemade chips. Sprinkle w/seasonings before cooking, if you like.
ETA the same technique will work with thinly sliced shallots to make a crispy fried shallot garnish (like on many viet dishes).
This post was edited on 5/8/14 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:11 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Might be the greatest thing I've learned on this board.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:15 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Will be using now. 
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:18 pm to lsuwontonwrap
daaaaaang, I figured the fields of nebraska were filled with rows of orville red and bockers microwave popcorn ears and all they had to do was shuck, cut, bag it, and wrap some plastic around it.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:19 pm to lsuwontonwrap
quote:sure did
Did you know that you can just buy popcorn seeds, put them in a paper bag in the microwave and they will po
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:21 pm to lsuwontonwrap
or you could cook it in a pot with coconut butter and have the best popcorn ever
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:21 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Buying popcorn makes sense because the corn is specially bred for popping. You get fewer old maids and the corn pops fluffier. I don't see enough of a problem not to buy it.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:22 pm to Salmon
quote:been hearing this a lot lately
coconut butter
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:37 pm to Salmon
quote:
or you could cook it in a pot with coconut butter and have the best popcorn ever
i gave up microwave popcorn a few years ago, when i rediscovered how great fresh stove-top popcorn can be.
this week, i tried, for the first time, making popcorn using coconut oil. wow. really good. there really is no going back to regular oil.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:49 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Did you know that you can just buy popcorn seeds, put them in a paper bag in the microwave and they will pop?
AND retards will still burn the popcorn and stink up the entire fricking office.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 1:56 pm to lsuwontonwrap
I learned this from one of Alton Brown's cookbooks a few years back. Easy and good.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:01 pm to Darla Hood
So do you have to seal the paper bag?
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:02 pm to upgrayedd
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So do you have to seal the paper bag?
No.
Sorry, I couldn't help it.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:07 pm to LSUGrad00
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AND retards will still burn the popcorn and stink up the entire fricking office.
We have one of the aforementioned in our office.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:08 pm to Eddie Vedder
quote:So, what's the difference?
this week, i tried, for the first time, making popcorn using coconut oil. wow. really good. there really is no going back to regular oil.
Posted on 5/8/14 at 2:49 pm to lsuwontonwrap
Did not know this. But do now
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:23 pm to lsuwontonwrap
quote:
Did you know that you can just buy popcorn seeds, put them in a paper bag in the microwave and they will pop?
Learned this in Kirby Smith 1988
We were trying to replicate those newfangled popcorn bags!
Posted on 5/8/14 at 3:43 pm to lsuwontonwrap
is this a joke?
Posted on 5/8/14 at 4:10 pm to OneMoreTime
On the stove is the only way I make it now. The wife was making a bunch of popcorn and then drizzling some candy coating on it for a kids birthday party, and we made a ton of popcorn that day. After that, I'll never go back to bagged microwave popcorn.
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