If you, like me, love popcorn but don't like the weird yellow gunk that accompanies the Orville Redenbacher microwave variety and don't really want to splurge on a popcorn popper, I have the perfect solution for you. You're welcome.
I'm obsessed with popcorn and so are my dad and paternal grandmother. When we were kids, it was unheard of to watch a movie without popcorn. At home, my mom uses a giant air-popping machine but what university student or young professional really needs one of those or has the room for it?
Solution:
Purchase whole popcorn kernels (any brand of your choice).
Purchase brown paper bags (the lunch kind).
Take a small handful of kernels, dump them in a paper bag and fold the top twice (keep the folds small as you need the room for the popcorn to grow).
Lie the bag in the microwave and put it in for anywhere between 1:30-2:00 minutes (you'll have to experiment to find the sweet spot for your microwave; mine is 1:40).
If you still want to add salt and butter, by all means, do so. But at least now you know exactly what quantities of each are going into your body and don't have to wonder about the calories and chemicals of the mysterious yellow gunk.
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I'm obsessed with popcorn and so are my dad and paternal grandmother. When we were kids, it was unheard of to watch a movie without popcorn. At home, my mom uses a giant air-popping machine but what university student or young professional really needs one of those or has the room for it?
Solution:
Purchase whole popcorn kernels (any brand of your choice).
Purchase brown paper bags (the lunch kind).
Take a small handful of kernels, dump them in a paper bag and fold the top twice (keep the folds small as you need the room for the popcorn to grow).
Lie the bag in the microwave and put it in for anywhere between 1:30-2:00 minutes (you'll have to experiment to find the sweet spot for your microwave; mine is 1:40).
If you still want to add salt and butter, by all means, do so. But at least now you know exactly what quantities of each are going into your body and don't have to wonder about the calories and chemicals of the mysterious yellow gunk.
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