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I dunno, air popped popcorn with fresh melted butter and sea salt is certainly a step up from microwave stuff (which tastes to me like styrofoam). And thinking about it, it doesn't really matter how it's popped . . . in all cases you're trying to boil the moisture inside the kernel. The question is what it gets coated with afterwards - butter & salt or the oil it was cooked in.

There's microwave bowls for making popcorn - here's one from Nordicware that can be used with or without oil.

And you were concerned about confusing people with a late night talk show reference in your last post? Sheesh, talk about a stretch.

And thinking about it, it doesn't really matter how it's popped . . . in all cases you're trying to boil the moisture inside the kernel. The question is what it gets coated with afterwards - butter & salt or the oil it was cooked in.

I think that's the key... the oil seems to add a crispness that's not there with air popped. Air popped always seems to come out chewy. Although keeping it in a hot oven afterwards seems to help a little.

 

And you were concerned about confusing people with a late night talk show reference in your last post? Sheesh, talk about a stretch.

But originally that post didn't even have any reference to Leno - only the title did. This post at least had the word "farm" in it. Twice!

There's microwave bowls for making popcorn - here's one from Nordicware that can be used with or without oil.

Looks like there's quite a few of those. I may have to check that out, too.

The year before last I grew popcorn in my garden, strawberry heirloom variety. It was a lot of work for one bowl of popcorn.

Maybe that's why they call it a "healthy snack".