Popcorn!

June 13, 2011 by 7 Comments

Everybody loves popcorn and most people go for the easy microwave variety.  But did you know you can make it from scratch and it tastes AWESOME!

I grew up on homemade popcorn but hadn’t had any for a long time.  I made microwave popcorn occasionally but didn’t really like it.  Then my son and daughter-in-law made homemade popcorn for me and it was delicious!  I had forgotten how good homemade popcorn tasted.  And that’s when I realized why I didn’t like microwave popcorn – because I was accustomed to the real stuff.

So I started making homemade popcorn on a regular basis.  Unfortunately, it really messed up my favorite pan, and sometimes the popcorn burned.  I don’t think there’s any smell worse than burned popcorn.

To save my pan from further damage,  I started searching for a pan to dedicate to popcorn making and that’s when I discovered The Original Whirley Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper at Bed, Bath & Beyond for $19.99.  There are a few kitchen tools I can’t live without and this is one of them.

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  1. Cindy McCloud says:
    June 15, 2011 at 16:29

    I grew up eating popcorn that my dad made. He used an old pressure cooker pan. I did microwave popcorn for years, always on Sunday Nights. Well the microwave quit several years ago and I was bummed. Phil suggested using the stove (he doesn’t even eat popcorn). So I did (with an old pressure cooker pan I had gotten at a garage sale) and I have never gone back to microwave. A seasoned pan is the best!

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  2. Kathy says:
    June 21, 2011 at 14:47

    We grew up with home made popcorn too! Love it ~ and I only buy white popcorn. It doesn’t have so many of the hulls like the yellow corn does. And we have one of those pans too and love it. Especially for kettle corn.
    Kathy

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  3. Amy says:
    February 9, 2013 at 17:07

    My mom always used the cast iron and would purposely burn just enough for me and her to eat a little each. It was my favorite! The microwave is definitely not the same. So whenever I go hangout for an evening I always talk my niece nephew into asking nana to make some!

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  4. Robin says:
    February 9, 2013 at 17:08

    We make it from scratch, too! Amazingly easy and it tastes so good. And another plus about popcorn–the varieties of corn grown for popping are NOT genetically modified! :-)

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  1. Prescription for a Pan Emergency | Homemakersdaily says:
    March 3, 2013 at 14:04

    [...] This is my favorite pan and I’ve nearly ruined it twice.  The first time was when we were using it to make popcorn.  The oil burned on the inside of the pan and covered the inside with black patches.  After a lot of elbow grease and multiple washings, the black patches finally came out.  And we stopped using the pan for popcorn and got a Whirley Pop Popper. [...]

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