Oh my WhirlyPop is one of the best $30 ever spent, I never microwave the stuff anymore! I need to order some more popcorn from ’em, as a matter of fact.

Two favorite things to do with popcorn:

1. a spritz of olive oil and a little garlic powder

or

2. toss in a handful of semi-sweet chocolate chips–messy but good

CAUTION: I’ve learned the hard way that the two kinds together don’t mix well.

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Rumty

Tanks FDM, I am going to try some Kettle Corn as soon as I find me a pot. I think I am going to try the Brown sugar style.

Chris

Why not do your own kettle corn? 1/2 cup unpopped popcorn kernels,
1/4 cup white sugar,1/4 cup vegetable oil. Place the popcorn and sugar in a large pot with vegetable oil. Over a medium heat, begin to pop the popcorn. Constantly shake the pot to ensure that the popcorn kernels and oil do not burn. Once the popping has slowed, remove the pot from heat. Tada, easy enough.

My North Georgia father-inlaw likes fat back grease ! I’m not sure of this anyone tried popcorn this way?

Lots of butter and lots of sea salt and lots of freshly ground black pepper, lots of napkins.

I live near the oldest continuously operating (summer seasons) drive-in theater in the U.S. I haven’t been there yet this year but their popcorn machine has been operating for countless years too. It pops all throughout the double features and they use a mix of real melted butter and that buttery oil, which they squirt into the cardboard tubs – not just on the top but also a couple of pumps halfway through filling them up. Mmmmm.

I made some tonight like I haven’t done in years. Don’t butter or salt it, but sprinkle plenty of Kraft grated parmesan (in the "can"). I also added some grated Romano. REALLY tasty. Oh, by the way, this won’t work on "air-popped", if anyone still does that.

LVW if you have Whirley Pop popper you can use goo grade popcorn and add 2 tbl spoons of sugar after popping starts and make very good "kettle corn" at home. For change try brown sugar it comes out somewhere between Kettle and Caramel Corn.

I’m sure we can all agree the worst place to get popcorn is usually the local movie theater. I do, however, have fond memories of the popcorn at the Music Box theater on Southport in Chicago. The Music Box was a second run theater with a moorish interior, complete with night sky and a house organ.

The best part was walking into the lobby and seeing (and smelling)the popcorn actually being popped (instead of pre-popped and warmed by a 60 watt light bulb). Then, instead of the bubbling pot of yellow chemicals, there would be a pound of beautiful Wisconsin butter melting away. I haven’t had theater popcorn that good in 17 years.

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Can you tell us the proportions that you use? Do you just sprinkle away until it tastes right?

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I add just a little soy sauce until it gets moist like butter normally does. Then I add the other spices to my own mood and liking. I pretty much take out the whole spice rack when I feel ambitious. Let me know if you try it.

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I tried it, minus the brewer’s yeast (we didn’t have any) and I liked it. My wife, however, sounded like a cat coughing up a hairball.

I am traveling to NO to do lunch tomorrow at Uglesich’s and currently in Lake Charles. I just sampled popcorn popped in lard rendered from pigs. Out of the box, it sounded repulsive, but I tried it and it was wonderful. I could not do much due to my dietary restriction, but these cajuns are always on to something great.

Too bad I will miss Stephen Rushmore at Uglesich’s

Paul E. smith
Knoxville, TN

Alice’s KarmelKorn Downtown Mackinaw City
I was in the 10% in the popcorn world
http://www.aliceskandyandkorn.com/history.html

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Can you tell us the proportions that you use? Do you just sprinkle away until it tastes right?

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I add just a little soy sauce until it gets moist like butter normally does. Then I add the other spices to my own mood and liking. I pretty much take out the whole spice rack when I feel ambitious. Let me know if you try it.

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I’m going to try it tonight. [;)]