Perfect Popcorn
How is it that every night I say I am going to bed by 10:30 p.m. and every night I end up in bed around 12:30 or 1:00 a.m. HMMM Too much to do I guess! This evening I have been working on a custom menu for a client.
At any rate, I was going to blog about our popcorn today. We tried a “new” old-fashioned way of doing popcorn today – on the stove…. and it was good! It was gone before I hardly had a chance to grab a 2nd handful.
Put 3 tsp. of Canola/Vegetable Oil in a 3 qt. saucepan
Add 3 kernels of popcorn, cover.
Place on medium high heat and wait for those 3 kernels to pop.
When they have popped, remove from heat and add 1/3 cup of kernels. Cover. Count to 30.
Return pan to burner and when popcorn begins popping vent lid a tad and move it around (this was the hard part for me ,with a flat top stove, I didn’t want to scratch it!) Remove when there are a few seconds between each pop.
Dump into a large bowl
Add 1/2 stick of butter to the warm pan & melt. Pour over popcorn. Salt & Enjoy!
This leaves very few “granny seeds” and makes nice yummy old-fashioned popcorn. Much better than the microwave type, and really not that hard! Give it a try!
C-
September 4th, 2009 at 8:39 am
The way my Grandma made it! We do it the same way (micro pop not allowed in our house! (~_~) but I use solid Crisco instead.
September 4th, 2009 at 11:07 am
This was a Sunday night family tradition in my husbands home. Our family has adopted this tradition and it has been a hit!
September 4th, 2009 at 11:23 am
We’ve been on a huge popcorn run the past month. No microwave in our house (we like to keep things simple here!) so we do it the old fashioned way, too. Our latest popcorn “excitement” has been the discovery of spray butter/margarine. It assures a more even, complete coverage with less fat and calories! Mmmmm… Gotta go pop some popcorn!