Microwave popcorn

[twirlgrrl]

Microwave popcorn

There is no need to buy microwave popcorn full of fake butter by-products. Make it at home using real butter or margarine and your favorite seasonings.

Microwave popcorn on the cheap:

• 1/2 cup popcorn
• 2-3 tbsp. melted butter or margarine
• salt and seasonings (e.g. spices, parmesan cheese etc.) to taste

Recipe:

• Pour kernels into a standard brown paper lunch bag
• Fold the top over twice and press down firmly; each fold should be 1/2 inch deep.
• Place bag in microwave on turn table.
• Cook on high 2-3 minutes, or until pops are 5 seconds apart.
• Toss with melted butter, salt, and seasonings of choice.

Comments

[jennifergroovy.livejournal.com]

I'm one of those weirdos who doesn't own a microwave. I threw mine out when I became a mother, so I suppose that would be 1990. A friend taught me how to make the best-tasting popcorn I've ever had. Since that time I've never looked back. I call it "grandma's popcorn."

I make it on the stove and by now have it down to an art where every kernel pops each time. Then I toss it in real butter. As the matter of fact, when she taught me how to do this in about 1996 or 1997, I had been embracing a 100% vegan diet for seven years. I broke my plant-based diet and started eating butter. I couldn't help it because I wouldn't eat margarine due to the trans fats.

Anyway, now you've given me a hankering for some popcorn. :-) I think tonight we'll have to watch a movie and make popcorn. Whenever possible, I cook it in coconut oil, which adds to the flavor even more, yummy!

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

WEIRDO!!! LOL, j/k.

I have very fond memories of the popcorn my mom used to make on the stove. There is nothing that makes it taste better. I am a slave to the convenience of a microwave, however, since I can barely manage my life even with all the shortcuts. Someday I will get a wild hair and try it stovetop again. I'll try to remember coconut oil, that sounds fantastic!

And I can certainly understand breaking one's veganimity for butter. Mmmmmmmm, butter.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry, I forgot to sign in as my other me.

[jennifergroovy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, weirdo is a pretty apt description for me when one considers the "general" population. I guess that holds true for many a deadhead. I may tend to take it a step further... ~cheesygrin~

Oh, and coconut oil... not only is it tasty, it's also a healing tool. I give it to my kids by the spoonful (much to their chagrin - who wants a spooful of grease) when they're feeling crummy. Works great though.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

It was a wonderful day when calling myself a freak became a GOOD thing!!

[jerrygarciuh.livejournal.com]

It doesn't taste like a paper bag?

[neuraltube.livejournal.com]

No idea. I just put it on here for reference, since I've been looking for a simple way to stop eating that crappy commercial stuff. If you try it before me, let me know! :-)

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Oops, that was me, forgetting to change my sign-on from my son's LJ. Sorry!

[canetoad.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn't taste like a bag. :)