Popcorn the old-fashioned way!

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Aunt Marg

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No, I'm not talking using a modern fancy-schmancy automatic popcorn making machine, and I'm not talking about those microwave ready popcorn packets either, I'm talking popcorn made the old-fashioned way, stovetop style.

Little oil in a pot, add popcorn kernels, and with stove element on high, let the fun begin. With lid on, the pinging, dinging, and popping slowly starts, building to a crescendo before dying down.

Pour into large bowl, drizzle a little melted butter over, a little salt (I love seasoning salt), and enjoy.

Who all still makes popcorn the old-fashioned way?
 

Gosh it's been a million years (feels like) since I made popcorn like that. I'm not sure on a glass top stove if shaking the pan around would be okay or not. I wonder if they still make Jiffy Pop. Oh well, the microwave works okay, though it is no longer the new exciting experience it was decades ago.
 
HoneyNut said:
Gosh it's been a million years (feels like) since I made popcorn like that. I'm not sure on a glass top stove if shaking the pan around would be okay or not. I wonder if they still make Jiffy Pop. Oh well, the microwave works okay, though it is no longer the new exciting experience it was decades ago.
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Right, HoneyNut, I never gave thought to the new modern glass and ceramic top stoves.

Out of fear of scratching the surface, I wouldn't take a chance on it.
 
Not intending to rain on the parade, but the Presto Jiffy Pop Lite air popper unit I have has rocked for at least the past 20 years. The yellow corn is a store generic brand apparently grown in Pa. and sold in 5 lb. bags.

Pop one cup of kernals a week with less than 1% duds. For flavoring, several squirts of each serving with "I Cannot Believe It's Not Butter" or "Olivo."

Works for moi.
 
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I make popcorn on the stove top. The only way! Micro waved popcorn is actually bad for you (do a search)

I save bacon grease and keep it in the fridge for multiple uses.

I use the bacon grease instead of oil to pop the popcorn.

Not all that healthy but Oh my! The flavor!
 
J.B Books said:
I make popcorn on the stove top. The only way! Micro waved popcorn is actually bad for you (do a search)

I save bacon grease and keep it in the fridge for multiple uses.

I use the bacon grease instead of oil to pop the popcorn.

Not all that healthy but Oh my! The flavor!
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Love your bacon fat idea!

I'll bet popcorn tastes good popped in it!
 
I make popcorn in the microwave using just the corn kernels, no fat of any kind, in a bowl with a cover. We eat it plain, not even salt. We both really have come to prefer the plain pop corn, and the key for us was finding the right kind of corn, which is a locally grown white popcorn.

However, when we weren't on a restricted diet-- the crown jewel of pop corndom was using duck fat.
 
Now that I have a glass cooktop, no more pot-shaking. But years ago , was always made it that way.

Talk about old-fashioned, I even had a long handled corn popping pan for using in our fireplace. That was fun, but didn't make the huge amount we wanted
 
I make it on the stove. The first time I made it for my 2 youngest grandkids they were fascinated, got all excited about it, and after they tasted it they finally stopped bringing over the microwave kind...they used to bring one of those with them for movie night with grandpa, mom and dad's date night.
 
I remember TV Time popcorn. Everything was included in sort of a kit - kernels, salt and oil. It's still available, if you look for it, but produced by a different company than the original. Packaging is a little different, too.

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