Fuck that Microwave noise!

[errantember]

I'm enjoying my second bowl of organic popcorn cooked on the stove in a pot. Microwave popcorn has been such a part of my life for so long now it didn't really even occur to me to question its benefits. However, not only does my organic stove top popcorn taste better and produce zero garbage, but it also has, over two bowls in a row, produced a *100%* pop rate.

Not a single kernel wasted!

Comments

[worldmegan.livejournal.com]

Oooh, yes! We have had semi-successful experiments with stove poppin' and even with limited success it's way, way better than microwave popcorn. Yummmm.

[errantember.livejournal.com]

In what way were they "semi" successful?

[worldmegan.livejournal.com]

We had trouble not burning the popcorn -- our big pot is cast iron, with a cast iron lid, so it was interesting to try and *check* the popcorn without getting it everywhere. The first time it was pretty burnt, the second time not so much, but not *perfect*. (YET.)

Popcorn popcorn! ::dance dance::

[errantember.livejournal.com]

I'm using a fairly standard stainless steel pot, and by doing the shakey-shakey as soon as the popping started, and stopping as soon as the kernel popping stopped, I got perfect popcorn each time. I was also using organic popcorn, which might or might not have made a difference.