Your Popcorn

GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">how do you like it?</div> A little salt and no butter.

I'm sure someone has something more creative.


oh and pulled this off of slashdot:

<!--QuoteBegin-Scientists Solve Riddle of Unpopped Popcorn+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scientists Solve Riddle of Unpopped Popcorn)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->CNN is reporting that scientists have solved the problem of unpopped popcorn kernels left in a bag or bowl. The short answer is that unpopped kernels have leaky hulls (seed coats) that prevent the buildup of sufficient pressure to cause the pop. The research has been published online and will appear in the July 11 edition of the journal BioMacromolecules. From the article: 'In the varieties popped, the percentage of unpopped kernels ranged from 4 percent in premium brands to 47 percent in the cheaper ones.' So buying the good stuff for home use is probably worth it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    My mother hates it with butter, so I never get to have it with butter. I should try it, just to see.
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  • TommyVercettiTommyVercetti Join Date: 2003-02-10 Member: 13390Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Home made in an old-school popping machine that predates myself, little pinch of salt and some freshly melted unsalted butter. Better than anything prepackaged or the stuff in the movie theatre (which dehydrates me enough to make me look like a prune).
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  • QuietstormQuietstorm Join Date: 2004-02-18 Member: 26670Members, Constellation
    I like it with alot of butter...tons of it...Infact last time I was at the movies I asked for a Large popcorn with (and I quote), "Enough Butter to drown a Small Child"....Yes that's ALOT of butter.
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  • Private_ColemanPrivate_Coleman PhD in Video Games Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7510Members
    I like my popcorn how I like my women.

    In a bowl k?
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    In a bowl k? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
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  • DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
    Butter. Preferably lots of butter like in the movies.
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  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    2:35 in the microwave.


    Otherwise:
    moderate amount of salt,
    light on the butter.

    [Enough to make you thirsty after about 7 handfuls.]
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  • goAnimositygoAnimosity Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7689Members
    Topped with bodily fluids.

    Its tantric.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Quietstorm+Apr 22 2005, 10:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quietstorm @ Apr 22 2005, 10:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I like it with alot of butter...tons of it...Infact last time I was at the movies I asked for a Large popcorn with (and I quote), "Enough Butter to drown a Small Child"....Yes that's ALOT of butter. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Same with me.

    It's good to see scientist are doing good.
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  • GwahirGwahir Join Date: 2002-04-24 Member: 513Members, Constellation
    I would like butter if what they served at the movies actually was butter... you really don't want to know what it is...
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Do tell, it won't matter to me. It still tastes great.
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  • ChronoChrono Local flyboy Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18989Members
    i like my popcorn un buttered and un salted with a bottle of vodka sitting next to it
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Salt (not too much) and various herbs. No butter, but oily from the sunflower oil I make them with. Popcorn HAS to be made in a pot, believe me. None of this hot-air stuff. As for the herbs: Oregano, basilikum, stuff like that. Basically, if it goes well on a pizza, it probably goes well with popcorn as well. Try it - you'll never want it any other way again.
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  • juicejuice Join Date: 2003-01-28 Member: 12886Members, Constellation
    I recommend a "butter-flavored" soybean oil "topping" with GOLD in the name.

    Like "GOLDen top", or "GOLD'n touch"

    The gold part comes from the orangy color, achieved with healthy beta carotene!

    Make no mistake, popcorn topping is a healthy treat. Doctors recommend 4 8-oz servings a day.


    new!
    Mor GOLD Plus
    A better butter substitute requiring no refrigeration. A creamy liquid topping at room temperature, with artificial flavoring and salt.

    If it's liquid at room temperature, it's gotta taste good.

    Never goes bad, because not even bacteria will eat it!
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    I like it with some salt (not too much though) and lots and lots of hot butter... I don't really eat popcorn often though. Most cinemas in the UK except the UCI ones don't offer butter and I usually go for a slightly more healthy (not by much) lil pot of haagen das strawberry cheesecake icecream :D
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    soggy pop corn ftw! (atleast in movie theaters <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)

    The other great one?

    Kettle Corn!

    butter+sugar ftw!
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  • brute_forcebrute_force Join Date: 2003-10-04 Member: 21433Members, Constellation
    I like to make popcorn in the microwave, and while it's in there I melt some butter. Once it's done, I pour half the popcorn into a bowl, then pour half the butter ontop and salt a bit, then I pour the rest of the popcorn and butter and salt a bit more. Then I mix it around a bit and eat it. Win.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Well, I can see how very buttery popcorn might not be very healthy - but mine is! Added bonus! I mean, it's just corn, herbs and sunflower oil. And not a lot of sunflower oil either. Envy my 1337 popcorn skillz!
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  • AldarisAldaris Join Date: 2002-03-25 Member: 351Members, Constellation
    Popcorn here in the UK is mostly with toffee on it, so when I went to America I ended up spitting the popcorn out as its salted/buttered, which I hate with a passion. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • AlienCowAlienCow Join Date: 2003-09-20 Member: 21040Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Aldaris+Apr 23 2005, 02:50 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aldaris @ Apr 23 2005, 02:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Popcorn here in the UK is mostly with toffee on it, so when I went to America I ended up spitting the popcorn out as its salted/buttered, which I hate with a passion. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Mmmmm toffee popcorn. The only kind I ever eat, on the rare occasion I will have popcorn. Once you've had it everything else tastes crap.

    Butterkist Toffee popcorn in those little bags, mmm-mmm good.
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  • StewieStewie Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18795Members
    With cheese and bacon
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  • arcticaarctica Shindiggery innit Join Date: 2005-02-18 Member: 41646Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Gwahir+Apr 23 2005, 12:24 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Gwahir @ Apr 23 2005, 12:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A little salt and no butter.

    I'm sure someone has something more creative.


    oh and pulled this off of slashdot:

    <!--QuoteBegin-Scientists Solve Riddle of Unpopped Popcorn+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scientists Solve Riddle of Unpopped Popcorn)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->CNN is reporting that scientists have solved the problem of unpopped popcorn kernels left in a bag or bowl. The short answer is that unpopped kernels have leaky hulls (seed coats) that prevent the buildup of sufficient pressure to cause the pop. The research has been published online and will appear in the July 11 edition of the journal BioMacromolecules. From the article: 'In the varieties popped, the percentage of unpopped kernels ranged from 4 percent in premium brands to 47 percent in the cheaper ones.' So buying the good stuff for home use is probably worth it.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Scientists actually looked into that?

    ...

    How bored WERE they?

    As for mine, lightly buttered theatre popcorn. No salt.
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  • AldarisAldaris Join Date: 2002-03-25 Member: 351Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-AlienCow+Apr 23 2005, 04:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AlienCow @ Apr 23 2005, 04:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Butterkist Toffee popcorn in those little bags, mmm-mmm good. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah, Butterkist Toffee popcorn <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    The kind of popcorn you have to break through a solid crust of sugar to get to the popcorn. The kind where saying "Would you like some popcorn with your toffee?" makes sense.

    Mmm-mmm good indeed.
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Those are the results of an inquisitive mind, arctica. A lot of advances throughout human history can be chalked up to simple curiosity.
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  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    There's this kind of popcorn with habanero pepper stuff on it. Damn it's good.
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  • RatonetwothreetwooneRatonetwothreetwoone Join Date: 2004-03-23 Member: 27504Members
    i make mine with the oil i get out of bottles of giardiniera... makes for a nice spicy popcorn... then ill maybe put some salt and such on there... yum yum...
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  • arcticaarctica Shindiggery innit Join Date: 2005-02-18 Member: 41646Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-lolfighter+Apr 23 2005, 01:34 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Apr 23 2005, 01:34 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Those are the results of an inquisitive mind, arctica. A lot of advances throughout human history can be chalked up to simple curiosity. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    It's..popcorn. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> They could've been researching/advancing modern medicine instead of figuring out why there were unpopped kernels.
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  • RatonetwothreetwooneRatonetwothreetwoone Join Date: 2004-03-23 Member: 27504Members
    theres plenty of people working on improving/advancing/inveting medicines... some people want to know why their retarded kernels are unpopped.. so these scientists told us.. (even though i though everyone already knew that)
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Well, perhaps I didn't make it clear enough: Many great discoveries have come from research into seemingly trivial things. We can never know what we will discover until we discover it. Therefore, no research is truly irrelevant. It may not lead to results, but we cannot know that in advance. So we research. It's human nature.
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  • CplDavisCplDavis I hunt the arctic Snonos Join Date: 2003-01-09 Member: 12097Members
    edited April 2005
    butter and salt please. how much depends on my mood.

    The kind you make yourself with a pop corn popper (not micorwave) is even better but more time consuming.



    And yea 2:35 does seem to be the magic number for when you do use the microwave.
    And butter toffe popcorn is tasty too

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    *goes off to make popcorn
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