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[–] 38 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (9 children)

I feel like bananas are the same way:

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Did you mean to say "avocadoes"? Got 2 rotting in my fridge right now. :(

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Make it in a pot. The taller the pot, the less popped corn will be touching the bottom, so less is burnt as the others take time to finish. 👌

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    Alternatively, put 3 or so corns in the pot, wait for them to pop, then add the rest. They should all go quickly then without a chance to burn.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    That's exactly what I do.

    What I mean by making them in the pot is that the popped corn rise from the bottom (pushed up by newly popped kernels), also without a chance to burn, whereas in a microwave all the corn will continue to be zapped by the electromagnetic waves even after being popped, for a significantly higher risk of burning.

    Even if you keep the pot too long in the stove/hob, only the very bottom layer of corn will burn. 👍

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)

    Guys, you just listen and wait until there's three seconds between pops, then it's done.

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    I knew what that link was before even opening it. 🍿💦💨🪄

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  • [–] 27 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Stovetop every time babe♡

    Can't be beat ♡

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  • [–] [S] 27 points 11 months ago (4 children)
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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    I can smell this post and the disappointment.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Fake, 3:37 should still have some un-popped kernels.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Then you run for 3-5 seconds after it cools a moment, then let it rest in the microwave for about 20 seconds and it’ll keep popping in the hotbox.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    If rule 34 is for porn, then rule 37 is for corn

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    Imagine making microwave popcorn. Smh

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

    I make stovetop popcorn in the microwave.

    The real trick is to actually read the god damn directions, which tell you to not let the time go all the way and stop the process once the kernels are popping longer than 1 second apart. If, once it starts popping, 1 full second goes by without a pop, it's done.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Technology concessions did an episode on this. Those instructions are for the lowest common denominator of microwaves.

    If your microwave has a popcorn setting that uses sensors, is almost always the best option. Some use humidity, some use a microphone, some use both.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Those instructions are for the lowest common denominator of microwaves.

    That affects the overall cook time, not the bit about stopping when the popping slows. Even making it on the stove, you need to take the pot off the burner once the popping slows or you'll burn what's already been popped.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    I feel like you stopped reading after the sentence that you quoted. Here, let me repeat the rest for you

    If your microwave has a popcorn setting that uses sensors, is almost always the best option. Some use humidity, some use a microphone, some use both.

    They have sensors to detect that for you. Sometimes using literal microphones

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (3 children)

    I feel like you don't understand why that is irrelevant to anything I said. If you have a good sensor microwave, you wouldn't be burning your popcorn. If you don't have a sensor or your microwave is shit, you need to pay attention.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

    Maybe I misunderstood.

    Whan you say "follow the instructions", which instructions are you saying to follow?
    Instructions on the internet, instructions on stovetop popcorn, or instructions on microwave popcorn?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Either one; but just the part about stopping it when the popping slows. The time the microwave bags tell you to cook is based on a certain wattage and assumes you don't have a sensor; but they also mention when to stop the microwave as general rule of thumb that doesn't change if your microwave is more or less powerful.

    Like, if the bag says 3 minutes and you just let it go the whole time, you only followed half the instructions, ya know?

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Ok, I think we're not really disagreeing, we're just fighting about language.

    Yes if you follow the directions and pay close attention then you won't end up with burnt popcorn.

    But a lot of the time the directions specifically say not to use the popcorn button, when you really should, so in that case following the directions will give you what you want but there is a much better way.
    When you said to actually follow the instructions, I thought you were more or less blanket agreeing with that part of the instructions too.

    So I think we were talking past eachother for a bit there.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Very burnt popcorn is such a horrific smell and it takes so long to go away.

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    I have a popcorn popping machine like what they have in theaters. I was going to sell it because it takes up way too much space and I need the money, but then I tested it out and it is one of my favorite things. When I have cravings, I flood it full of perfectly cooked, salted, and oiled popcorn within minutes, and fill an 8 qt Instant Pot pot because cylinder shapes hold more popcorn than bowl shapes can.

    Sometimes the adult thing to do is have popcorn for dinner.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    Stop making your popcorn in the microwave!

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    2 minutes and 13 seconds exactly for my popcorn.

    It took several tries

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I found the best way is coconut oil and a wok. Pops pretty much all of it, rarely burns any.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Popcorn tastes so much better when you overcook it in the break room microwave at work.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Literally me last night.

    Stopped it at 3:37:30, so only seared a small section at the bottom.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    What you do is set one kernel aside put the rest in the microwave until black take it out put the kernel back in wait 3 months an voila fresh corn.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Ok, so what you rule over Popcorn? What is there to Popcorn? What kinds do you even make?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    no wonder they call you the popcorn princess

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