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Default Popcorn issues

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:39:54 GMT, "brooklyn1"
> shouted from the highest rooftop:

>
>"Dan S." > wrote in message
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>>I like microwave popcorn, but sometimes I just buy the bag of regular corn
>>and pop it in the wok.
>>
>> I use vegetable oil and it never comes out as crisp as the microwave
>> stuff. In fact, you could almost say it's stale or chewy tasting.
>>
>> How can I remedy this?
>>

>
>I have an air popper, works great, and I can always melt some butter in the
>nuker. I hate microwave popcorn, should be packaged with a can of Glade
>'cause it smells like just took a dump.


You said it. I tried the microwave stuff just once. Smelled so bad I
threw it in the rubbish.

Then I took it out the bag again and read the small print. Full of fat
- which defeated the reason I bought the microwave popcorn to begin
with.

Then I bought a microwave popcorn popper so that I could have popcorn
without added oil/fat. It worked OK, but wouldn't pop more than enough
for one. So I bought one of those air poppers and can pop up enough
for myself and others to enjoy and add a bit of melted butter (the
popper has a little


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