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George said...

> Dan S. wrote:
>> 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?
>>

>
> Buy a microwave popper. I think I paid $6 for ours and it is over 5
> years old. Looks like a bowl with a loose fitting lid. No oil required
> and none of the acrid exploding chemical factory smell you get from the
> fake butter in bagged microwave popcorn.



Doesn't anyone Jiffy-Pop anymore?

Andy
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