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Alan wrote in
:

> On 11 Nov 2004 23:27:20 GMT, Amarantha
> > wrote:
>
>>Peter > wrote in
m:
>>
>>>>Just toss a handful in the microwave and watch the fun. It takes a
>>>>lot of cleaning up later on though.
>>>
>>>
>>> I am just about to give up, I never much liked microwave ovens, nor
>>> saw much use in them, but my girlfriend likes popcorn.
>>>
>>> Is there a foolproof method anyone can recommend? Any other uses for
>>> the microwave would also be useful.
>>
>>Do you have a stove top and a saucepan? I make my popcorn the old-
>>fashioned way and it doesn't take long at all. Just put some oil or
>>butter over the heat (doesn't take much), add your pop corn, hold the
>>lid on and keep shaking the pan until the noise stops.
>
> I do this. It doesn't take a lot longer than the microwave.
>
> BTW, you DON'T have to shake the pan. I use a heavy pan and
> it works just fine without shaking, at all, ever.
>
> That shakin' thing is a myth, I guess.

It's not a myth if you don't have a really heavy-bottomed pan.

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