Mark Thorson > wrote in message >...
> jacqui{JB} wrote:
>
> > And the best popcorn popper isn't worth what you paid for it if you
> > don't use the best popcorn. I'm an Orville Redenbacher fan, myself.
>
> I'm not impressed with Orville Redenbacher. Before putting
> the corn in the popper, I always spread the popcorn out
> in a dish or something and inspect it for bad kernels. I pick
> out all the bad kernels (especially the ones that are black
> at the tip) and discard them. I do that because corn is the
> second biggest source of cancer-causing aflatoxins in a
> typical U.S. diet. (Peanuts are the #1 source.)

Corn isn't usually grown without fungicides though, whereas the market
for organic peanuts is proportionately larger. Anybody who eats
organic peanutbutter is nuts...

>
> If you've ever noticed a piece of popcorn that had an
> off taste, it was made from one of these bad kernels.
> It's caused by a mold.
>
> In doing these inspections, I've found no difference between
> Orville Redenbacher and the cheaper brands. They all
> contain about the same number of bad kernels.

The OR tend to be fatter and rounder - a different variety of corn I
suspect. I have good grocery store brands and poor ones - it is
somewhat hit or miss.

-L.