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discounteggroll
01/14/09

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mmm...kernel panic
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Hestika
01/14/09

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Dude: Whirlypop.

The best popcorn maker ever.

[www.popcornpopper.com]
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infmom
01/14/09

@Hestika: Agreed! No more wimpy air pop stuff or grease-coated microwave glop in this household. Whirlypop FTW.
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Curves
01/14/09

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That tapered neck makes it look like a b*itch to clean. (I know I always say something looks hard to clean, but I am OCD about that clean thing.)
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/14/09

@Curves: My girlfriend's dad had a cast iron skillet he used to make popcorn with. He'd just wipe it out and never actually clean it so there was always a thin grease layer at the bottom. This went on for years until her mom cleaned the skillet one day.

He never made popcorn again...
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/14/09

@Curves: The tapered neck doesn't bother me as much as the glass handle does. I know it would only be a matter of time before I snapped it off..
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Curves
01/14/09

@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: I do that with my cast iron cookware as well (especially my cast iron wok). If you clean it too well, you have to reseason them.
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subryu
01/14/09

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Flameware...really? That sounds safe. I foresee rampant office fires after these hit the shelves. The butter may cover the popcorn, but will it cover your fire insurance deductible?
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/14/09

@subryu: "Pyre"x?

Pyre:"wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite"
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ripfire
01/14/09

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*sniff* *sniff* Mmmm. Popcorn... OH MY GOD FIRE! FIRE!
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Geisrud
01/14/09

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We used to use an air popper with narry a burnt or unpopped kernel. It had an aluminum dish on top that fit an entire stick of butter; which was melted by the heat generated by the machine.
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wasting_company_time
01/14/09

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Ummm... I kinda want this. Anyone know how well it actually works?

Although my parents air popper from like 70s still works and doesn't burn / leave kernals. Maybe I will just go steal that from them instead.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/14/09

@wasting_company_time: I bought a plastic microwave popcorn popper from Target for like 7 bucks a few years back, and never looked back. I use Olive Oil I infuse with ground pepper and ancho chiles to pop the corn, and it comes out with few Old Maids.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/14/09

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FYI, in the popcorn business, un-popped kernels are called "Old Maids". Don't ask me why I know that.
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szrimaging
01/14/09

@McRib_GitEmSteveDave: Why do you know that?
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
01/14/09

@szrimaging: I once read an article about the popcorn corn industry and how hull thickness can affect popping performance, etc... I'm sort of like that chick from "Space Camp", but not as cute, and my skill doesn't apply to things I actually need.
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ripfire
01/14/09

@McRib_GitEmSteveDave: Now I know how to use the work "unpopped kernel".
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ripfire
01/14/09

@ripfire: work = word
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BoinK
01/14/09

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As someone who has never had popcorn with butter all over it; doesn't it get all soggy?
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winshape
01/14/09

@BoinK: If you can't see through the popcorn...there isn't enough butter.

I wonder when someone will invent a gadget that makes sure that the theater popcorn butter is evenly distributed throughout the whole bag instead of just hitting the top layer.
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logicalnoise
01/14/09

@winshape: some theaters used to have employees fill the bag half way do a butter layer then fill the rest of the bag and a butter layer on top. I don't get popcorn at the theaters anymore so I don't know if that's still practiced.
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weatherman
01/14/09

@logicalnoise: they'll still do this if you ask them - just ask them to layer it with buttery goodness and most of them will be happy to do it. Except in those places where it's self-serve buttery-goodness. I avoid those theaters.

Popcorn quality in movie theaters has gone down dramatically, and it really doesn't make any sense given that the popcorn is probably the highest profit margin item in their main source of income. It's a shame, and just one more thing that leads to the decline of the movie theater industry.
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highfloydelity
01/14/09

@weatherman: Or what you do Is put a straw down in your popcorn and run the butter/syrup through the straw to reach the lower parts.
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
01/14/09

@weatherman: You said it brother. I hate when they pull out the bags of already popped Popcorn then throw it under a heat lamp. Cook them kernels while I wait impatiently I say!
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weatherman
01/14/09

@highfloydelity: that's only the most brilliant thing I've ever read. You, sir, should be nominated for a Nobel Prize.
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