Pan, air cooker, microwave?

In a pan...like your grandma made it...on a gas stove

We do. On the stovetop, never liked microwave ovens.

We always make it in a big pot on the stove. Made some tonight actually

#7 national canner , peanut oil , and a tin lid makes a grocery bag of great popcorn ,

I use a smaller cast aluminum 3 quart for small batches.

haven't made any in months , I don't eat enough popcorn myself to bother making it but if I had company I would.

3 times a week in the winter. I like white popcorn better and even here I can buy Amish Country popcorn.

On the stove over gas.

Pete

I kind of go in streaks but make it more often in winter. I have a old wearever kettle like my mother used. That I have use only for popcorn for many years now. Some would call it a nasty looking thing because of oil build up. I call it well seasoned. I prefer yellow popcorn and corn oil. The way I do it the pot makes about 2 gallons each batch.



Mac

Yep

My favorite snack

Wife likes the commercial cheddar cheese popcorn, so that's whats here, lol. but I have a bag of yellow ready for the coming winter nights....small batch in a cast Iron Dutch oven on the stove top....

I grow it for the wife, I'd sooner chew on chips or pretzels.

Here's a years worth for her.

After a couple sore thumbs, lol

Hippie....so how you make your own ??

Special corn you grow ,.....?

What's the process ..?

It should I just google it

I always grow a little. I've settled on a Japanese hybrid as my favorite.
It's easy to do, Nessy. Just pick it when it's dried down and shell it. That's it!

You buy popcorn seeds just like any corn seeds ya buy. I find it just as easy to grow, meaning no special requirements.

I let it on the stock until the stocks turning brown from dying and then lay the ears to dry for a couple weeks. Kernels should be hard.

Then ya pluck them off the ear and wait a couple more weeks before cooking.

Here's the seeds I used this year..

Do you want to make your popcorn taste the same as a movie theater snack stand ?

They all use this - butter flavored salt.

I'm trying to snack more on popcorn....tortilla chips are my kryptonite, can eat a whole big bag at a sitting....not good, lol, but I'm like a crackhead with that stuff...I tell miss Daisy to please not buy any, I can sniff it out in a sealed bag!, lol

I grow it every year. Still use the pot my parents did when I was small. That makes it about 60+ years old.

There were acres of Orville Redenbacher popcorn planted around my farm until a couple days ago when it was combined.

That is very often Sunday supper Ness. On the stove top, a little canola oil, then real butter and salt. Occasionally I add some Lawrey's seasoning for a change up. White "Snappy" brand is my favorite. Smaller hulls are better for my diverticulitis, lol.

Have a patch of ground to from some on Nessy?

Yup...can find a spot...just a little cluster of 12 -18 stalks enough ???

Nows thats cool...
That's what I've been popping

Yeah,
You'll get 2 maybe 3 ears to a stalk. More than enough!

Plant them in a square instead of a single row if ya can, pollinate better

I expect you can just plant some of the kernels your using to pop now...

Nothing eats popcorn, so you don't need to worry about, squirrels, coon, or deer eating it up like they do other types of corn.

Pheasants love popcorn! There is some grown around here and a lot of the pheasants I shoot have craws full of popcorn.

Amish Country factory is not far from me. Good product. mikec

No pheasants or quail here anymore. Used to have bobwhite quail.

befor we cut carbs. Coconut oil on the stove top with salt. About the best there is.

I worked at à Farmers Coop for 6 years. Had fresh pop-corn in the lobby all day every day. I dont care to ever eat it again.

I do, or did, till I had my teeth pulled. I liked to take the stuff and make a pot full when I go Hunting, Fishing or anything.

I think my boys could eat their weight in popcorn. We do it in a pan or our popcorn popping machine, they don’t care much for microwaving it, except in a pinch.

I’ll eat it every once in a while. Broke a tooth eating it once while on a trip to Ft. Drum in NY and wouldn’t touch it for the longest time after that.

Might add some to the garden next year. They boys will like that.

I know you can’t plant it the same time as seeet corn, so need to figure out the schedule. Don’t want cross pollination.

Didn’t realize popcorn was so controversial.

Will check out the Snow Puff Hybrid Hippie! Also the strawberry.

Hopefully the boys get into growing their own.