Kettle corn

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:24 pm

When I go rent movies at my local video store, I always get the deal where you get 2 popcorns and 2 sodas along with your movies. I get butter for Bullet, and kettle corn for me.

Now, his stuff pops fine, but mine, instead of the bag puffing up and getting all pillowy-like, it sucks into itself, making a compressed bag, instead of a puffy bag. The brand is Act II so it's not like it's some junk brand. It pops fine, tastes good, but it's just weird to see it compressing instead of inflating.

Anyone else ever have Act II kettle corn and see this happen??

Not the biggest dillemma I can think of right now, but I just popped a bag, and was wondering....

:yh_rotfl

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:56 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: Now that you mention it, I had that happen too but I thought it was defective and threw it away.:yh_blush

Duh!
It happens to mine every single time, but ONLY Act II brand. The other brands puff up.

Good, I thought I was the only one...or perhaps all the dope I did as a kid was coming back to haunt me....

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:03 am

All of my kettle corn bags do this, no matter the brand. But I lurve it anyway.

What I really would like to learn, one day, is how to actually make it in a pot.

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 9:07 am

Oooh! Here's one!

Kettle Corn

Ingredients:

1/4 cup corn oil

1/4 cup popcorn

1/4 cup sugar

salt

Directions:

Use a decent size pot (with a lid) and pour in enough oil to have about an 1/8" covering the bottom. Don't use too much oil. Too much oil will sog the popped popcorn and you'll probably get sick to your stomach when you eat it. Dump in enough popcorn to make a single layer in the pot. Put the pot on medium high heat. When you see the corn start to get excited but before it starts to pop, quickly pour in the sugar as evenly as you can across the top. Cover and shake back and forth to pop (like Jiffy Pop). When you pull it off you need to slightly salt it. You can't pop every single kernel because you would scorch the popcorn. Also pouring in the sugar too soon tends to make the popcorn scorch more easily. If you pour it in too late, the sugar stays granular and grainy. Also get the popped popcorn out of the pot as quickly as possible to prevent scorching.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:14 am

Another good reason to have you back in the Garden, Beth

Thanks for the recipe.

Beth · Post by **Beth** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 11:22 am

No problem.

I made some about a half hour ago. It was soooo good. The kids hate popcorn but loved this. I think I'll make this on our dvd family nights. It wasn't that difficult at all.