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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago

They forgot the 3rd mode. When all the popped kernals are gone, and all you have left are the unpopped kernals that you still eat anyways.

[-] dingus@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

My parents used to warn me that I might end up cracking a tooth on the kernels. I still eat them anyway. Probably gonna regret that one day lol.

[-] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I never expect my standards to sink that low and yet they always do.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

The partially popped ones are the best. I’d eat a whole bowl of those. No idea how you would successfully cook them that way.

[-] fjordo@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

Oh man I love the partially popped ones. I love finding a cluster of them in the bottom of the bag.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've broken a tooth filling this way :(

[-] Manticore@lemmy.nz 42 points 2 months ago

Where's us weirdos that like to eat 1-3 at a time by one sticking to our tongue like a frog

[-] Zorque@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago
[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Lol I was telling a coworker about that the other day and they called me a weirdo. Best way to eat popcorn and keep your hands clean!

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I have to try this the next time!

[-] davidgro@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

I just start with the second mode.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 15 points 2 months ago

The transition happens at the exact moment that my fingers first touch the popcorn

[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah phase 1 is optional, some of us only wish that we were that sophistumicashiated as all that!

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Didn't know about the first phase.

[-] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Yep, never heard of it.

[-] MirthfulAlembic@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

It starts when the popcorn begins to cool enough that both it's safe to ram mouthfuls and it's a race against the clock to finish before it becomes cold.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've never done the second.

I don't like popcorn enough to justify getting that shit everywhere by uncontrollably grabbing and stuffing it in my mouth. For me, it's something to slowly munch on.

[-] late_night@sopuli.xyz 14 points 2 months ago

It's OK to admit it, this is a safe zone

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Eh, the messiness is wholly dependent on the person. Me? I can get fistfulls in my mouth without dropping a single kernel or breaking any pieces off (that fall away, anyways). The mess comes from forgetting my fingers are fucked over with salty butter...

[-] ne0phyte@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

Remember to always keep at least one kernel or your system won't boot.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago

Pop-corn enthusiasts, how do you make them? Ready-made microwave shite, or from kernels? If from kernels, do you use a special air-frier, or just pan with oil? I use the air-frier but I find that my biggest problem is getting the butter taste in them afterwards. I'm dripping a butter-tasting rapeseed oil afterwards, but this tends to not reach the bottom layers if I make a lot.

What's your approach?

[-] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

I've been looking into this air fryer / self-stirring cooking pot "Delonghi Multifry". Could work to get it mixed with butter while air frying.

Although I'm mostly thinking about air frying breaded chickpeas, noodles / spätzle, gnocchi and potatoes. Not to save on oil mind you, just to avoid having to get off my ass and stir the pan all the time.

[-] CPMSP@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

Microwave is okay in a pinch.

Kettle style with the built in stirrer, a touch of canola and salt can be very good.

I prefer air popped, with a 1:1 ratio of butter tbsp per 1/3 cup kernel batch, and dusted with fine popcorn salt.

[-] s3rvant@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

I've had this guy for a couple years now: https://a.co/d/ggaW5BS

Few butter patties and some kernels then salt once done; works great

[-] save_the_humans@leminal.space 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Just use ghee in place of oil on the stove and use more than you think you'll need. Drown the kernels in that delicious high heat clarified butter.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately it's a bit too expensive around here

[-] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

I use an 8 cup saucepan with a splash of avocado oil. After popping I cover it in melted garlic butter with parmesan and nooch

[-] CPMSP@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

My friend introduced me to eating popcorn with chopsticks for practice and I've been doing it ever since.

No buttery fingers, no fistfuls of corn. Just a slow and forced-portioning pace.

[-] Brahvim@lemmy.kde.social 2 points 2 months ago

Ugh, you're VERY right, but they don't sell 'em around here. We don't have the pairs we used to have anymore...

[-] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Honestly depends on how drunk I am

[-] JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago

Tangential, but anyone passing by this comment and doesn't like popcorn after working at a theater?

Whenever I see a bowl of popcorn it reminds me of that smell of popcorn and coke mixed together in a garbage can. It's not so bad that I don't eat it at all. But if I do, I have very little.

[-] Lawyerator@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

My first job was at a theatre. The black jeans they had us buy to work there never lost the smell of popcorn butter. I kept them for a few years thinking they'd lose the smell after enough washings, but no.

I know that coke/popcorn/garbage mix smell, and how stupidly heavy a full trash bag gets when there's too many full sodas in it.

I don't eat popcorn often, but I remember we got it for free as employees in a small-sized cup. A few of us would make popcorn "parfaits" that consisted of popcorn, butter, and intentionally too much salt for several layers.

That and the slightly over-syruped coke we'd also get for free worked oddly well together.

I assume that this will ultimately be the cause of a massive heart attack, but the free snack smell-memory outpaces the garbage memory for me.

[-] CrackedLinuxISO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

Popcorn + spoon is the way. Clean hands plus high throughput.

[-] Kepion 18 points 2 months ago

What the fuck

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Probably eat french fries with a fork as well you psychopath.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Chopsticks, unironically. Better than having salt all over your hands.

[-] SinningStromgald@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Old Bay is far superior to salt.

[-] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago

Same with chips or nuts.

[-] Anahkiasen 3 points 2 months ago

Same as for chips

[-] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

Popcorn is great and all, but having some piece of popcorn stuck in your throat…

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Luxury! How about getting a piece of a kernel shell stuck between a tooth and the gum, and taking three days to get it out?

[-] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago

Luxury?! Have you ever had that happen at a movie theater? You just start sucking down on the limited coke that needs to last the whole movie, just to try and get that out. And all you wanted was to enjoy the movie in peace.

Though I will concede. Had some popcorm stuck between teeth during a movie. No fun. Not a kernel, though, and eventually either it was gone somehow, or I got used to it

[-] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It’s a lot like a battle where at first you have controlled volley fire, but later the panicked lieutenant shouts out to fire at will.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Same thing happens with fries and pizza rolls.

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