[Vendome]

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bkmrk

[Nifster]

To lazy to put it in a pot on the stove

[Red Badger]

Been there.
Done that.
Got the buttery fingers................

[V_TWIN]

“she shows how she’s been making her kids homemade popcorn “for years.”

So have I...every time I do the annual church fast .....minus the salt.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Shhh...don't tell her...

[taxcontrol]

Also less expensive if you buy the popcorn in bulk instead of the individual microwave bags.

[Ellendra]

The last time my dad made popcorn this way, it caught fire in the microwave.

We bought him an air-popper after that.

[Codeflier]

We did this with our microwave in 1978. It was one of the main things promoted as a benefit for a microwave at the time as there were no microwave TV dinners etc. This is so old.

[mmichaels1970]

The mom starts by dumping a few spoonfuls of kernels into her paper bag, then adds butter and sea salt before microwaving the mix for just two minutes.

People didn't know this? I did that 30 years ago. Didn't even need the tik-toks or interwebs to figure it out.

Now I WOULD intentionally burn the heck out of it in my ongoing quest to figure out how to create, market, and sell "partially popped" kernels...but that's neither here nor there....and that dream is long gone.

[Ge0ffrey]

The hack is called a microwave.

[duckman]

Instead of butter, you can use Coconut oil. If you are not familiar with C/oil it has the same consistency as butter. Very good

[NWFree]

I’ve used the same cast iron pot for decades.

Now I use coconut oil and Orville’s white corn.

[humblegunner]

It’s a trap!
Clearly this is sinister disinformation being spread by none other than CORN POP HIMSELF!

[Bullish]

Every once in a while a thread of immense importance pops ip here... This one is of epic proportion.

[heartwood]

I have never microwaved popcorn without burning it. Look at the instruction, subtract 30 sec or a minute, burn it.

Awful smell stuck in the microwave.

I guess I could calibrate for microwave, but I would burn a lot first.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Viewers were largely blown away, with many commenting that they’d always assumed there was some sort of “special ingredient” in store-bought popcorn that helped it pop in the bag.

So...these viewers don't know what a microwave oven does? It excites water molecules thus heating them.
What is at the center of a popcorn kernel? A bit of water. Water heated while enclosed creates steam. And...Whoopeee! Popcorn. [snort]...Secret Ingredient.

[Lean-Right]

Now, if I can just find a paper bag...

[Jamestown1630]

People have done that since microwave ovens were available.

For years, some of the cooking people on TV and Internet have shown that you can do it with dried corn on the cob, too:

https://foodsgal.com/microwave-corn-on-cob-popcorn/

[MayflowerMadam]

Sprinkle on some Parmesan cheese.

[amnestynone]

I just use a new hot air popper. Theone I have now does not leave unpopped kernels (or at least not many). You can add butter so the salt will stick. I do not add butter but take the salt left over at the bottom of the pan and recycle it into the next batch.