Many people go to the movie theater just to eat great tasting popcorn, but only a few know that you can get that great movie popcorn taste at home as well.
If you want movie theater style popcorn in your home as well, I would recommend the Whirley Pop Popcorn Popper. This home popcorn maker is a stovetop popcorn maker, which is a simple, yet great kitchen accessory. It is made up of an aluminum pan with a clip on top, that has a stay-cool handle attached to it, which you turn. The rod in turn rotates a stirring dasher inside of the Whirley Pop Popper’s pan, which makes sure that all kernels stay in motion during the popping process, and are recieving the same amount of oil and heat. The Whirley Pop also has steam vents on its lid, which lets moisture escape.
So prepare your Whirley Pop, decide how many people will be enjoying movie popcorn at home, and prepare the ingredients:
Quarts of Popcorn | Amount of Oil | Amount of Popping Corn
2 |1 tablespoon | 1/3 Cup
4 |2 tablespoon | 2/3 Cup
6 |2 tablespoons | 1 Cup
8 |3 tablespoons | 1 1/4 Cups
Once the ingredients are prepared, follow these steps:
1. There is no need to preheat the popper or the oil.
2. Mix the required oil and amount of corn in your Whirley Pop Popcorn Maker and place it onto your stove (either gas or electric) and turn the stove to medium. At this stage you don’t need to add any seasoning, just the corn and oil.
3. Slowly rotate the wooden lever, and adjust the stove temperature so popping finishes after approximately 3 min.
4. Start turning the crank, and continue to do so all the way through the cooking process. You may stop when these is only an occasional pop of about 1 every 2 seconds, or when the lever becomes hard to turn.
5. Take the popcorn popper off the stove immediately.
6. Pour the popcorn into a serving bowl.
7. Put some butter, salt or popcorn seasoning and Bon Appetite!
Tips on Using Your Whirley Pop Popcorn Popper
* If you set the heat too high, you will burn your popcorn! Medium heat is the way to go!
* Don’t use too much oil, 1-2 tablespoons is enough.
* Use quality corn.
And there you have it! Its time to enjoy your home made move popcorn, all it takes is a couple minutes of preparation. And the good news is that popcorn made with your Whirley Pop will be much healthier than movie theater popcorn, because they add lots of “secret” ingredients to their recipes, which generally consist of artificial ingredients.
You might also want to try a a hot air if you are very concerned about your diet. Hot air poppers utilize very hot, rotating air to pop the corn instead of hot oil, thereby keeping the calorie and saturated fat count to a minimum. Add some salt, butter or seasoning at the end, but know that every extra ingredient changes the nutritional values of your snack, and not for the better. But if you want that movie theater taste, you will deffinitelly want to try a Whirley Popper.
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