Saturday, July 4, 2015

How-To Pop Corn

It's Independence Day here in the United States, so I considered doing a depressing post about how fireworks aren't environmentally friendly, plus it's so hard to find out if the magnesium stearate used in them is vegan or not. Fireworks are one of those strange ubiquitous cultural activities that are not worth boycotting... we need to work on finding greener ways to make them so the show can go on.

What else explodes?? Popcorn! And we made some this evening to take with us to watch fireworks. You can pop corn many ways simply using the kernels and popping them yourself. Methods you can use:
  • a brown paper bag in the microwave
  • an air popper
  • a microwave popper
  • a foil packet over a grill or campfire
  • a pot or covered wok on the stove
Tonight we used the wok:



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