Quick, Easy, Healthy, and Tasty — the Best Way to Make Homemade Popcorn
Look in the “snack aisle” of your local supermarket and you’ll see package after package of microwave popcorn. You know, boxes filled with sealed paper bags designed to be nuked at home. Most stores stock several brands, and they usually offer a wide variety of flavorings. It’s convenient, and microwave popcorn really is good stuff. But look closely at the list of ingredients on the box, and you may wonder whether those are things you really want to ingest. If you’re like me, you’ve probably had your fill of weird-sounding additives whose names you can’t pronounce.
Way down on the bottom shelf, you’ll generally find popcorn in bulk — the kind that’s meant to be cooked the old-fashioned way. It’s not as convenient as the packaged microwave popcorn, but it has no added ingredients. And it’s much cheaper than the “convenience” brands.
And guess what? You can pop that bulk popcorn in your microwave. You don’t need to buy the specially packaged “microwave” varieties. Just find an appropriate container — I use a brown paper sack — and you’re in business. And you can flavor the popcorn with your own tasty (and natural) ingredients. No mystery chemicals needed. The result is much better flavor. Plus you’re saving money!
Try this method of making popcorn and you’ll never look back.
