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New account but I've been using burner accounts and lurking since the sub got banned. I've been seeing all the standard liberal brainworms again for the first time since reddit-logo and everytime it's an account from another federation. I was tepidly against federation at first but this has been entertaining, like the old days of pigpoop people who wandered into the sub.

I gotta imagine this will only last another week before everyone defederates us, but let's enjoy it for now.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (13 children)

I do have another question I've been thinking about, yeah. It's more for everyone, I'm not singling you out. When you make popcorn at home, do you heat up some butter and pour it on it and shake it up, or do you just add salt and eat it without extra butter?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

so the problem with butter is that it has water content, so you're inherently sogging your popcorn if you do that. clarified butter or ghee are good dairy solutions, and coconut oil is similar to what you'd get in a theater.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Coconut oil? Interesting. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Usually all of my butter fills up my bathtub, but if I eat popcorn while bathing I will dip it in.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I put olive oil, nutritional yeast and powdered sriracha on my popcorn

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

That sounds delicious

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

I've read all the answers. They're all wrong.

  1. Get a microwave silicon bowl made specifically for popcorn. It has fill lines and everything.

  2. Pop in microwave until you can count 1 second between pops.

  3. Separately, heat up 3 - 5 tbsp of ghee.

  4. Pour ghee on popcorn. Shake.

Enjoy.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I find that buttering homemade popcorn is a hassle that leads to a soggy kernels if you aren't careful, I usually just add some fine popcorn salt to the frying oil before throwing the unpopped kernels in, imo that's really all you need

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does the salt evenly distribute if you pour it into the oil beforehand? Is the trick that you're using fine popcorn salt?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yep! If you use a really fine salt, and dissolve it in the cooking oil before you start popping, then it'll coat the popcorn when they start popping and moving around

Here's BDG's popcorn cooking video, which has some good tips

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use a vegan 'butter flavoured' substitute oil as I managed to find some restaurant stuff for cheap (not because im-vegan but because it makes it a lot easier to make in a pot). I'm used to popcorn in a neutral vegetable oil with just salt.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

depends on the preparation method. cooked in oil, no need for more. airpopped dry you need coconut oil or something to make salt, pepper, other spices stick.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I think this question belongs in /c/[email protected]. we need a meeting of the minds to resolve this dispute once and for all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I use canola oil in a sauce pan and pour the kernels on that, and that's enough oil for me. Then I add nutritional yeast, although that doesn't stick very well without extra oil.