/ck/ - Food & Cooking

For me, it's the McChicken

>>12742491
Tabasco out of a spritzer bottle

>>12742491
>Get a nice jar of good popcorn seeds
>heat a sauce pot up with about 2 tbsp of coconut oil
>when coconut oil is hot enough, cover the bottom of the pan in a single layer of seeds and cover until it's all popped
>pour into large serving bowl
>salt to taste and enjoy

Coconut oil makes such amazing, savory popcorn

>>12742504
what're you, some kind of genius? that's brilliant

>>12742491
Cook's Country / ATK did a tasting of bagged popcorn recently.
Apparently sales of this shit have quadrupled in the past few years. Most people are buying it already popped instead of making it at home.
Interesting, so have a watch.
https://www.cookscountry.com/videos/3670-bagged-popcorn

>>12742491
Garlic powder is kino as fuck. Also curry powder, but you have to be careful cause of possible staining.

>>12742512
How does coconut oil compare to olive?

tajin

>>12742491
Popped in oil and butter on the stove then seasoned with lawrys or I'll just pop some popcorn and mix in a box of sugar babies candy.

Brainlet here, do you season before or after? like do you season the oil/kernels or after the popcorn's made?

>>12742806
after

>>12742814
Unless it's flavocol

>>12742757
It's way better for this application. I'm an expert in this matter. Trust me.

>>12742806
You can flavor the oil if you want, not with salt and such, but garlic popcorn is pretty dope, if you are into that

>>12742512
>coconut oil

You retard. You need to use clarified butter.

>>12742491

I use an old non-stick wok that was handed down to me. It doesn't cook for shit, but it makes a mean bowel of toasted corn.

>>12743034

Bowl....lol.

>>12742491
>heat 3 tbsp coconut oil in tall pot
>add in 3 kernels, cover
>once all three have popped, remove popcorn, remove from heat, and add in 1/3 c kernels
>cover and let sit in hot oil for 30-60 seconds
>put back on heat
>pop all the kernels
>remove from heat
>sprinkle with flavocol
>pour in some melted unsalted butter and toss evenly
>sprinkle more flavacol
>serve in bowl

>>12742524
>>12742504
it would get much better coverage than the splash and toss method. I might have to give this a go.

>>12743075
Woah, you put your flavocol in after?

>>12743299
It comes out good, but I guess I'll have to try putting it in with the oil.

>>12742491
I pop it in vegetable oil or clarified butter, then toss it with brown butter and a bit more salt. You have to simmer the butter until the water is evaporated to help the popcorn stay crispy, but it's worth the little bit of extra effort.

Popcorn is a super food

>>12743326

>>12743075
this guy knows what's up

>>12742512
>>12742932
I'm in between
>Put a few kernels into some coconut oil and heat until a couple of them pop
>Add in a chunk of butter alongside the rest of the kernels
>Finish with a light dusting of Flavacol

Better popcorn than you'll get in any movie theatre

>>12743075
this but don't be a faggot and just use vegetable oil

>>12743361
Coconut oil is what they use for movie theater popcorn. I'm sure vegetable oil works fine, too.

>>12743361
>he thinks using coconut oil is trying to be fancy

>>12743504
10x the cost of veg oil it is fancy

>>12743351
coconut oil is inferior to clarified butter by far.

>>12743529
poorfag detected

>>12743589
I think using clarified butter is kind of a waste. It doesn't have as much flavor anyway since there's no milk solids, it's not too far off from other refined oils. I think it's better to pop in a cheaper oil then toss it with regular melted butter.

>>12742512
Canola is much better and kinda buttery, actually.

>>12742512
Close
>add 1 Tbls Coconut oil to cold stock pot
>add 1/3 cup Orville Redenbacher (white)
>cover with lid
>turn heat to medium
>shake once or twice during popping (brazil nut effect)
>pour into bowl when popping slows to 10 seconds apart
>add 1-2 Tbls butter to stock pot and melt (add hot sauce if wanted)
>return popped corn to pot
>add salt from salt mill or super fine grain salt
>put lid on pot and shake
>pour back into bowl
Serve with granny smith apple slices and aged cheddar.

>>12743326
>>12743331
This is a comedy show right?

I fucking love popcorn
bagged and movie theatre popcorn a shit though
butter and salt is all you need desu
if you add anything else you're overthinking it

Melt 4 tablespoons butter with 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning, 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest, 1/4 teaspoon cayenne and 2 chopped scallions; drizzle over 16 cups hot popcorn and toss. Season with salt.

>>12744078
>16 cups of popcorn

>single corn grains expelled of all their natural moisture then covered in fat.
>healthy

Enjoy your breast cancer

>>12744433
>single corn grains expelled of all their natural moisture then covered in fat.
everything the body needs

Fuckers made me hungry.

>>12742491
This is my favorite to add.
A packet of chicken flavor from ramen noodles, I never use them all in the first place so have a bag of extras and a small pat of butter.
It sounds stupid but it's really good and before shooting me down try it out.

Whirley Pop, flavacol and butter flavored coconut oil with beta carotene.

>>12744630
>Whirley Pop
Where are you from, San Francisco?

I fucking love the Alton Brown cheese popcorn recipe.
2 ounces Cheddar cheese powder
1/2 ounce finely grated Parmesan cheese-food (meaning the stuff in the green can)
2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
1 teaspoon buttermilk powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Blend it all in a food processor or coffee grinder to a fine powder, sprinkle over buttered popcorn.

>>12744497
>packet of chicken flavor from ramen noodles
Absolute pleb taste.
You should use Knorr Stock Pot.

>>12744827
Get your sorry ass back to frisco!

>>12744643
I don't like unitaskers but this is one of the best things I've ever purchased

>>12744991
That's pretty goofy looking when it's easy enough to just shake a pot around while it's popping corn plus it looks like it would take up a lot of space. You have to twist that stupid handle around, plus probably oil it, it's going to get all greasy.
You might as well get robby the robot.
WARNING! WARNING!
DANGER! DANGER!

>>12744991
Instead of a regular pot that thing looks like it would a bitch to clean.

>tfw jolly time no longer sold in my area
I'm a pleb I know but did I really deserve this nightmare?

>don't use enough oil
>bitch sized popcorn and teeth shattering kernels
Fuck

>>12745018
based hyperactive poster

>>12745028
You dont clean them, you just get a new one once the gears are too gummed up to spin proper like

I used to be all about olive oil for popping popcorn but lately I found corn oil or Canola have a better sweet kind of flavor they add, I don't like putting salt in with the oil.

Whirley poppers are the way to go but honestly I've had success with just a pot

>>12747674
Olive oil is goofy but maybe that's the grade of it. I find peanut oil to be the best for popping popcorn, not only does it not easily burn but it imparts a nice flavor.

This is from an old movie, they used orbital LASERs to pop popcorn in some asshole's house who was stealing their ideas and selling it as his own.

>>12742512
hell yeah coconut is a nice light/mildy sweet oil, delicious on pupcorn

>>12744618
>>12744827
I ate at a fancy-ish place in Nashville that handed out complimentary popcorn that was tossed with hidden valley ranch powder, according to the bartender. Not sure if that was all they used(doubt it), but it was damn good.

>>12743075
Putting flavocol on after is the shit, but real ones put it in the oil AND after its done.
t. Worked in cossesions popping popcorn for 2 years

For me, it's cheese popcorn

>>12742491
Popcorn is my favourite lazy snack, but y'all are putting some great ideas out there that I might have to actually try.

Usually it's just coconut oil and flavacol in a microwave popper for me.

>>12748631
What're your measurements, I wanna try that

>>12748631
>>12748631
ANSWER ME

air popper works for me
salt and pic related, as shameful as it is. i really like this shit

My favorite popcorn is unironically AMC movie theater popcorn with 10 gallons of flavoring dumped in.

in a pan, with lots of butter. the purest way.

>>12751097
>popcorn
>in a pan
wut

duck fat popcorn = best popcorn

>>12742504
Does this actually work? Or am I getting memed?

>>12750058
One bottle before, two bottles after.

>>12751152
lol dumb hipster

>>12751291
>flavacol
>bottle
: \

> 2 tablespoons kernels in paper bag
> microwave 2 minutes
> pour into big bowl
> repeat until bowl filled

popcorn is really, really easy and cheap, and good

>>12744201
Yeah, I usually have to cook for a lot of people so almost every recipe I have has to be scaled down. Use to work in catering and for awhile "fancy" popcorn was a big deal. I've made it dozens of ways both sweet and savory

>>12751401
Share some recipes dude

why do you guys wait until the pot is hot to add the kernels?

>>12751497
chop off your dick and microwave it for three minutes

wa la

>>12751751
LMAO!

>>12742799
goodbye fillings

>>12742494
First post worst post

>>12742757
Coconut is superior because it has properties similar to butter. 1/2 cup oil over 1 cup of popped kernels then tossed with salt and whatever seasonings you want.

Stupidfag here
I've only ever made popcorn out of a microwave bag
Teach me the ways of making actually good popcorn

>>12742504
>Tabasco out of a spritzer bottle
holy fuck

>>12751497
10 cups popped popcorn
1-1/2 cups pecan halves, toasted
1-1/3 cups sugar
1 cup butter, cubed
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
Directions
Place popcorn and pecans in a large bowl; set aside. In a large heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, butter, maple syrup, corn syrup and salt. Cook and stir over medium heat until a candy thermometer reads 300° (hard-crack stage). Remove from the heat; stir in maple flavoring. Quickly pour over popcorn mixture and mix well.
Transfer to baking sheets lined with waxed paper to cool. Break into clusters. Store in airtight containers.

I use an air popper, the scoop doubles as a butter melter. I usually just use salted butter

>>12752822
16 cups popped popcorn
1/3 cup buffalo wing sauce
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon ranch salad dressing mix
Additional cayenne pepper to taste

Place popcorn in a large bowl. In a small bowl, combine the wing sauce, butter and cayenne; drizzle over popcorn and toss to coat. Sprinkle with dressing mix and additional cayenne to taste; toss to coat.

>>12752760
It's as simple as heating up the kernels in oil in a pot. How you season the popcorn is up to you. You might want to drizzle the popcorn with some melted butter and sprinkle with salt after it's popped.

>Melt butter flavored coconut oil in a stove top popper until it's about the same height as one kernel
>Add one tablespoon of flavacol to the oil and let it dissolve
>Add kernels until the bottom is almost covered by one layer of them
>When the popping reaches a crescendo turn the heat off to ensure nothing burns
>Add seasoning if you want and serve
It's the closest I've gotten to movie theater popcorn