Uncle Walt’s Insider Food Blog: Microwave popcorn

The secrets behind another one of Disney’s best desserts!
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Popcorn. Photo by lisaclarke [CC BY-ND 2.0] via Flickr.

A Rambling Story that Doesn’t Really Go Anywhere

When I was a young child being raised by wolves in the wilds of Saskatchewan, microwave popcorn wasn’t even a thing. Heck, my wolf pack didn’t even have access to a microwave oven until the mid-1980’s. When we wanted popcorn, we had to get it the old-fashioned way: by terrorizing families living in remote areas into fleeing their homes after checking in their windows to make sure they’d just popped some.

Dad. Photo by GlacierNPS [CC BY-2.0] via Wikimedia.

Later, after I was rescued, cleaned up, and restored to “civilization,” of course I didn’t have much formal education, but I stole the identity of someone who did and enrolled in college (thanks, original “Marty”!). While in study group for my dual Applied Mathematics / Biology (pre-med) majors, I was introduced to the wonders of microwave popcorn. It was cheap, tasty, easy to make — and I wouldn’t have to bite or chase anyone to get it!

Finally, we get to the point

So, without further ado, the result of many many hours of labor, here is the recipe.

1. Get a packet of microwave popcorn.

2. IMPORTANT: Remove the plastic wrap! (Learned that the hard way.)

3. Two cooking methods:

• Hard way: Microwave on high, listening, until 2-3 seconds pass between pops.
• Easy way: Microwave on high until smoke alarm goes off. 

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Enjoy!

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