On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:19:42 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2 wrote:

> On Apr 21, 2:12*pm, Dan Abel > wrote:
>> In article
>> >,
>>
>> *Nancy2 > wrote:
>>> Well, the OP said "Jiffy Pop," which to me is microwave popcorn.
>>> Living in corn country, I usually pop the regular kind when I have it,
>>> but I don't have it very often - maybe once a year or so.
>>
>> Google didn't return any MW popcorn for "Jiffy Pop", but I only looked
>> at the first page of the 100,000 hits. *Are you thinking of "Jolly Time"
>> or something?
>>
>> Jiffy Pop is that magic thing that comes in a pan and the aluminum foil
>> expands when you heat it:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiffy_Pop
>>
>> --
>> Dan Abel
>> Petaluma, California USA
>>
>
> Oops, my bad. Yup, you're right. I've never tried Jiffy Pop.
>
> N.

my recollection is that you end up with more burned and unpopped kernels
with jiffy pop than with other methods.

your pal,
blake