"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:18:07 -0500, George M. Middius
> > wrote:
>
>>Gary wrote:
>>
>>> > ...buy ordinary inexpensive generic popping corn and put it
>>> > into a tightly sealed glass jar with a tsp of water and store in your
>>> > fridge... properly hydrated popping corn tastes better and
>>> > pops/explodes larger amd fluffier.
>>>
>>> That's weird, Sheldon. I've NEVER heard of doing that. Anyone else here
>>> agree? :-O
>>
>>Unlike most of the crapola Shelley posts, this one can't be dismissed out
>>of
>>hand. Let us know if it works, or if it's just another crock o' crap.
>
> I learned that trick some thirty years ago from the Frug, it works.
> http://www.ehow.com/facts_5183307_do...-not-pop_.html
> http://www.canadianpoppingcorn.com/cornoldmaids.html
>
> I never waste money on gourmet popping corn, I buy the least expensive
> I can find in plastic bags and immediately place it in glass jars with
> a couple tsps of water, screw the lid down and put it in my freezer...
> the colder the kernals the better it pops. Instead of plain water
> citrus peel will hydrate popping corn nicely.

Yes. This is mentioned even in very old cookbooks that I have. Won't do a
thing to enhance fresh kernels. But old popcorn loses its moisture and it
is the moisture that causes the kernels to pop. The coldness will keep it
fresh. My health food store would buy it in bulk and keep it in the freezer
along with nuts. Always very fresh.