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Default Are some microwaves better for popcorn?


"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/15/2013 9:08 AM, wrote:
>> On Sun, 15 Dec 2013 04:14:28 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I tried the lemon popcorn again and although the end result tastes
>>> wonderful, there was a problem. I had to stop the popping because I
>>> could
>>> smell it starting to scorch. Only a few kernels got that way and
>>> overall
>>> there is no scorched taste. But because of this, about half of the
>>> kernels
>>> didn't pop. So, grrr...
>>>
>>> On the plus side, I still have most of the packet of seasoning #2 (the
>>> lemon
>>> and salt) so I can use it another time on my own popcorn. And I will
>>> for
>>> sure try to come up with this seasoning on my own. But this is exactly
>>> the
>>> flavor that I wanted. I only used the tiniest bit of the oil this time.

>>
>> They vary by wattage mostly, and/or have a turn table. The larger
>> nukers tend to be more watts and take less time to achieve the same
>> task.
>>

> They definitely vary. Since this doesn't sound like a packet of microwave
> popcorn, I'd just cook it in a pan with a lid on the stove top. Shake,
> shake, shake, pop pop pop.


It did come in a bag to be done in the microwave.