In answer to my own question... (After a less than successful experiment)
No
It simply burns the bag & the corn.
Went to the store & bought Orville Redenbacher's microwave.
Was favorably impressed compared with the real kettle corn.


"ypauls" > wrote in message
...
> Along the same lines, couldn't one make their own kettle corn by mixing
a
> small amount of superfine sugar in a bag with salt, sealing the end &
> placing it in the microwave?
> ypauls
>
>
> "Larry Smith" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > I have a yen to try kettle corn after hearing about it several times
> > on Food Channel, but I can't figure out how to make it at home. I
don't
> > have a big enough pot with the right shape to try making it "the right
> > way", and I don't care for MW popcorn so the packages don't appeal.
Has
> > anyone tried throwing a tablespoon of sugar in with the kernals in
their
> > hot air popper? I figure it would either evaporate and spray the
> popping
> > kernals with sugar like the traditional popping method, or it would
make
> > a horrible gummy mess and short out the popper. Any one care to guess
> > which?
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