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Colordeagua
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10-25-2003
| Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 3:44 pm
Urgrace, yes, the Whirley Pop stays on the stove top. Turn the crank and kernels in the popper get stirred. It worked fine on my old electric stove with the coils. But if you look at Teach's post just below mine at the top, she said Whirley didn't work on her parents' glasstop stove because heat cycles on and off. I tried once and it didn't. I'll try again. People at Whirley Pop say others have used it with success on glasstop stoves. Whirley Pop site says you can pop corn with or without oil. I'd always used it with oil until one of the last few times I simply forgot to put it in. Didn't realize I'd forgotten the oil until I was eating the popcorn. No difference in popping.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 7:25 pm
We use only a teaspoon of oil w/ours. Thanks for the Whirly Pop site - I didn't have any luck when I was looking for it earlier. Here's the microwave version anyway: I didn't know you could pop "regular popcorn" seeds in a mcirowave. But you can and it's a lot more economical than buying the microwave popcorn seeds. Not to mention, by doing it yourself you can avoid all that "hydrated palm oil" and chemial leakage from the bags. Here's how it's done.... Buy the regular popcorn seeds (much cheaper than the microwave variety). Also buy some brown paper lunch bags. Put the seeds in the bag (I use about a 1/4 cup per lunch bag), fold over the top (open end) of the bag and put a single staple in it... pop it into the microwave and nuke as you would regular microwave popcorn. When it comes out, you can add butter, salt, etc. to your tastes. YES -- that says staple it. My friend has done this and it does NOT spark. Hope this is useful for someone.}
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, September 30, 2006 - 7:26 pm
Ahhh -- I was spelling it incorrectly!! LOL That's the one I have, though!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 6:54 am
The instruction book for my new GE microwave says you can use foil in it?!! I called GE and asked. Yes, some small pieces of foil to, for instance, protect parts of chicken from browning too much, etc. can be used. Foil must be at least an inch from sides, top, bottom of microwave. I'd never heard that before. So it would seem one small staple (at least an inch from interior of microwave) would be OK. My instruction book said to use "popcorn" (microwave) feature, microwave popcorn must be between 3 - 3.5 oz. I've got a kitchen scale. Think I may try that amount of popcorn. Teach, did your friend say the wattage of her microwave and about how long she nuked it? I imagine it would be at high.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 7:05 am
My slightly rounded quarter cup of popping corn weighs 2.25 oz. That's what I used in the Whirley Pop. Good serving size for just me. I'll try that NOT using "popcorn" feature. I hope it works cuz the White Cat Corn I mentioned upthread is THE BEST!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 6:08 pm
Nada -- I'd guess 2-4 minutes, depending on how much popcorn you put in. As w/any microwave popcorn, I'd stand guard at the door and listen for the popping to slow down.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, October 02, 2006 - 2:20 pm
I'm watching an America's Test Kitchen program I'd recorded a while ago and hadn't watched. Didn't know there was a segment on microwave popcorn. One of the guys mentions popping your own corn in a brown paper bag in the microwave. He says, "...homemade microwave popcorn where we took our own kernels, put them in a brown paper lunch bag, sealed it up tight [didn't say how], popped it, and then tossed it with salt and melted butter when it came out of the microwave." Had people taste-testing microwave butter-flavor popcorn results. First place went to "home-made" microwave. Second place was Newman's Own regular oldstyle picture show microwave popcorn. Worst was Pop Secret.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, October 02, 2006 - 6:38 pm
No trouble believing the Pop Secret. Gonna' have to get some paper bags of my own to try this microwave idea. If it's good- - my DH will be thrilled b/c we won't be asking for "homemade" popcorn as much anymore. 
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 5:41 pm
It works! I put 2 oz. (1/4 cup) of White Cat Corn kernels into brown lunch bag. Folded the top down twice and used a small piece of tape to hold it closed. Popped it for app. 2 mins. 15 secs. in my 1100 watt microwave. Results -- very few "old maids". It may not have popped as totally light and fluffy as in Whirley Popper, but it was still good. There was some scorched /burned popcorn (which I like). Have to work some on quantity of kernels and popping time. I'd say it was a success. I did put butter, salt, and seasoning on it.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - 7:02 pm
Afraid of that staple, eh? LOL Glad it worked!!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, October 06, 2006 - 4:09 am
Tried again last night. Better results. No burned or scorched popcorn and it seemed lighter and fluffier like it should be.
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