Do you have a hot air popcorn popper? - Page 2

[bluets]

Originally Posted by RunnerDuck

I had one I liked better in college but I read somewhere that you can take amaranth and pop it "just like popcorn!" so I put it in the air popper. If you are not familiar with amaranth it is very tiny. SO I filled the popcorn popper and waited and nothing much was happening, then I looked inside and since it is so tiny it all got blown inside the hot air blowing whatever and then got so hot it caught fire and that was the end of that popcorn popper.

SO just a heads up, don't try popping amaranth in it.

but you can pop sorghum kernels - i just don't know if you can do those in a hot air popper. i so miss the hot air popper - i use the oil-in-a-pot-on-the-stove method (a tiresome thing) so we don't eat a whole lot of popcorn.

[RunnerDuck]

Originally Posted by bluets

but you can pop sorghum kernels - i just don't know if you can do those in a hot air popper. i so miss the hot air popper - i use the oil-in-a-pot-on-the-stove method (a tiresome thing) so we don't eat a whole lot of popcorn.

I would have to see it. I later did successfully pop amaranth on the stove and it wasn't all that impressive. Certainly not worth destroying my pop corn popper over but oh well.

Is the sorhum actually good once it's popped?

[bluets]

Originally Posted by RunnerDuck

I would have to see it. I later did successfully pop amaranth on the stove and it wasn't all that impressive. Certainly not worth destroying my pop corn popper over but oh well.

Is the sorhum actually good once it's popped?

i have no idea - these folks like it:
http://everythingfreeeating.blogspot...mer.html#links

[noobmom]

You can actually pop regular popcorn in the microwave. Just put it into a paper bag, fold over the top a few times, and tape it shut. Here's a link:

Homemade microwave popcorn

Personally, I pop mine on the stove in a pot with oil. I like it that way with just a little salt.

[funkymamajoy]

Originally Posted by Drummer's Wife

We use an air popper but it's like yours -- there is no on and off switch, just the plug. I haven't noticed the plastic getting too hot, but I don't touch it while it's popping. My kids love to watch it and I just make sure I have a big enought bowl (the largest pot we have works perfectly) so that there isn't too many that get away. I haven't let them use it completly on their own, though.

I really don't have major complaints b/c we paid less than $20 for and it allows us to have healthier, freshly made pocorn.

:

I love my air popper.

[funkymamajoy]

Originally Posted by cristeen

Safety as far as having electricity potentially running through an appliance capable of burning down the house. Without a switch, it must be unplugged after using, and the risk of it catching fire that way is not much.

I never thought about why they didn't have switches. But I unplug all our appliances when they're not in use.

I just make sure to position the popper so I don't have to reach behind it. Its got at least a 2 foot cord.

[TanyaS]

I got a nearly new one at a garage sale for $1. They probably had similar complaints, but for $1 I don't care about the switch or the hot top. I'm the one making it, so it's not an issue for the kids. I use a big square bowl for our popcorn. When it fills up to the top and the remaining kernals start flying, I just pick it up and hold it up at the opening. Any wild poppers pop inside the lid. If I'm busy and miss that window, it's really only 5-6 popped pieces that will fly out of the bowl when a wayward kernal pops. It's not a huge mess or anything. We LOVE our air-popped popcorn with butter and a bit of salt.