{"id":66,"date":"2006-10-08T20:49:55","date_gmt":"2006-10-08T12:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/08\/how-to-microwave-normal-popcorn\/"},"modified":"2006-10-08T20:49:55","modified_gmt":"2006-10-08T12:49:55","slug":"how-to-microwave-normal-popcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/08\/how-to-microwave-normal-popcorn\/","title":{"rendered":"How to microwave &#8220;normal&#8221; popcorn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tone visited recently and I made some popcorn in the microwave without using those microwave popcorn bags. He was moderately surprised, so I figured that I would write up a brief how-to here (in case anyone else may be interested). Plus, if you use plain popcorn kernels instead of those microwave popcorn bags, you&#8217;ll save money and you won&#8217;t create as much waste!<\/p>\n<p>To make popcorn in the microwave, you will need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 cup of popcorn kernels<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons or oil<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon of butter or magarine<\/li>\n<li>Salt to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Place the oil, butter\/margarine, and salt into a large microwave-safe container. Cover with a  see-through (glass or plastic) lid. Cook on high for approximately 4 minutes until the kernels stop popping regularly (more than a few seconds between pops). It&#8217;s fairly easy to overcook the popcorn the first time so err on the side of caution, and make a note of the time taken so that you can estimate a better time when you next try. (I&#8217;ve found that 3 minutes 45 seconds is perfect for my 1000w microwave).<\/p>\n<p>And voila!:<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"image73\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nick.onetwenty.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/popcorn.jpg?w=840\" alt=\"popcorn\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few final remarks: Don&#8217;t use &#8220;light&#8221; margarine as it has a high water content. Also, be careful using plastic microware-safe cookware. The corn kernels get very hot and can sometimes melt the plastic. In my experience, it&#8217;s best to use a glass or ceramic bowl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tone visited recently and I made some popcorn in the microwave without using those microwave popcorn bags. He was moderately surprised, so I figured that I would write up a brief how-to here (in case anyone else may be interested). Plus, if you use plain popcorn kernels instead of those microwave popcorn bags, you&#8217;ll save &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2006\/10\/08\/how-to-microwave-normal-popcorn\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to microwave &#8220;normal&#8221; popcorn&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paLsRH-14","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}