A great DIY idea. I read this article a week ago by Mark Bittman http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/microwave-popcorn-minus-the-ripoff/ About how you don't need "magic" bags to pop popcorn in your microwave. I already had kernels that I had been popping on the stove- but I was tired of cleaning the pot, lid & the bowl I poured it in. Although oil popped popcorn only has 55 calories AIR popped popcorn has 35. I looked into buying a popcorn maker but then I remembered a rumor that you could do it in a brown bag. That article was what I ran into. This is what I did.
I bought the jumbo sized brown bags (in the grocery or dollar store) used for lunches.
I put 1/4C of kernels in the bottom of the bag.
I handle tuck all of my bags: http://www.origami-resource-center.com/brown-paper-bag.html
I stood the bag standing up and put it in the microwave for 2 minutes.
The first time I did this I ended up with a small quantity of popcorn that didn't pop AND I had burned popcorn. I didn't end up with burned popcorn when I cooked it on the stove with oil... so I tried it a second time.
The method that works is:
** Put 1/4C kernels at the bottom of a bag.
Give it a handle fold
Put the bag in standing up in the microwave
Put it in for a minute
Open the bag and pour out all the popped popcorn
Reclose the bag with the un popped kernels and put it in for another minute- stopping the microwave when it stops popping.
In the end I ended up with all but 3 kernels popping- no burned popcorn, no oil, I used LESS than 2 minutes to pop it all and that is significantly less than if I did it on the stove, and I didn't have to clean any oily messes. In fact, I probably could have re-used the paper bag I used to do it!
DO NOT use staples to close your brown bag. It isn't necessary and that would scare me to death if you set your microwave on fire!
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