# I love burnt popcorn--am I alone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872 "2005-09-28T16:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/1 "2005-09-28T16:32:35Z")
I just read a thread where someone complained about the smell of burnt popcorn. I don’t make popcorn at work, but when I make it at home, I love it when about half of the kernels are in that weird, indeterminate state between normal and burnt. Greyish brown and powdery, with a touch of farm-fresh butter! So, am I alone in this? ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/2 "2005-09-28T16:33:04Z")
yes ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/3 "2005-09-28T16:35:13Z")
Burnt popcorn is an abomination. The partly popped kernels (semi-duds) are delicious bits of crunchyness… If I could get a whole bag that would do that, I’d pay a big premium! ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/4 "2005-09-28T16:36:08Z")
Uh, yeah. Freak. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/5 "2005-09-28T16:43:50Z")
Yes. _odd look, shakes head_ ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/6 "2005-09-28T16:58:52Z")
Why just last week I walked into a room at work, sniffed distastefully, then made a loud proclamation: “Whoever burned the popcorn should be taken out and horse-whipped!” Eat all the burnt popcorn you’d like. But don’t make it at work. It’s the olfactory equivalent of nails on the chalkboard. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/7 "2005-09-28T17:06:03Z")
I’ll sign on. Yes, I like slightly burned popcorn, and I don’t care who knows it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/8 "2005-09-28T17:12:04Z")
Solidarity! I am not an animaaaal! ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/9 "2005-09-28T18:09:46Z")
**YES YES YES!!!** On the stove, I’ll leave the pan on just about 10-15 seconds after I hear the popping stop, and I get a nice little bundle of browned/slightly blackened stuff at the bottom. And, thanks to my superior culinary improvisational skills, I’ve also learned that if you just use a little less oil than you normally would, you’ll still get a goodly number of half-popped, cracked open seeds. All that, coated in yummery buttery goodness with too much salt. 😃 First person to say chlesterol gets bonked with my [Whirley Pop TM](http://www.homeaccessorystore.com/orwhpoppopo.html) ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/10 "2005-09-28T18:35:58Z")
I agree too! Those little half-opened, half-burnt kernals are my favorite. Burnt, fully-popped ones… not so much. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/11 "2005-09-28T19:33:04Z")
Thanks to the prevalence of corn down here (and potatoes, but that’s another story), Peruvians have developed hundreds of corn-based snacks. Currently my leading favorites are canchitas saladas, which are basically large corn kernels roasted until the insides pop and become powdery/dry/popcorny; but the outsides stay kerneled with a thin veneer of shell; and andinos, which can be best described as Corn Nuts on steroids – each one is about the size of a quarter or even half-dollar and are slightly lighter and crispier than U.S. corn nuts. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/12 "2005-09-28T19:37:15Z")
My god. I need to go to Peru. Those sound amazing. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/13 "2005-09-28T19:51:42Z")
> [@butler1850](#): > > Burnt popcorn is an abomination. Unto Nuggan, right? then again, this Abomonation is pretty meaningless as _unpopped_ popcorn as well as normal popped popcorn is an Abomonation unto Nuggan… strangely enough, for some reason, Kettle Corn is _not_ an abomonation unto Nuggan… ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/14 "2005-09-28T21:20:17Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > My god. I need to go to Peru. Those sound amazing. Email me your addy, they cost like a dollar down here. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/15 "2005-09-28T22:00:42Z")
> [@butler1850](#): > > Burnt popcorn is an abomination. > > The partly popped kernels (semi-duds) are delicious bits of crunchyness… If I could get a whole bag that would do that, I’d pay a big premium! [Like these?](http://www.popcornpopper.com/70435.html) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/16 "2005-09-28T22:52:06Z")
The half popped duds and the slightly singed kernels are wunnerful. However, the totally blackened ones are disgusting beyond what anybody should ever have to deal with. **False\_God** what you are describing sounds like its worth the price of a plane ticket to Peru alone. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/17 "2005-09-28T23:14:33Z")
I really like the burnt ones. Maybe my bod needs carbon? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/18 "2005-09-28T23:26:04Z")
Burned popcorn? Freaks. ---
**Author:** ![YaWanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/bbce88/32.png) [@YaWanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaWanna)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/19 "2005-09-28T23:27:36Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > Burned popcorn? > > Freaks. Zackly. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/20 "2005-09-28T23:28:11Z")
No man is an island…unless he’s perverted enough to like _burnt popcorn_. Bleaghch! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872.md?page=2)