I’d be amazed if that ratio was anything other than 1-1. 
Why so limited?
So I bought a whirly pop style popcorn maker, some coconut oil designed for popcorn and flavacol.
My first batch came out ok, but not great. It was still better than microwave popcorn.
But for my second batch I made it the same way as the first batch, but for the second batch I also added topping oil and topping seasoning on the popcorn and mixed it up before eating it.
The second batch came out much much better. Topping oil and popcorn seasoning really makes a difference
Back to this topic. I got rid of my popcorn popper, the one I bought just this past December. Here it is, I posted this pic upthread —
Someone got it on FreeCycle so hopefully they are using it and happy with it. Also it’s nice to get rid of appliances that are limited to a single use.
I’ve been using a large pot on the stove, and it’s been working really well. The pot has a steaming basket insert that hangs by its rim, and for popping popcorn I simply turn that upside down. It allows the steam to escape while the popcorn is popping.
So after experimenting I bought the items (coconut oil, flavacol, a stovetop stirrer for popcorn).
It was ok, but adding topping oil and popcorn seasoning made it taste much better.
Then I found out that if I eat regular microwave popcorn with topping oil and seasoning its almost as good as the stove made stuff for much less effort.
There is a local market which has several stores which seem to sell random stuff returned to Amazon, and cheap packaged foods often beyond their listed “best before” date.
Don’t go there often. But last month, I noticed they had many big cartons of Flavacol for $1 and for $10, which looked the same to me. I figured salt does not really expire, so spent the loonie to try it.
I microwaved popcorn, melted some butter and mixed that with Flavacol, poured the oil over the popcorn. The Flavacol is a flavoured pyramidal salt which really sticks to the popcorn much better than regular salt. So it is easy to add too much. It tasted very good - a little like movie popcorn. Maybe I will try the coconut oil and kernels when I am feeling ambitious. I’m guessing this dollar carton of Flavacol might last me ten years.
I totally agree.
Maybe it’s gotten better since i abandoned air popped corn in the 80s, but it used to not only be dry, but also taste vaguely of the heating element. Really, the stuff had a nasty off-flavor.
I like the frying-pan-with-hot-oil method. Ghee is good. So is goose fat. You need to be careful about the smoke point, but olive oil tastes nice, too. I don’t bother adding melted butter, i just cook it in a tasty fat.
Hey, I’m going to guess that olive oil is better.
Seriously, borrowing from various skillet-based cooking options, I have had great luck with doing a mix of olive oil (not the best stuff) -AND- butter. I end up feeling better about my wasted calories and carbs after. Bonus points, if you keep the heat low, you can bloom some spices in the fat while you melt it if you’re a fan of flavored popcorn.
However, I’ll admit to only doing that less than 5-10% of the time. Mostly since I’m doing the brown-bag popper option I mentioned upthread, it’s easier to just throw butter in a ramekin and melt it for topping.
I’m weak. I admit it.