# "Whole grain" pop corn **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 24, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861 "2014-04-24T13:33:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/21 "2014-04-24T20:21:41Z")
Caught in the icy cold waters of the North Atlantic during a full moon on the Sabbath. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/22 "2014-04-24T20:32:57Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#): > > Corn isn’t a grass. Might want to rethink [that](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teosinte). I only eat free-range corn, myself. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/23 "2014-04-24T20:44:41Z")
I actually have a bag of popcorn labelled “Gluten-free”. The kernels are very small and it pops the worst of any brand I can remember trying. It appears to me that the “Gluten-free” must have been put on the bag in order to sell. (Bought by my SO. I pointed out to her that corn has no gluten.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/24 "2014-04-24T21:14:39Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Caught in the icy cold waters of the North Atlantic during a full moon on the Sabbath. But farm-raised popcorn doesn’t have all that mercury. Even so, it’s merely one molecule away from plastic. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/25 "2014-04-24T21:22:22Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I only eat dolphin-free popcorn. I like the free range popcorn myself. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/26 "2014-04-24T21:30:34Z")
People are Stupid. Film at 11. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/27 "2014-04-24T21:37:35Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Yes! > Also, it’s also vegetarian, vegan and contains no meat by-products. Not when I get done with it. I pop that shit in bacon grease! Stop looking at me like that - it’s good! ---
**Author:** ![Grestarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grestarian/32/3227_2.png) [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/28 "2014-04-24T22:12:23Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Not when I get done with it. I pop that shit in bacon grease! > Stop looking at me like that - it’s good! Back in the 1980’s when the pick-a-flavor types of gourmet popcorn fad started out, I got a job working for a small company that produced the stuff. We had a bacon flavoring, but it was a powder coating. You just gave me the idea, though, to try spritzing melted bacon fat (instead of butter) over a bowl of popcorn. I bet I wouldn’t need to add salt afterward. That would definitely not end up as a Halal or Kosher snack. –G! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/29 "2014-04-24T22:23:22Z")
No you really don’t need salt. I just melt a little bacon grease and lightly coat the kernels then throw 'em in a paper bag and into the microwave. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/30 "2014-04-24T22:28:36Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Might want to rethink [that](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teosinte). Well, then… Scratch another source off of my reference list. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/31 "2014-04-25T01:34:49Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Not when I get done with it. I pop that shit in bacon grease! > > Stop looking at me like that - it’s good! I cook popcorn in manteca from the Mexican grocery in my stovetop popper. It is superb. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/32 "2014-04-25T01:44:17Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Yes! > Also, it’s also vegetarian, vegan and contains no meat by-products. Now cholesterol free! > [@Ethilrist](#): > > That should go over well with the Paleo crowd. I’m pretty sure that paleolithic man didn’t eat popcorn. Or sweet potatoes. Or spaghetti squash. Or pork chops. In fact, I think most of his diet was shit he found on the ground and the remains of animal entrails he was able to steal away from his neighbor. I’m going to write a book about the Paleo lifestyle. Never mind just eating a Paleo diet; I think we should go whole hog and only communicate in grunts, avoid any technology more complex than bone spears and knapped stone, and live in crudely thatched huts. And I’m going to sell it on Amazon and sell the rights to the movie to Pixar. I’m going to be a fucking billionaire! Stranger ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/33 "2014-04-25T01:52:50Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > I cook popcorn in manteca from the Mexican grocery in my stovetop popper. It is superb. That sounds pretty damn good as well. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/34 "2014-04-25T02:40:57Z")
It’s less smokey than bacon fat, but very rich and porky. You have to get the homemade brown lard, not the white stuff. I may give bacon fat a shot tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/35 "2014-04-25T02:43:06Z")
I never tried it on the stovetop - I hope it doesn’t burn. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/36 "2014-04-25T11:08:46Z")
Somebody gave me a Whirley Pop, but you can use any large pot. Alton Brown even uses an extra-large bowl with foil over the top. Either way, you just need to keep it moving. The bacon fat will amost certainly smoke for a second or two. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/37 "2014-04-25T11:12:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Stranger** : > > I’m going to write a book about the Paleo lifestyle. Never mind just eating a Paleo diet; I think we should go whole hog and only communicate in grunts, avoid any technology more complex than bone spears and knapped stone, and live in crudely thatched huts. And I’m going to sell it on Amazon and sell the rights to the movie to Pixar. I’m going to be a fucking billionaire! And you’re still not going far enough. Knapped stone is neolithic, not paleo. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/38 "2014-04-25T12:48:11Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I’m going to write a book about the Paleo lifestyle. Never mind just eating a Paleo diet; I think we should go whole hog and only communicate in grunts, avoid any technology more complex than bone spears and knapped stone, and live in crudely thatched huts. I, for one, am sick of this mirrors reflecting mirrors sorcery. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/39 "2014-04-25T13:06:49Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > People are Stupid. > > Film at 11. Not nearly enough. I’m thinking we need a _PAS_ Network. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861/40 "2014-04-25T13:09:16Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > I like the free range popcorn myself. As long as it is fair trade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whole-grain-pop-corn/686861.md?page=3)