Caught in the icy cold waters of the North Atlantic during a full moon on the Sabbath.
Might want to rethink that.
I only eat free-range corn, myself.
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.)
But farm-raised popcorn doesn’t have all that mercury.
Even so, it’s merely one molecule away from plastic.
I like the free range popcorn myself.
People are Stupid.
Film at 11.
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!
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.
Well, then…
Scratch another source off of my reference list.
I cook popcorn in manteca from the Mexican grocery in my stovetop popper. It is superb.
Now cholesterol free!
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
That sounds pretty damn good as well.
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.
I never tried it on the stovetop - I hope it doesn’t burn.
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.
And you’re still not going far enough. Knapped stone is neolithic, not paleo.
I, for one, am sick of this mirrors reflecting mirrors sorcery.
Not nearly enough. I’m thinking we need a PAS Network.
As long as it is fair trade.