I assume we all make our own popcorn. My little popcorn maker is ready for retirement.
Anyone really keen on theirs, or got a recommendation for one. I got a family of 4 so its due time replace my single guy popcorn maker, that and the plastic top is lookin narly.
Does anyone still even bother with microwaveable stuff?
Popcorn rules
I'm happy with my popcorn maker which uses hot air instead of oil. You can pop a large bowlful each time. And it's inexpensive. It's called Presto Poplite Hot Popper.
shareI have a cheaper looking version. But its so old. And i accidently melted the butter tray in to an odd shape years ago. I had left it on an forgot about it . But those type definitely get the job done. But with amount i make for the fam now, it clogs up and popcorn can get everywhere if your not helping scoop it out while it funnels through
shareMicrowave popcorn. You eat less of it.
My popcorn maker from 1987 still works : )
Definitely a pro of the microwave stuff. Eat enough popcorn , and my digestion
lets me know that its a bit much
I think microwave popcorn taste like cardboard. It taste nothing like movie theater style popcorn.
--Michael D. Clarke
You need...
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I recently had some Orville Redenbacher butter microwave popcorn (it was on sale). I thought it was surprisingly good. They also make a "Movie Theater Butter" and an "Ultimate Butter," but I just had the "Butter" which seemed plenty buttery to me.
shareWe have the Waring Pro.
It’s a good popper, a plug in model, just a dash of oil and salt and you are in business.
It also has a retro design, red metal top and bottom with gold letters and piping like an old timey theater popcorn machine.
Waring👍
I've been making it the same way since I was but a wee lad: In a saucepan with oil, add butter seasoned with curry powder, shake on some Old Bay in lieu of salt, and NOMNOMNOM!🍿🍿🍿
shareMy popcorn popper is vintage and very similar to this one.
https://i.etsystatic.com/6262900/r/il/e9dfa5/287300102/il_794xN.287300102.jpg
I still occasionally make microwave popcorn, but it's always Orville Redenbacher popcorn - same brand that I use in my popcorn popper.
I've used the Whirly-Pop maker in years past, but it tends to get gunked up.
Oh wow, that's a beaut! Is that genuine Bakelite? Would look great with my collection of vacuum coffee syphons, especially https://1stopretroshop.com/item-photos/vintage-sunbeam-coffeemaster-vacuum-percolator-coffee-pot-deco-chrome-coffee-maker-1stopretroshop-s31085-1.jpg
Contrary to the link, it's not a percolator, i.e. the worst way to brew coffee imo, quite the opposite.
Nice! Do you actually use it or is it kept as a collection piece? Either way, it's so cool!
I'm not sure it's Bakelite, but I know my vintage toaster has Bakelite handles on it.
https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6482539/il_fullxfull.309409553.jpg
Another beaut! I just love older appliances that were not only built to last, but have such classy design.
And absolutely, I've used all five of my vacuum coffee brewers, two all glass, one of which has a cool chromed hourglass-shaped electric warmer it sits in, two all metal ones similar to the picture I posted above, and one hybrid with a glass pot and a metal "funnel" on top.
However, for daily use I use the only one I've bought new, the all glass Bodum Santos, renamed in the last twenty years to Pebo. That's for several reasons: first is for availibilty of replacement parts due to butterfingers, but most of all, a good part of the enjoyment of brewing coffee in these is watching the process, i.e. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjPnC7ZesmU Not to mention it's the best cuppa joe.
Note, I don't have a fancy stand and burner. My plebian self just heats it on the gas stove. https://wompwompwomp.com/
I watched the video. Not being a coffee aficionado, all I can say is that I bet it makes great coffee! It appears to me to make a richer tasting coffee. Worth the effort, right?
(Love the womp, too!)
For sure! (imo) It extracts the coffee in the upper bowl at the ideal temperature (200ºF/93ºC) with only water, coffee and glass touching the ingredients. In drip coffee makers, paper filters sitting in a soft plastic filter bucket tend to impart "off flavors" as well as they extract the coffee at a much lower temperature, resulting in a suboptimal finished product, absorbing the rich flavorful coffee oils in the paper filters imo.
shareMy dad preferred drip-made coffee, and back then paper filters weren't really a thing. His coffee pot was very similar to this one:
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cd/16/98/cd1698fbeb0edeb341cb9172aed04cc9.jpg
He believed he had more control over the strength of his coffee. Percolators were big back then and he just didn't like percolator-made coffee.
Hmmm, while I'm not familiar with that exact model (dare I say yet another beaut), it looks similar to what is called a "moka pot," currently most often seen from the mfr. Bialetti. Except what has me stumped is the spout on any moka pot I've sen is on the top half. Those things make a very tasty rich kind of half espresso-half coffee.
One thing is for sure, I'd have a cup of coffee with your dad. Percolators suck, as they keep boiling everything, including the brewed coffee until it resembles burnt swamp water, necessitating lots of cream and sugar. (You're of course invited, no matter your beverage of choice.) :D
I looked up moka pot and it seems they are very similar, using the same process to make coffee as my dad's coffee pot did.
https://img0.etsystatic.com/000/0/5188056/il_570xN.90958252.jpg
Never seen one like that. Love it! Such a clean simple design that appears to balance function and form perfectly. Will have to keep an eye out for something like that at yard sales, etc. Like I need more coffee makers... :D
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