Popcorn while watching movies at home?

[Rickster71]

How many members make their own popcorn while watching movies at home?

The reason I ask: We get our popcorn from a place in Ohio, and I just reordered popcorn from them and found out we go through about 50Lbs a year!
We use a Stir-Crazy popper by Westbend nothing fancy but it works well for the two of us. Topped with no butter, but use a home mix of chili powder and taco seasoning.

 

[gmichael]

I've gotta try your popcorn. Chili powder and taco seasoning? Sounds great.
We do make popcorn for watching movies, but just the crap that comes in a bag. Kettle corn sometimes, even though they always put too much salt in it.

 

[Alex2507]

Taco seasoning ... that sounds wrong.

 

[armaraas]

Hm, never thought of putting that on popcorn before...I bet my wife would like that.

Orville has a new microwave kind out with lime and salt. I bought it because I like to try different things (tried their Cinnabon version a while back...horrible). My wife thought it looked weird, but when I made it she tried it. To our surprise it was actually quite good, good enough that she had it again a couple of weeks later (it's been months since she's made popcorn).

 

[jinjuku]

I go to GFS and get the 5lb bag of Orville corn and a 1 gallon of the Popcorn Oil + the Flavacol.

I don't do a lot of Potato or other chips so Pop-corn is my main snack of choice.

I turned my business partner onto a theater style pop-corn machine with those 4/6/8 oz portion packs (corn on one side and the goop on the other). Oh dear god is that wonderful stuff. I would be dead of a coronary in a year if I had that setup.

 

[STRONGBADF1]

We usually microwave a bag. I got a cheap hot air popper for x-mas I need to use more often. Butter no salt for me but I think I might try your "foodie" version.

















One time I took taco seasoning into the bedroom and got in trouble for it...

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[STRONGBADF1]

How many members make their own popcorn while watching movies at home?

The reason I ask: We get our popcorn from a place in Ohio, and I just reordered popcorn from them and found out we go through about 50Lbs a year!
We use a Stir-Crazy popper by Westbend nothing fancy but it works well for the two of us. Topped with no butter, but use a home mix of chili powder and taco seasoning.

Where in Ohio? Must be great popcorn!

 

[sawzalot]

Where in Ohio? Must be great popcorn!

Audioholics really do go the extra mile,

I don't remember the popcorn basket I mean sheez we had just about everything else.

Those pastries were awesome, don't know why I just thought about them.

 

[sawzalot]

I am going to make some popcorn now, microwave style ummmm.

 

[bigbassdave]

We make popcorn all the time for movies in this house. We use a whirlypop. My wife loves her kettle corn and I like mine normal style with no butter, a little garlic, and s pinch of ground black pepper.

 

[MinusTheBear]

I don't like popcorn but I will add that I have seen grated parmesan cheese as well other things such as hot sauce sprinkled onto popcorn to be used as flavorings.

 

[jwenthold99]

I use the Alton Brown method... my two year old loves it!

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[Rickster71]

Where in Ohio? Must be great popcorn!

I've been getting the White popcorn http://www.metzgerpopcorn.com/OrderInfo.html
They sound like a mom & pop place, we send them a check, I don't think the take C Cards.
It doesn't pop as big as Orville Redebacher's but it is crispier and cheaper.
(even with shipping)
We were paying almost $5 a jar for 30oz. of Orville.

 

[Rickster71]

Audioholics really do go the extra mile,

I don't remember the popcorn basket I mean sheez we had just about everything else.

Those pastries were awesome, don't know why I just thought about them.

The killer pastries & rolls were thanks to Mark, from a Portuguese bakery up in Newark.

 

[its phillip]

I hardly ever eat popcorn (maybe once or twice every few months), but when I do, it's the microwave stuff.

 

[MinusTheBear]

I wonder how fresh herbs like dill (and melted butter ) thrown into a bowl of popcorn would taste? I bet it would work well, think of popcorn like a neutral flavor vehicle. The stuff you can do is endless.

 

[gholt]

I ususally do the Orville Movie Theatre. I buy it by the box at Costco when they have the coupons. Soi it is about $6 for 32 bags, but some of these ideas sound really good.

 

[dkane360]

I'm not a big popcorn person, but when I get a dedicated home theater I'm gonna get one of those movie theater popcorn poppers. That's when I'll know I hit the big leagues

 

[mtrycrafts]

How many members make their own popcorn while watching movies at home?

The reason I ask: We get our popcorn from a place in Ohio, and I just reordered popcorn from them and found out we go through about 50Lbs a year!
We use a Stir-Crazy popper by Westbend nothing fancy but it works well for the two of us. Topped with no butter, but use a home mix of chili powder and taco seasoning.

Once in a while now. Or when we have guests. But we use microwave types and the 94% fat free ones

 

[Nugu]

I eat popcorn now and then but I will not eat it while watching a movie. I don't like to hear myself chewing while trying to enjoy the show. I do however like to have a soda while I watch.

I've been wanting a air popper for awhile though. The bags never taste right to me.