Does it pop well in a hot air corn popper? Is it tough to chew?
1012915
We use a glass popper that goes in the microwave, so do not know about hot popping for this product. Results are excellent, low number of grannies, nice texture, good volume, great taste. Not at all tough to chew. In my experience, Arrowhead Mills consistently produces very high quality products.
1012916
It does pop well in an air-popper since that is what I have always used for it. It is light and fluffy and all the kernals pop for the most part - so great poppage. It's an excellent popcorn.
1012917
I'm unsure about the corn popper. We just do ours in a pot on the stove. It's not tough to chew, though. It's very light and fluffy. My toddlers love it.
1012918
I can't answer that. I pop my popcorn in the Wabash Valley Farms 25008 Whirley-Pop Stovetop Popcorn Popper. The popcorn pops well in the Whirley Pop that I use and it is better than movie theater quality.
370813
It is not too bad. The motor drones away while it is getting heated up and of course, once it starts to pop you have that going on. It is certainly not bothersome when we make popcorn.
64429
The gears on top of the two I have owned do not appear to be metal. I've only owned them a few months, but have had no issues so far. However, and the instructions do state this clearly: you should never force the handle. The key is not to overfill the popper. ½ cup of unpopped corn at most will fill the popper and provide plenty of popcorn.
1542282
I never tried it in an air popper...we have a big popcorn machine that I made it in that uses oil. I think it would work, but might not taste as good.
258246
I have ground hard Indiana popcorn for corn bread.... it grinds that pretty well, but is a lot of work hand cranking! I use the drill attachment and that helps a lot!
512266
Yeah. It does great popping. Very few unpopped kernels. Kettle corn also comes out really well.
1641742
Yes it can. The trick with the air popper is to plug it in and let it run for a minute or two to heat it up. Then drop the popcorn in and it will pop perfectly.
1021325
I have not popped pop corn with this, however based on my use I do not see any reason why its not capable of doing this.
320986
You can pop popcorn without grease in an air popper but it tastes like left-over cardboard. In the Waring I use a combination of 1-2 tablespoons of butter and approximately 1/3 cup (I never measure it) of canola oil per 1 cup of corn. Tastes great!
256900
The bag I got works really well in a hot air popper. I usually pop a half cup at a time and usually only have 5-10 unpopped kernals.
126174
Have never tried to pop corn in it. Have to give it a try and see if mine does or not.
1217536
In our experience, not really. You might get away with trying to add the salt just as the popped corn leaves the popper to drop in the bowl since there may be a very slight bit of moisture present from the popping process (moisture escaping as the kernel pops) but, it is unlikely. We use an air popper, as well but, we always add some butter mixed with olive oil. Not so much for the salt, we just like the flavor. Responder " Franklin" makes a good point, though; the salt is very finely ground and could easily get lodged in nooks & crannies of a popped kernel. We just prefer more salt flavor than what we got without using a some oil.
1147127
We have popped many a container of this in our Presto Air popper. There are always a few kernels that don't pop, but overall it works great.
114762
We've used the Great Northern Packets and regular popcorn kernels; both work well and taste great! This comes down to a personal preference and people eating it. We switch back and forth between the two different ways. Sometimes we use the packets if we all prefer the same flavor of popcorn. When we want a variety of flavors of popcorn or with and without butter, following the popper's directions we use about a 1/2 ounce of oil and put in 8 ounces of regular popcorn since we have an 8 ounce kettle. Once it's done popping, everyone fills their bags or buckets and eat it plain or put butter on it using a spray butter and adding more flavor by putting on one of the seasoned salts such as white cheddar cheese or just plain popcorn salt. Everyone has now seasoned their popcorn to their liking, it's all good !!!
2244871
It cooks popcorn great with only 1 tsp. of oil. I've had my popper and done this for years. Peanut oil is another good oil to try. This is a great popcorn popper that pops corn like the movies do without all the added extra butter and sugar. I love drizzling some orange blossom honey and salt over mine. Salty and sweet!
756840
It's hardy enough. I just didn't have good luck with popping corn in it. Moisture is held in and a lot of kernels don't get popped. Paper bag works better.
428373
I use 1/4-1/3 cup of white popcorn on high for about 4 minutes. I have a few unpopped kernels. It has never been tough.