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hairy sue
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 Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:17 am Post subject: Home-made Popcorn Machine In Seoul |
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| What materials can I get in Seoul to try and make a home-made popcorn machine? I've been reading up on it, and think I can get most of the things I need just by dumpster diving here, but the semi-spin aggressor lancet seems almost unobtainable. Any ideas? Itaewon, maybe? |
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Ya-ta Boy
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Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| a home-made popcorn machine |
In the old days, those machines were called a pan with a lid. Today they seem to be called a microwave.  That dry, tasteless stuff that comes in a bag is only imitation popcorn.)
Directions for making old-fashioned popcorn with flavor:
1. Turn on the stove. Pour a bit of oil in the pan (a heavy pan is best) and add one or two kernels of popcorn. Put the lid on the pan.
2. Stand there until the kernel pops, demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that the oil is hot enough.
3. Pour in enough popcorn to just cover the bottom of the pan--too much and you'll pop the lid off. Replace the lid. Wait for the fun to begin. As the popcorn pops, shake the pan back and forth to knock the kernels on the bottom.
4. When the time between pops is long enough that you figure most of the popcorn has popped and there aren't too many old maids, but the popped popcorn hasn't burned yet, take the pan off the stove and dump the popped popcorn into a bowl.
5. Return the pan to the stove and melt some butter. Pour it (and some salt) over the popcorn in the bowl.
6. Carry the bowl to the living room and snack away while watching the movie. Known fact: All movies are 18% better with real home-made popcorn. Even lousy movies. |
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captain kirk
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Do they grow popcorn type corn in Iowa, which is where you're originally from, right? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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I. History:
Popcorn is a special kind of flint corn that was selected by Indians in early western civilizations. Although U.S. commercial popcorn production has always been centered in the Corn Belt, the major growing areas within this region have shifted over the years. Up to the mid 1940s, Iowa was the number one producer, with both production and processing plants concentrated in the western part of the state. Then, as popcorn hybrids began replacing open-pollinated varieties, production shifted eastward, first to Illinois and then to Indiana. Another major shift occurred in the mid 1970s when production jumped back to the west, so that Nebraska is now the leading popcorn producer.
Total U.S. popcorn acreage over the 5-year period 1977-81 averaged 189,000 acres per year, with 55% of that total in Nebraska and Indiana, and another 25% in Iowa, Ohio and Illinois.
II. Uses:
Popcorn is sold either as a plain or flavor-added popped product, or as an unpopped product in moisture-proof containers ranging from plastic bags and sealed jars to ready-to-use containers both for conventional and microwave popping. Popcorn flavor is enhanced to individual tastes with the addition of salt and butter. There is no end to the uses of popcorn. One recipe book lists 200 different recipes.
Nutritionally, it is one of the best all-around snack foods, providing 67% as much protein, 110% as much iron and as much calcium as an equal amount of beef. An average 1.5-ounce serving of popcorn supplies the same energy as two eggs; and a cup of unbuttered popcorn contains less calories than half a medium grapefruit. In addition, hull is excellent roughage, comparing favorably with bran flakes or whole wheat toast.
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http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/popcorn.html
Filling in educational gaps, one post at a time. One more benefit of reading Dave's.
Two unexplained mysteries of life:
Why is the Butter Cow in Iowa, rather than Wisconsin?
Why is the Corn Palace in South Dakota, rather than Iowa?
Not all things are good in Iowa. When I was a kid, the Iowa Legislature declared the sunflower (the state flower of Kansas) a noxious weed. A few days later the Kansas Legislature declared Iowa a noxious state.  |
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gsxr750r
Joined: 29 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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Iowa? Yeah, I think they grow a lot of corn there. Nebraska, too -- the cornhuskers.
Is he from Iowa or Nebraska? |
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Novernae
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With a little imagination you can build anything pretty easily. My husband built a fewcoffee roasters here.
As for the more hard to find components, try the area above the Yongsan electronics market. Go to the top of the hill and turn left rather than right. |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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When I make popcorn on the stove, I always do the butter in the microwave while it's popping. If I use the still-hot pan to melt the butter, it burns.
One extra step from a Canadian-- shake flavourful MSG-laden dust over the popcorn after you drizzle on the butter. Try not to inhale as you do this. Dill-flavoured or ketchup are my favourites. If you're feeling frou-frou, just use garlic powder, dill, cayenne, oregano, basil, thyme, or whatever you like. |
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Ya-ta Boy
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Location: Established in 1994
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One extra step from a Canadian-- shake flavourful MSG-laden dust over the popcorn after you drizzle on the butter. Try not to inhale as you do this. Dill-flavoured or ketchup are my favourites. If you're feeling frou-frou, just use garlic powder, dill, cayenne, oregano, basil, thyme, or whatever you like.
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hubba bubba
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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You should also try putting hot sauce on your popcorn.
I know it sounds gross. But a friend turned me on to it, now I'm hooked. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: Home-made Popcorn Machine In Seoul |
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| hairy sue wrote: |
| What materials can I get in Seoul to try and make a home-made popcorn machine? I've been reading up on it, and think I can get most of the things I need just by dumpster diving here, but the semi-spin aggressor lancet seems almost unobtainable. Any ideas? Itaewon, maybe? |
Are you looking for a popper?
http://www.bb.co.kr/main/pd_yahoo/pr_list.php?pd_id=239887 |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| I'll bet kermo and hubba bubba also have ferns in their living room. (Or possibly a cactus.) |
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kermo
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| Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| I'll bet kermo and hubba bubba also have ferns in their living room. (Or possibly a cactus.) |
I have some kind of plant, soon to be an ex-plant. I resent its constant demands for water. |
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