I usually buy the Jiffy pop, because I just have an electric stove. I have some bags of microwave popcorn. Can I put them on range and like shake it or something?

I don’t have a glass lid to keep popcorn from flying everywhere if I just dump it in a pan.

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
    391·
    14 hours ago

    I used to open the bags, pour it in a pot and pop it like that with a grease guard over the top. Sometimes a little extra oil is needed depending on the brand but you don’t have to be too precise with it. Just make sure to keep those kernals moving and you’ll be golden.

    As an aside I really recommend people stop eating microwave popcorn, their packaging is can be a major source of PFA buildups in our bodies . Like highly significant especially if you consume it regularly. Literally any other method of making popcorn effectively eliminates this.

    • Hawke@lemmy.world
      3·
      15 hours ago

      their packaging is a major source of PFA buildups in our bodies

      [citation needed]

      There’s no way that more than a few people eat enough microwave popcorn for that to be true.

      • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
        6·
        13 hours ago

        Here is a video about human consumption of PFAs made by Veritaserum. This is where I initially heard about how bad microwave popcorn is for you. Information about popcorn starts at around 40 minutes.

        Above is a chart comparing concentrations of different PFAs collected from common sources. You absolutely can consume enough bagged popcorn for it to directly affect your health unfortunately. I understand if you don’t consider youtube a reliable source though and I will be looking for better sources in the meantime.

        Edit: I should definitely have specified that it is not a major source for every human my bad, I only meant that it poses a significantly greater threat to your health than most other things we consume with PFAs in them. To be clear though, it wouldn’t take as much as you are thinking to affect you.

        Also here are more screencaptures that might be of assistance.

        • Hawke@lemmy.world
          3·
          12 hours ago

          Thank you for sharing, that was an excellent video.

          Also appreciate the edit; it’s amazing how much of a difference those little words make.

          Biggest objection to that angle for me is “well I never eat microwave popcorn” makes it too easy to dismiss the problem.

          I’d still bet that “groundwater contamination” (or “drinking water contamination” from manufacturing is the single largest source for almost anyone, but it looks like microwave popcorn is shockingly high when it comes to food and food packaging.

    • Mongostein@lemmy.ca
      2·
      21 hours ago

      You can also make your own microwave popcorn without the PFAs for a lot cheaper. Just toss some popcorn seeds in oil, put em in a plain paper bag and microwave.