what is air porred popcorn? is that the one you make on the stove?

Question

i meant "air popped" :)

Answer 1

No, different. If you are popping corn on the stove, you are using oil - which adds tenderness, a bit of flavor, and something for the salt to cling to. Air popped corn has no oil whatsoever, in an attempt to reduce the fat content of this tasty snack. It also, sadly, reduces flavor tremendously.

You can "air pop" two different ways - in your air popper ( a specialty popping machine you can get at just about any department store), or in your microwave. Either one uses plain popcorn kernels - not anything packed in oil, water, or neat little microwavable packages. If you're doing it in your microwave, you have to experiement, and expect a lot of unpopped kernels (the oil assists the popping process, too.) You'd put about 1/3 of a cup of popcorn kernels into a plain lunch sack (tends to burn - yeah, real flames from your microwave) or a specially designed microwave popper. Many microwave poppers call for oil - but you're air popping, so leave it out. Now push the button, and watch the popcorn pop!

It doesn't do much good to shake salt on air popped corn. Without oil to cling to, the salt pretty much slides off the popcorn and just ends up in the bottom of the bowl.

Answer 2

You don't make it on the stove, sorry. You have to have an air popper which is really a modified high heat hair drier. The hot air is directed into the kernel container in a way that swirls the kernels like a tornado. The hot air then heats the moisture in the kernel and the kernel pops, then being ejected out of the kernel container by the help of the hot air. Black and Decker makes one that is pretty inexpensive and good.

Answer 3

Unfortunately that is the way hot air popcorn is and the brand doesn't make much difference. Sometimes keeping the popcorn in the refrigerator helps, but not significantly. I still use mine sometimes when I'm eating healthy, but in my opinion nothing beats popcorn popped on the stove in oil.

Answer 4

Air popped popcorn is usually made in a special air-popper, but you can also do it in a microwave. The biggest difference between air popped and "regular" popcorn is that air popped does not require any butter so it's healthier.

Answer 5

"QUICK & EASY" MICROWAVE CARAMEL CORN

8 1/2 qts. of popped popcorn (approx. 2 batches worth in a hot air popper)
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. butter
1/2 tsp. salt
2 c. packed brown sugar
1/2 c. Karo syrup
1 tsp. baking soda

Pop popcorn and place in a large brown grocery sack -- set aside.

Mix all ingredients, EXCEPT soda, in a large mixing bowl. Cook on high for approximately 5 minutes or until all the ingredients are melted. Cook on high again until mixture reaches a full boil. Continue cooking at a full boil for 2 additional minutes. Take out of microwave and add the baking soda, mix thoroughly.

Pour 1/2 of the hot syrup into brown bag of popcorn, close and shake well. Add the remaining 1/2 of syrup and shake again. Place the bag back into the microwave and cook on high for 1 1/2 minutes, remove and shake. Again, cook on high for 1 1/2 minutes, remove and shake.

Spread out on cookie sheets or aluminum foil to cool (no need to butter/grease cookie sheets). Rent a good movie and enjoy!!!

Answer 6

Hot Air Popper: No Oil Necessary Popper. Yup! That' s right! You too can have healthy popcorn popped without the added fat and/or cholesterol of oil! (You'll still have to have the dental floss handy for those pesky hulls, though!)

Answer 7

We had a little machine, that you poured the kernels into, and covered it up. It would blow hot air into the machine, and the kernels would pop.
The one on the stove requires oil, so it wont be air popped.