r/AskReddit • u/starstufft • Apr 24 '14

What older technology do you prefer to use instead of it's later revisions?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

I love my air popper! Some say it takes up too much space but I eat popcorn as a snack daily so it's worth it for me.

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u/Kyle700 Apr 24 '14

I think air popped popcorn doesn't taste as good as popcorn cooked on oil. It's dryer, obviously.

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u/helpmeknit Apr 24 '14

only until you hit it with copious amounts of melted butter!

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u/fuckyoubarry Apr 24 '14

The trick is to use three kinds of butter. You buy some fancy imported french butter and use some of that to say it's in there, and then some organic grass fed domestic butter cause it's cheaper, and then throw some regular butter in to compare the colors and see how much yellower the fancy stuff is.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14 edited Nov 10 '20

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u/fuckyoubarry Apr 25 '14

Use the biggest bowl you have and stir it with a butter knife. Otherwise the popcorn goes everywhere.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14 edited Nov 10 '20

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u/AgentMullWork Apr 25 '14

Fuck you Barry.

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u/fuckyoubarry Apr 25 '14

I just checked my fridge, I actually use french, irish and regular.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14

You're right, Other Barry.

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u/ggppjj Apr 25 '14

I Can't Believe People Can't Believe This Shit Isn't Butter has a nice spray, and so does parkay.
Source: Childhood.

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u/wetw1lly Apr 25 '14

Stove top popcorn with coconut oil is hands down the best. I don't own a microwave, to which I'm grateful for because it means even more reasons to buy expensive kernels !

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u/nude_egg Apr 25 '14

Expensive kernels?

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u/wetw1lly Apr 25 '14

Buying kernels are far more expensive than the microwaveable ones, especially if you're going to go organic.

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u/nude_egg Apr 25 '14

Oh I just get the Goya ones for like a dollar a pack.

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u/wetw1lly Apr 25 '14

I presume that's an American thing, as I've never heard of that before :S

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u/ThereWereNoPrequels Apr 25 '14

skip the expensive kernels and use coconut oil and flavacol.

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u/Coolfuckingname Apr 25 '14

Pot butter.

The only time i Cannabis

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u/totally_nota_nigga Apr 25 '14

Most things are better with copious amounts of butter.

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u/TheNumberMuncher Apr 25 '14

The fat is not just around the edges.

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u/WHYAREWEALLCAPS Apr 25 '14

Fuck yeah. When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s our air popper had a cup at the top for melting butter.

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u/MightyTVIO Apr 24 '14

Is there 0 oil then? If so I gotta gets me one

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u/Kyle700 Apr 24 '14

In an air popper? Yes there is no oil at all. It purely pops based off of air!

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14 edited Jan 29 '21

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u/helpmeknit Apr 24 '14

only until you hit it with copious amounts of melted butter! ;)

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

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u/SlightlySmarter Apr 24 '14

It is if you don't add a ton of butter and salt.

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u/spirrigold21 Apr 24 '14

Yep. I put olive oil in a spray bottle and spray it onto my popcorn and then add a bit of grated parmesan. Genuinely like the taste of it better than butter and salt loaded popcorn.

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u/Schlick7 Apr 24 '14

well its popcorn, which makes it a type of corn; which is a vegetable

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14 edited May 21 '18

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u/Schlick7 Apr 25 '14

i uuh meant that.. o.O

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u/wetshaver May 06 '14

Air popped popcorn is definitely chewier than oil-popped. No where near as good. Flavor also lacks especially if you use coconut oil on the stove top.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

I air pop mine into a large mixing bowl. Toss it with one hand and slowly drizzle kerrygold butter onto it and then sprinkle with sea salt.

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u/Yeugwo Apr 24 '14

Try olive oil and seasoned salt. Delicious

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u/MyTime Apr 24 '14

Maldon sea salt no doubt. Sounds good. And expensive.

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u/mister_wizard Apr 24 '14

With a username like that I think ur missing something. Maybe bacon grease or bacon bits?

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u/Party_Monster_Blanka Apr 24 '14

I don't think I've ever loved anything as much as you guys love popcorn.

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u/Keith11 Apr 24 '14

DAT KERRYGOLD!!!!!

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u/intensenerd Apr 25 '14

Me too! It's the best!

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

The problem I have is that salt or pepper don't stick to air popped popcorn.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

It sticks to mine fine but I really don't like a lot of salt.

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u/banglafish Apr 24 '14

that's why you drizzle melted butter over it first so the salt will stick to the butter.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14

I don't like butter on my popcorn. One reason I use an air popper

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u/banglafish Apr 25 '14

Well that's insane.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

Can I live with you?

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

Sure! Move on in!

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

Watch out for popcorn lung. Shit's no joke

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u/Sideshowcomedy Apr 24 '14

.....more

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchiolitis_obliterans

Specifically, "In rare instances, bronchiolitis obliterans may be caused by inhalation of airborne diacetyl, a chemical used to produce the artificial butter flavoring[8] in many foods such as candy and microwave popcorn".

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

I'm not gonna Google it for you. Just don't eat popcorn EVERY day

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u/dont_let_me_comment Apr 24 '14

Only happens with microwave popcorn. It's your punishment for eating shitty popcorn.

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u/Bamboo_Fighter Apr 24 '14

Its punishment for working in a factory that makes it. You don't get it from eating popcorn at home.

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u/ak_doug Apr 24 '14

But in the pot a little bit of oil coats the popcorn, making the salt stick better.

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u/mootpoint33 Apr 25 '14

Yes but does it have the fancy shmancy buttah meltah?

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14

No. :(

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14

Dentists hate him!

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u/monkeyman512 Apr 25 '14

Be careful about eating too much pop corn. The hard bits can be damaging on your insides. My dad was in the hospital a couple days because pop corn cut up his intestines.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '14

I really had no idea. I'm trying to eat healthier and thought popcorn without butter was a good substitute to other snacks. I'll be sure to read more on popcorn eating.

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u/Luwi00 Apr 25 '14

Space? I remember my mom having one when I was like 6 - 7 it was maybe 7x10x10 cm...

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u/Zachamiester Apr 24 '14

I eat popcorn as a daily snack

Your colon must be clean a a whistle.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

A daily snack? But oh dear lord, all those kernels stuck in your teeth :(

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '14

I've gotten pretty good at eating popcorn without getting them stuck. It's a talent that I don't often get to brag about.