Plastic Bowl, Hot Oil, Food Falls Through Bottom

The old cooking refrain that "hot pan, cold oil, food won't stick" may be true, but I have another bit to add: "plastic bowl, hot oil, food falls through bottom."

My first two attempts at making homemade microwave popcorn didn't go so well. The first time, Saran Wrap melted to the sides of the plastic bowl and wouldn't come off. The second time, the plastic bowl started melting, and when I took it out of the microwave, unpopped kernels started dropping through the bottom.

So take my advice: use a Pyrex casserole dish if you're going to make homemade microwave popcorn.

Comments

[Jonnazz]

this was actually pretty funny -- we would have taken a picture of the melting plastic bowl, but we wanted to get it out of the apartment before we really started to smell the burning popcorn/melting plastic...

[Eliza]

we make homemade microwave popcorn using brown paper lunch bags. Just put a scoop of kernels in the bag, roll the top down, and nuke for about 2 mins. Easy, cheap, no mess.