Sometimes it’s nice to just have a quiet evening at home, curled up on the couch with a rented movie and some popcorn. And if you’re like me, when you decide to be a hermit on a Friday night, you don’t half-ass it. I mean, why go all the way out to the video store when you can catch something on cable, or better yet, sign up for Netflix and get movies delivered to your door with the option of streaming them live on your computer. Ok, so now that we’ve got the movie scenario covered, what about snacks? Chances are, you want some delicious movie theater style popcorn to go with your choice of flicks. But it seems like you can never find anything from your local grocery store that even compares to the $6.75 small popcorn from the movie theater. So it seems like if you want something done right, you’re gonna have to do it yourself.
With the Microwave Popcorn Popper (Sur La Table, $20.00), you can create freshly made popcorn masterpieces within the comforts of your own home. Sure, anyone can have a standard popcorn popper, and while the results may be healthier than buying it prepackaged at the store, it usually takes like cardboard. So how is this popcorn popper different? Well, for starters, it’s a microwaveable container. That’s right, it fits right in your microwave to create homemade popcorn in the same amount of time it would take to heat up a prepackaged bag of popcorn. This popcorn is better for you though, because it doesn’t need oil to make the kernels pop. But we all know that you need some grease to make popcorn taste delicious, so it comes with a butter lid that fits over the popper. You just cover the bottom of the popper with kernels, put the desired amount of butter in the strainer lid, and then toss it in the microwave for a little less than three minutes. The butter slowly melts onto the kernels as they pop, making yummy popcorn just the way you like it.
So not only does this popcorn popper make it incredibly easy to be a lazy shut-in, but it’s also cheaper than buying popcorn by the bag. I mean, popcorn kernels sell for like pennies, but prepackaged popcorn is about $1 a bag. What’s up with that? Why is the popcorn industry trying to keep us down? If only Orville Redenbacher was still alive…
5 out of 5 stars.
Specs:
-Capacity: 2.5 quarts
-Makes popcorn without oil
-Ready in under 3 minutes
-Butter lid has strainer to melt butter over popped corn
-Handle for easy transport to and from microwave
-Dishwasher and microwave safe up to 675°F
-Borosilicate glass, silicone, and stainless steel
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