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Rereading the original post and reading other posts would suggest it may be microwave popcorn you
are referring to when you say bagged popcorn. I have a 30 year old sear microwave with a mechanical
timer. I noticed after the glass broke that was on the bottom of the microwave that all the popcorn
never popped and if I increased the time, it burnt the popcorn. But I solved the problem. I have a
corning casserole dish that I head on a burner to a medium hot. I removed the corningware from the
burner, place the microwave popcorn bag in the corningware and put that in the microwave. I set the
30 year old microwave to 5 minutes for the popcorn which is what I think it says on the package and
voila, perfect popcorn minus a few kernals that didin't pop.
The Ranger wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson <[email protected]> asked in message news:[email protected]...
> > The Ranger wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking for a brand of popcorn that'll pop most of the kernals instead of just 3/4 of the
> > > bag. Is there a brand out there that pops up mostly? Or is this just a dream?
> >
> > 3/4 of the bag is way too low. You are either using the wrong settting on your microwave, or
> > your microwave just isn't powerful enough to do a good job. Is it old? As the magnetron tube
> > ages, the power may drop off.
>
> I agree that having only 75% of the bag bloom is low, hence my question.
>
> And I do understand about microwaves' less-graceful aging than other appliances. The microwaves
> (we have two) are both in fine working order and cook/heat other foods quite adequately and
> efficiently. If I increase the time by only a few seconds, I have burned popcorn and the same
> number of kernals unpopped.
>
> The Ranger
are referring to when you say bagged popcorn. I have a 30 year old sear microwave with a mechanical
timer. I noticed after the glass broke that was on the bottom of the microwave that all the popcorn
never popped and if I increased the time, it burnt the popcorn. But I solved the problem. I have a
corning casserole dish that I head on a burner to a medium hot. I removed the corningware from the
burner, place the microwave popcorn bag in the corningware and put that in the microwave. I set the
30 year old microwave to 5 minutes for the popcorn which is what I think it says on the package and
voila, perfect popcorn minus a few kernals that didin't pop.
The Ranger wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson <[email protected]> asked in message news:[email protected]...
> > The Ranger wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking for a brand of popcorn that'll pop most of the kernals instead of just 3/4 of the
> > > bag. Is there a brand out there that pops up mostly? Or is this just a dream?
> >
> > 3/4 of the bag is way too low. You are either using the wrong settting on your microwave, or
> > your microwave just isn't powerful enough to do a good job. Is it old? As the magnetron tube
> > ages, the power may drop off.
>
> I agree that having only 75% of the bag bloom is low, hence my question.
>
> And I do understand about microwaves' less-graceful aging than other appliances. The microwaves
> (we have two) are both in fine working order and cook/heat other foods quite adequately and
> efficiently. If I increase the time by only a few seconds, I have burned popcorn and the same
> number of kernals unpopped.
>
> The Ranger