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lot of that popcorn I have eaten in my life has come from microwave bags, and the rest has come from popping
corn the old fashioned way: on the stove. To my knowledge, most of the popcorn has been of the hard, yellow-kernel
variety. I now think that I was missing out.
Fireworks Popcorn, most likely named after the audible similarities between popping corn and distant fireworks, packages naturally-grown gourmet popcorns, offering more than ten different varieties. One of the things that they point out about their popcorn, in addition to saying that it is both colorful and flavorful, is that it is smaller and has a more delicate hull than conventional popcorns. When I popped the some of the Starshell Red popcorn, using the microwave method, I found that to be very true. Even the half popped kernels were not very hard (yeah, I accidentally ate a few) and took no more effort to chew than a hard pretzel stick might.
The fully popped kernels were delicious. They were crisp and light, just as I like my popcorn to be. I also found that they did have a lot more flavor than conventional corns, earthy and sweet, completely unlike the Styrofoam-facsimiles that constitute most microwave popcorns. Delish! And although the corn pops up white and fluffy, you can see enough of the color from the naturally beautiful hulls that these corns would be a great party snack around the 4th of July.
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5-01-2006 @ 7:58AM
Kevin said...
And what about taste of this popcorn? I don't think it will be as usual. How they make other color without changing the taste and ingredients? I care about my health and I prefer simple microwave popcorn instead of this firework's and advice you to follow me
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5-01-2006 @ 9:19AM
Micha Rieser said...
Kevin-
There are no additional ingredients in this popcorn, the different colors are different varieties of heirloom corn, bred without any GMO techniques. Fully natural, and a hell of a lot healthier than any supermarket microwave brand.
It is not even 'microwave popcorn', just regular kernels which you can put in a bag and microwave, per Alton Brown's method referenced in the post.
Check out the links, they explain it all on their site. Looks really yummie to me.
Micha
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