"baggless popcorn" news and stories

After finding out that microwave popcorn bags could contain potentially harmful PFOAs, I worried that it would be some time before I was eating popcorn on a regular basis. It’s a little too much trouble to pop in on the stove top all the time because of the cleanup required; I’m spoiled by having used the microwave for so many years. Fortunately, I came across Alton Brown’s tip to use a brown paper bag to pop popcorn in the microwave. Alton’s directions called for using a stapler to seal the paper bag, but I did not want to take any chances by putting metal into my microwave. I used Scotch tape to seal my bag. By tossing kernels in butter or oil and then sealing them in a brown paper bag with a bit of tape, the kernels will pop up just as usual – with very little mess and a convenient eating container, to boot!

[Photo by Nicole Weston]