If you eat *lots* of popcorn, you need a dedicated corn popper. Traditional poppers are sheet-metal pans with a crank sticking out of the lid, and holes in the lid -- given a choice, look for holes that are blisters that are open on one side, as if pushed up from below; the simple stamped holes let escaping steam flow straight up, the blisters divert it to the side.
My DH, who eats popcorn at eight o'clock every night, invested in a popper with an electric motor to turn the stirrer, and a dome lid that doubles as a serving bowl (The popper itself is an almost-flat plate.) But shaking a saucepan works just fine, except for wearing the anodized finish off the bottom of the pan. -- Joy Beeson http://joybeeson.home.comcast.net/ http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange http://www.timeswrsw.com/craig/cam/ (local weather) west of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
