StillSmart

OK, this may seem a little odd.
15 years ago I was cruising the WIndies, and it was common practise to invite guests aboard and have big bowls of popcorn for them to nibble on, popped on board, with a splash of pepper sauce added for flavour.
My last couple of Kilos of corn are well past their sell by date now, and don't pop very well, but don't seem to contain any weevils.
While in the Caribbean I did read somewhere of a way of re-vitalising dried up popping corn, it involved a capped jar and water.
I am on the trial and error method at the moment.
I do appear to have the constitution of a Concrete Elephant and welcome suggestions.
It is not that I am tight, I just hate waste, and even the chucks aren't impressed so far.
Yes,I could have tried Uncle Google, but that would have denied you another of my daft facets.

Robert.

Presumably they have over dried. Could you soak them for 3 - 4 hours. And then give them time to equalise?

I really do agree with you about waste and have pursued similar projects myself in the past.

“With a splash of pepper sauce.”

Sweet is good, cheesy is ok, I don't like salted, but I've never tried pepper sauce before. That sounds interesting, I might give that a try tonight.

So what's your favoured method of popping?

Just googled a whirleypop pan and found one on Amazon. Best thing we ever bought off QVC many many years ago, and I'm damn sure we didn't pay anything like that price.

I thought you could just chuck them in a pan.
Wassis wurley malarkey?

Whirley agitator keeps the kernels at an even temperature in a tablespoonful of oil, then they all explode in unison. No burning, hardly any un-popped kernels.

But the unpopped, toasted kernels are the best part!

Oil and pepper sauce.
Corn.
Heat and lid.
Is the way that used to work for me.
These (mine) have obviously dried beyond a critical popping point, I will continue to try and find it by water addition.
I really did read someone claiming that this worked, many years back.

Let's see.

Robert.

Plant them and grow new corn!

OK dumb question - is all corn 'pop-able'

chill wrote:But the unpopped, toasted kernels are the best part!

Not if your teeth are as bad as mine.