teflon pots & popcorn
Posted by ours_brun on Jan 04, 2007 · Member since Jan 2007 · 2 posts
Lately I've been craving some popcorn, but I don't like using microwaves. I know you can pop it in pots on the stove, but at the moment all I've got is non-stick cookware. Being that teflon is a known carcinogen, do you think there would be an issue with the teflon coming off the pan when popping popcorn? This may be a dumb question, but I've never tried making popcorn this way before.
Any thoughts?
I only use teflon coated pans to pop popcorn. The teflon is only dangerous if you actually ingest bits of it, and pop corn by no means whatsoever, has the power to do that much damage. Unless the pans coating us already "shredding", no worries. ;)
if your a regular pop corn eater you can go pick yourself up one of those air-poppers. We have one and the pop corn from it is delish!
I agree with mdvegan. I read a bunch of articles on teflon. When the pan reaches a very high temp (450 and above) the teflon coating begins to break down. Eventually you will see that with pitting and flaking. But even before that happens, noxious and toxic but oderless fumes are released into the air. You don't want to breathe these! When I found out about that, I made a solemn vow never to purchase another teflon pan again.
Instead of purchasing a hot air popper, I'd suggest you get a 18/10 stainless steel medium saucepan with a lid--which you can use to cook many dishes. That's what I use to pop my popcorn and it makes a big ole bowl.
Yes, 18/10 is the heaviest grade and most expensive stainless. I'd suggest you look at Marshalls or TJMaxx where I've bought beautiful stainless steel pans that were very inexpensive.
Good luck!
Continuing the popcorn part of this thread...I read somewhere that you can microwave popcorn in a brown paper lunch bag without using oil. Anyone tried that with success--if you don't mind using microwaves, that is?
Yep! That was me with the brown paper lunch bag (well, actually it was my father that started it). Works perfectly. Fold down the top two or three times and crease it, pop until it slows down. Better than microwave pop corn, but not quite as good as stove top pop corn. :)