Do you put this in with the popcorn while you are popping it or sprinkle it after it's popped? I have a 6 qt. popper, how much do you use?
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Yes, you mix it in with the oil and popcorn while its heating up. As far as quantity, a little bit goes a long way. You use a teaspoon for every 6-8 oz of kernels.
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Yes, put it in with popcorn and use according to taste, starting out with 1/2 teaspoon.
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It's better to put the flavouring on AFTER popping...because the popping machine will burn it. You only need a couple sprinkles for 1 batch. gr
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I use 3 tablespoons to 1/2 cup popcorn in the whirly popper, you can get away with less, I prefer the taste of 3 with the flavacol popcorn seasoning/salt. I put 1 teaspoon salt in with the oil as it is heating up for about 30 seconds than add the popcorn.
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If you have an 8 oz KETTLE, use 1/3 c oil (put it in first to warm up), then place 1c popcorn and slightly less than 1T popcorn salt in kettle. You will probably need to play with the amount of salt to taste.
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It can use any type of popping oil you can buy at a grocery store. Its usually in the same aisle as the popcorn seed. These oils are typically butter flavored in some way. You can also use vegetable oil, but you will get no butter flavor from that. If you arent happy with the color/flavor of your popcorn, use more oil. I have used as much as 6 spoonfulls of oil for one batch. If you use extra oil it will take longer to pop and need more time to dry once popped. If you eat it right after popping it will seem stale or slighly soggy. Let it sit under the heat lamp for a couple minutes before eating.
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In the instruction manual it says to run the popcorn machine for a minute or two before adding your kernels. It's like an oven per se, it needs to preheat first before adding the kernels. That's what I do and it pops just about all of my popcorn (amount of kernels left un-popped is about the same amount you get in a microwave popcorn bag brand). Hope this helps. I love my popcorn maker!
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You are better off going to the store and buying a jar of Orville Redenbacher and regular oil. Otherwise the package is cut into 3rd or 4ths depending on how much you want to pop. When we tried to pop 1/3 alot of the kernels did not pop but 1/4 of the package worked fine but was very very messy so we managed through the popcorn and went and bought popcorn and measuring spoons/cup at the store and that worked best
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I'm using popcorn that comes in quart jar. Easy to use, just measure into the little cup they provided and it's enough for us two old folks. I'm wondering if I can use butter in place of the liquid oil ??
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Put in 2 tablespoon oil, one cup popcorn and one teaspoon flavacol in popper. Add more flavacol after popping if needed.
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Do not shake. Put popper on stove, pour oil in bottom about 1/8", put 4 kernels in, turn on heat medium for gas or medium high for electric, put lid on; wait until 4 kernels are heard to pop, remove lid, pour in more kernels, return lid to popper, let popping get going, wait until popping seems to be slowing, then remove from heat & eat.
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Should work fine. Might want to try the four ounce kit though. The six ounce kit makes ALOT of popcorn. I have a six quart Whirly pop and have used the 6 ounce kits. It fills the popper right up to the lid, actually pushing the lid open slightly when its fully cooked. It might be too much for the West Bend, unsure. I would probably get the 4 ounce kit first, see how much it does and plan accordingly for next time.
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you could sprinkle it on afterwords and then close the cover and give it a good shake. BUt how it works with the oil poppers, is it mixes with the coconut oil and spreads it on each kernel. Probably take some testing with the electric popper
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We use plain old bag popcorn from the grocery. Works great. My advice for a low calorie treat is to use something like ICBINB spray and kind of spray the inside of the jar then pop the corn and afterwards spray more right on the popped corn. If you are not concerned with calories and just want to enjoy real popcorn then you can put butter or margarine on top of the lid and let it melt down through as you are popping. Have fun with it.
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We use one insert over and over until it falls apart! First: Do not use oil!!! Put about 1/4 cup or a little more of corn in, the set the timer for about 20 seconds. If is still popping you could put a few more seconds on it...trial and error for the right amount of corn and seconds. But too many seconds will burn the insert and the center of the batch of popcorn.
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I do that all the time. In fact, I use olive oil, dump in some salt, stir it around, then add popcorn. Popcorn comes out nice and salted.
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I use 1 to 3 table spoons of oil per 1/2 cup of popcorn. I use a Whirley Pop stovetop popper and that was their recommendation. I also use 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon Flavocal salt.
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never put any type of oil in popper. Add only after it is done. Not only will you not burn the thing, your popcorn will have as much oil as you add to it.
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In our experience, not really. You might get away with trying to add the salt just as the popped corn leaves the popper to drop in the bowl since there may be a very slight bit of moisture present from the popping process (moisture escaping as the kernel pops) but, it is unlikely. We use an air popper, as well but, we always add some butter mixed with olive oil. Not so much for the salt, we just like the flavor. Responder " Franklin" makes a good point, though; the salt is very finely ground and could easily get lodged in nooks & crannies of a popped kernel. We just prefer more salt flavor than what we got without using a some oil. In our experience, not really. You might get away with trying to add the salt just as the popped corn leaves the popper to drop in the bowl since there may be a very slight bit of moisture present from the popping process (moisture escaping as the kernel pops) but, it is unlikely. We use an air popper, as well but, we always add some butter mixed with olive oil. Not so much for the salt, we just like the flavor. Responder " Franklin" makes a good point, though; the salt is very finely ground and could easily get lodged in nooks & crannies of a popped kernel. We just prefer more... » Read More In our experience, not really. You might get away with trying to add the salt just as the popped corn leaves the popper to drop in the bowl since there may be a very slight bit of moisture present from the popping process (moisture escaping as the kernel pops) but, it is unlikely. We use an air popper, as well but, we always add some butter mixed with olive oil. Not so much for the salt, we just like the flavor. Responder " Franklin" makes a good point, though; the salt is very finely ground and could easily get lodged in nooks & crannies of a popped kernel. We just prefer more salt flavor than what we got without using a some oil. « Show Less