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vivi-d:
I've recently started making popcorn at home vs buying bags of prepopped corn. What is the best way to have salt stick to the kernels? It just bounces off of them and collects at the bottom of the pan. I'd like to avoid butter if possible.

reboots:
Supermarkets usually carry so-called "popcorn salt", a finely powdered salt which does a better job of clinging to the kernels.

I've also used a squeeze of lemon juice as a flavor enhancer, which helps the salt to stick.

globoy:
Great question!  ;D  Looking forward to hearing what people say.  The best we found was a popcorn salt/flavor powder that was very fine (but don't have any at the moment and I can't remember the brand) that would stick better than plain salt.  But even with that there was always plenty of powder at the bottom of the bowl!

I wonder if a small amount of salt brine could be used.  Probably it would get absorbed by the first pieces it encountered and leave them soggy and everything else unsalted.

David Hess:
I butter my popcorn with salted butter, and then add low sodium salt.

Stray Electron:

--- Quote from: reboots on October 15, 2024, 03:12:41 pm ---Supermarkets usually carry so-called "popcorn salt", a finely powdered salt which does a better job of clinging to the kernels.


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  x2.  Popcorn salt is surprisingly more expensive than regular salt!  And some of the stuff that I've bought looks like regular salt so I had to shop around to find the fine stuff.  IIRC Publix is the only store that found in my area that carries it.

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