Popcorn Popped in a Brown Bag I love popcorn. It's my go-to snack at home because it is easy to make and not too unhealthy. I often like to top this nutritional yeast and some cayenne pepper. Now making it at home is easy to do and this is a trick that I learned from my hero Alton Brown of Good Eats. All you need is a brown bag (white are treated with chemicals to bleach it). Regular popping corn, peanut oil or soybean oil (anything with a high smoke point), and salt. I just put two palms worth of popping corn into my brown bag and then pour about 1 tablespoon of oil, and two dashes of fine salt. Just shake the seeds around to get the oil to evenly coat the seeds. I then just fold over the top (about 1 inch) and put two staples to seal it in. Afterwards just pop it like regular popcorn. 3 minutes in the microwave and it's done. Top it with nutritional yeast if you have it and enjoy. Popcorn topped with nutritional yeast

Yeah, so back in the day, I thought that bagged popcorn was pretty ingenious. That was until I found out that those bags were made with unhealthy chemicals and the popcorn inside had lots of preservatives and stuff. Alton Brown did a show on how to make perfect popcorn, so I decided to see if it would work. Here's Alton's recipe: Alton Brown's Plain Brown Popper * 1/4 cup good quality popcorn * 2 teaspoons olive oil * 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt or popcorn salt * Sprinkle jalapeno seasoning mix * Paper lunch bag * Stapler Toss the popcorn with the olive oil, salt, and jalapeno seasoning mix in the paper bag. Fold the top of the bag over and staple the bag twice to close. Place the bag in the microwave and microwave on high for 2 minutes to 3 minutes, or until there are about 5 seconds between pops. (NOTE: Popcorn salt is a super-fine salt that is designed especially for sticking to food such as popcorn. It has the taste of regu...

So Lunalil introduced me to Nutritional Yeast on popcorn. I know it sounds awful and hippie-ish, but man-man is it good. They are like crispy, cheezy flakes that give the popcorn a cheezy, nutty flavor and it is totally addictive. The popcorn is supposed to be made on the stove or in a microwave with a drop or two of tabasco sauce. If you are going to make it in the microwave, you are supposed to just use brown lunch bags. Add a bit of oil, salt, tabasco sauce and then fold over the top and staple it with two staples. This is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying the pop secret bags of popcorn.