Freshly Popped Pop Corn

The ultimate food for flick. Who doesn't love a bowl of pop corn while watching a movie? There is a reason why every movie theater around the globe has this tasty snack at their concessions stand. There are plenty of brands of packaged popcorn and microwaveable pouches but none of them can come close to the taste of popping it fresh on the stove top. It's quick, it's easy, and  it's delicious.

Vegetable Oil
Whole Popping Corn Kernels
Melted Butter (optional)
Kosher Salt (Optional)

To be honest, I don't have an exact recipe for making pop corn but it always comes out perfectly when I stick with this method. In a medium or large pot (Choose a larger pot when you want to make more pop corn) pour just enough of the vegetable oil to coat the bottom. Next, add just enough of the popping corn to also coat the bottom of the pan so that you have a complete layer of popping corn.

Place the pan on the on the stove over medium to medium high heat. Place a lid on top of the pot but leave the lid off just slightly so that steam can escape. Shake the pot around over top the burner a few times while the oil heats up. After about 5 minutes, you should start to hear (And see if your lid is glass) the kernels beginning to pop.

Once they've started to pop, continuously shake the pot over the heat to keep the popping kernels moving so that they don't burn. Continue this process until the popping slows down and remove from the heat. Add melted butter and kosher salt, as much or as little as desired.