Grace Young, author and contributing editor at Saveur magazine, says the wok is the perfect popcorn popper. A bonus to making popcorn in a wok is that you're helping season the pan every time you make a snack!
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I recommend making the popcorn with a flat-bottomed carbon-steel wok so this works on gas, electric or a glass top stove. I cover the lid with foil because as the corn pops it evenly disperses oil around the wok and the lid. This is great for the inside surface of the wok because it fortifies the patina. But for the lid the oil is messy so the foil is my lazy solution to reduce clean-up. You can...+READ
I recommend making the popcorn with a flat-bottomed carbon-steel wok so this works on gas, electric or a glass top stove. I cover the lid with foil because as the corn pops it evenly disperses oil around the wok and the lid. This is great for the inside surface of the wok because it fortifies the patina. But for the lid the oil is messy so the foil is my lazy solution to reduce clean-up. You can certainly skip the foil.-COLLAPSE
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I recommend making the popcorn with a flat-bottomed carbon-steel wok so this works on gas, electric or a glass top stove. I cover the lid with foil because as the corn pops it evenly disperses oil around the wok and the lid. This is great for the inside surface of the wok because it fortifies the patina. But for the lid the oil is messy so the foil is my lazy solution to reduce clean-up. You can...+READ
I recommend making the popcorn with a flat-bottomed carbon-steel wok so this works on gas, electric or a glass top stove. I cover the lid with foil because as the corn pops it evenly disperses oil around the wok and the lid. This is great for the inside surface of the wok because it fortifies the patina. But for the lid the oil is messy so the foil is my lazy solution to reduce clean-up. You can certainly skip the foil.-COLLAPSE
its ok if you have a gas stove. how about us with glass top electric stoves?
we'll never get an answer to that
Yeah..foil?
second person to ask - what is the foil doing?
why the aluminum foil?