Popcorn

My older sister, Holly, makes the best popcorn in the world. She has done so since age 10. She is now 47 and has had it down perfectly for decades. I will be forever in her shadows trying to perfect her popcorn methodology.

For home made popcorn, I recommend a cranker. A cranker is a popcorn maker from Indiana with a manual 'crank' that stirs the bottom of the popcorn maker like the ones you see at the movies. The ones at the movies are automatic and large for commercial use , but the 'cranker' is manual and is for home use.

Place about 2 tablespoons of canola oil in bottom of 'cranker' over medium high heat.
Add about 2/3 cup of yellow popcorn

"Crank" slowly until pops have slowed (about 1-2 per second)

Dump popcorn into large bowl

Melt about 4 Tablespoons butter over medium heat in saucepan until *almost* burned. Drizzle melted butter over popcorn. Shake. Add Mille Lacs popcorn salt (popcorn salt is powdered salt that is especially fine) or just use regular salt if popcorn salt is not available in your area.

Enjoy! It's especially good on a Friday night with a movie snuggled up on the couch with your favorite somebody;)