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How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by KillerBeauty(f): 7:41am On Oct 16, 2014
HOW TO MAKE POPCORN IN A PAN AT HOME

Making popcorn at home with a large saucepan is easy and cheap, will save you a bundle on a popcorn maker and is also a lot of fun!

INGREDIENTS

A pack of maize/corn kernels
Oil or butter

STEPS

1. Buy a bag of dry maize kernels. You can get this from most supermarkets nowadays, and it's easy to find at ethnic stores too. The bigger bag you buy, the more money you'll save in the long term.

2. Select your biggest saucepan with a lid (a see - through one makes all the difference! , put it on the stove and drizzle a small amount of oil on the bottom. If you have an oil spray pump, spray the sides too.

3. Work out how many kernels you'll need. Remember how big your average piece of popcorn is and use that to work out how many will comfortably fit in your pan.

4. Add your kernels to the pan (about 2 small handfuls is usually about right) and turn the stove to medium heat.

5. Put the lid on quickly.

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Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by KillerBeauty(f): 7:44am On Oct 16, 2014
6. You will soon begin to hear the kernels popping and hitting the sides and lid of the pan. DO NOT TAKE OFF THE LID WHILST THE HEAT IS ON AND POPCORN IS POPPING. When the noise dies down to only 1 or 2 pops every few seconds, turn the heat off and remove the pan from the stove.

7. Carefully take a peek under the lid. Your popcorn should be good and done, so take off the lid. You will smell the buttery aroma.

8. If you want sweet popcorn, take sugar or and sprinkle it over the popcorn (still in the pan). Put the lid back on and give it a gentle shake. The oil should allow the sugar to stick well to the kernels.

9. Serve.

TIPS

If a lot of the corn didn't pop, chances are you didn't put enough oil in, used too low a heat, or put too much corn in.

If you want butter, melt the butter in the pan first instead of using oil.

Popping in stainless steel cookware can be tricky to get the heating right without burning, so its best to test a small sample in the pan first, or use a heat diffuser.

If you want salty popcorn, do the same as you would for sweet popcorn, but use salt instead.

WARNINGS

If you take the lid off whilst the pan is on, the hob, hot, oil - covered popcorn will fly all over the place.

Hot oil and hot pans and cooker hobs are hot. Be especially careful if you're making the popcorn for children.

Don't make a second batch in the pan if you put sugar or salt in there.

THINGS YOU WILL NEED

A big pan
A big pan lid

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Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by Rubyrose: 3:01pm On Oct 17, 2014
Nice one...Thanks for sharing!
Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by unibenstudent1(m): 10:49am On Dec 04, 2014
Rubyrose:
Nice one...Thanks for sharing!
did u try it
Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by marieolae(f): 11:03am On Dec 04, 2014
I'm gonna try this smiley
Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by KillerBeauty(f): 3:43pm On Dec 04, 2014
Ist time I tried it it burnt. But now I can make it fairly well

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Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by SAMBARRY: 1:37pm On Dec 07, 2014
Wow killer beauty thanks a bunch. I'm so grateful for this knowledge gained . I really appreciate it and would try it when I buy corn cheesy


I thought it's only those oyinbo machines they put popcorn inside show glass that could do it . Didn't know fry pan too can do it cheesy
Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by Nacre1: 5:15am On Sep 25, 2016
Thanks for sharing @killer beauty
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Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by lksteadprints(m): 3:44am On Nov 20, 2019
Popcorn business is one of the very lucrative business you can start with little amount of money and make it big with proper planning and good marketing.
Very few people knows how profitable this business is, and they are happy to keep it secret from you while they make all the money. But gone are the days of secrecy — I’m going to break it down here, show you how you can get started in simple easy steps, and get your questions answered through the comment (https://www.wealthresult.com/business/how-to-make-500000-monthly-from-popcorn)
The type of popcorn I’m talking about is not the regular [one spot sale] popcorn you see all over the streets — take a stroll around the major roads in Lagos, you will see the type of popcorn packages that is sold on the roads at the hold-ups. It is usually sold for N100 and people are buying it in hundreds of thousands everyday. It is almost selling faster than pure water maybe due to the convenient packaging.
Those popcorn you see on the streets are not made by the sellers, people process them in quantity and supply to them while they sell and make profit. Pick one of them and you will see the addresses and phone numbers of the maker, that is the business I am talking about! You can start processing popcorn in large quantity and be supplying to the retailers (hawkers and supermarkets) in the city.
One thing that make popcorn business attractive is because the materials involved in the production are not costly, anyone can afford them with little efforts. The product sells fast too because people just enjoy eating popcorn for many reasons.
Popcorn is one my favorite snack likewise it is to many people. We likes it due to The crispy effect in the mouth, the nutritional value, and children likes it a lot so parents buy it for their children.
Again, the profit potential is quite good and if you can take it to the next level, you will be assured of making even much more sales and profit.
If you produce 10,000 monthly and sell to the retailers at the price of (maybe) N70, the retailers will sell for N100 and make profit of N30 each.
The cost of producing a pack is not more that N40 therefore you will be making profit of N30 each as well. With this projection, 10,000 packs will give you 10,000 x N30 = N300,000 of pure profit in a month!
I’ve gone round and discovered that most people who are into this business are doing it the wrong or old way. In this article, I will try to explain what you need to do to get yours right and make all the money for yourselves.
If you can apply my strategy, I guarantee you will make more sells that anyone in the business. If you’re ready, here are the requirements you need to put in place to be in Popcorn business.

What You Need To Start Your Popcorn Business
Popcorn Machine – Known as popcorn maker. You will need bigger popcorn machine since you will be producing in larger quantity. Look for nice one in the market and buy two or more depending on how many hands you need in the popcorn business. I will encourage you to employ hands in this business for effective production and distribution.
Get the type of popcorn frying machine that is normally used by the eateries. Go for the type that produce salt and sugar popcorn at the same time; ET-POP6A-D or Funpop 8 oz, it is sold from N62,000. It’s bigger and process faster that the regular one.
If your area doesn’t have electricity, buy the type of popcorn maker that uses gas cylinder and electricity so that you can switch to both power sources. Prices for popcorn maker starts from N20,000. Go to the seller and negotiate the price.
If you have enough money, you can go for commercial type like the one pictured here. One of this will be able to pop all the corn you want in a day.
Sealing Machine – Manual sealing machine cost N10,000 to N15,000 in the market, find out what the exact prices are and negotiate with the seller. Buy according to the number of workers you have — more hands, more machine, and more productions.
The manual sealing machine is powered by electricity while you control the sealing manually. You just position the popcorn filled nylon on the machine and pressed the ‘handle like’ controller on the nylon edge and it will be sealed by the hot rim. You will get better information on how to operate it from the accompanying literature!
Branded Nylon – The is where the big deal is. To stay ahead of competitors in this business, your strongest selling point should be your brand. Make sure your package nylon is well branded. It’s not enough to just write your business name and phone number on the nylon, create attractive brand for your popcorn business.
SEE ALSO: How To Build Brand Equity And Increase Sells
Take a clue from the eateries and see how their packages are professionally branded with good and quality designed pictures and graphics, complete with professional logo. That’s what sells in business — all popcorn are the same but your brand could make yours different in the eyes of consumers.
It doesn’t cost much to get a professional branding for your business, employ a professional graphic designers to do it for you. Then use the design for all your nylons and other items like the popcorn wrappers if you are using wrapping papers.
Bags of Corn – Your major raw material in this business is corn. Buy enough bags of corn depending on the quantity you wants to produce. You can get as many bags of corn as you want in Mile-12 market in Lagos.
For corn to pop, There should be certain amount of moisture within the corn, so that when heated makes it pop from the inside out, when a corn don’t get popped from inside out, it’s called a dud, which means there was not enough moisture in that corn. Look for sweet corn that contain enough moisture.
Sugar, Salt, Butter – You need sugar and salt and butter to make your popcorn taste great. These one are difficult to get, go to any shop near you and buy as much as you need.
Note: You need to get additional training on how to mix the sugar, butter, and salt and the desired quantity. You will also need to learn how to pop the corn.
Marketing Tips – Target the street hawkers, they sell the product faster and in large quantity. If you can get 10 hawkers, you will be sure of supplying them about 500 daily — that is a whooping 13,000 monthly.
Talk to Supermarkets and shop owners, you will be surprised of the positive response you will get if your branding is attractive enough.
Once you have these requirements in place, you are good to go in your business and starts making good money for yourselves. Click the Facebook button below to Share this article if you like it, and Add your comment. (https://www.wealthresult.com/business/how-to-make-500000-monthly-from-popcorn)
Article Credit to : Darlington Omeh (https://www.wealthresult.com)

Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by lksteadprints(m): 3:47am On Nov 20, 2019
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Re: How To Make Popcorn In A Pan At Home by tabithababy(f): 7:03am On Nov 20, 2019
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