We love family movie night! It usually involves making your own pizza followed by a big bowl of popcorn to share. In fact, I just don’t think that movie night would be the same without our huge antique cabbage shaped bowl full of popcorn.
However, if your movie time snack is the microwavable version, then beware! It may contain a dirty little pop secret. Some microwave popcorn contains chemicals that can cause major health problems. We have all heard of popcorn lung, right?
The chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PTOA) has been found to cause both cancer and lung disease and Diacetyl is responsible for popcorn lung disease.
So, next time your family decides to snuggle on the sofa for movie night, pop your own popcorn. It is easy, simple and very affordable. All that you need is a large deep pot, a few tablespoons of organic canola oil and a cup of organic popcorn kernels. When the popcorn starts to pop, just shake the pot gently so that the unpopped kernels fall to the bottom – continue until you can count slowly to five in between pops.
If popping your own popcorn sounds more like work than fun, consider purchasing an electric popcorn maker. My lovely mother gave my family this one
Does your family enjoy popcorn?
Do you make your own? Or do you chance it with the microwave version?
