Nostalgic Popcorn Machines

Hot, flavorful, old-fashioned popcorn. Just recalling the scent of it makes us smile. Fresh buttery popcorn is more than just one of our favorite fun foods, it connects us to fond memories of other places and other times. Most of us aren’t really old enough to remember the days when a popcorn cart quite separate from the candy counter could be found in the ornate art deco picture palaces that were the movie theaters of a bygone era. We don’t recall street vendors hawking fresh popcorn or circus butchers selling corn in the high gallery seats. Yet somehow we still feel connected to old-time popcorn, nostalgic for it.

Fortunately it’s trip into the past that we take at home. Today a variety of nostalgic popcorn machines are available at affordable prices allowing anyone to make great corn at home. The manufactures of commercial popcorn machines know that we love the look of old time poppers. Several companies make and sell modern poppers that recreate the styling of the past. Paragon, a leader in fun foods offers its 1911 series of nostalgic popcorn machines in kettle sizes as small as 4 oz., perfect for the home theater. Nostalgia Electric also sells a 4-oz home popcorn machine intended to inspire visions of another era, and mounted on a cart. Cretors, the company that sold the very first commercial popper and several other leading manufactures also makes nostalgic popcorn machines.

The trick to traditional popcorn is in the popping process. Commercial popcorn machines use oil and a metallic kettle instead of hot air to heat the kernels. In a commercial popper kernels are stirred constantly. With any popper the best ingredients make better corn. Look for commercial brands of kernels, not just the corn you find at the supermarket. Always use restaurant quality oils. And grab a large shaker of commercial popcorn seasoning. Remember your best source for all things popcorn may be an online vendor.

Now, let’s get popping.

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