Popping Corn on the Cobb is So Cool!

And so I heard that you could pop popcorn straight off the cobb and that sounded kind of fun so I decided to try it out with some sweetcorn. I put it in the microwave for a couple of minutes and while it got really hot – none of the kernels popped. And so I wrapped it up in foil like you do when you put it on the grill – that was a bad idea. Then I found that regular sweet corn is way to soft to pop and you have to use a different type of corn where the shells of the kernels are much stronger. So I got some of this corn and I could tell right away that the kernels were way harder and tougher. So I put one into the microwave and, after a while, sure enough, they started to pop up a storm. Then we pulled out some of the popcorn, added some salt, and started to munch.
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[tyverymuch]

I'm glad you recorded it so I don't have to make the mess 😆

[xjcrossx]

Now just grab your microwave and take it to the couch for a movie.

[sippy]

Least effective way to make popcorn ever.

[greenquartz]

You can throw the cob into a paper bag to catch all of the kernels. They sell them at the dollar store and Walmart in packs. Just fold the top over and you're good to go. Then you can season and shake it up in there when it's done.

[ScorpioHR]

The reason corns pop is because there's water inside them. The microwave, on the other hand, is resonating with water (making it's molecules vibrate faster and faster and raising it't temperature in the process) which makes the water inside turn into gas. More heat there is to the gas, the higher the pressure. When the pressure goes over the threshold kernel can withstand, the kernel will pop / explode.
What we have here, basically, are mini hand-grenades, because that's exactly what happens there: hard shell has pressure inside it raising and that energy pushes it out and we have explosion.

Reason why soft kernels don't work is because there's no "snapping point", vapor just creates micro-pores and gets out of the soft tissue. The critical pressure never occurs.
It's like blowing air into the baloon and into a sponge - one will pop up after some time, the other will just leak it all out.

[JawnSmith]

This is how I clean my microwave. You don't even need to season the popcorn

[roopskee]

Pro tip: make sure you clean the microwave before so you aren't eating several weeks of different food flavors.

[ellie]

It’s so mesmerizing watching the kernels pop, like it just turns inside out so fast like they just pop into the universe out of no where. 😆

[kori]

The corn that will pop obviously is different than usual corn...

[mind-of-neo]

when i was a kid i just thought the popcorn was hard because they dried it before selling it, like beans or something. i didn't learn until a year or two ago that its a different type of corn that grows that way.

[sweetsweetz]

I couldn’t stop laughing thinking he bout to have some hot corn 😂😂

[johndawson]

It's that hot in Australia the corn actually pops in the field 😂

[JesseYaquiknapper]

Just dont use wet corn, dry it out first

[robertdaniels-lane]

My elementary school teachers definitely owe me an apology! Literally told me putting any type of corn in the microwave wouldn’t make popcorn unless it’s in a bag; can’t be off the cob! I knew I was right! 🤣

[hinspect]

I am 63 now. When I was young the family had a garden every year. I took some Jiffy Pop Popcorn and planted a 10 or so foot row. It grew just fine and produced small ears. I let them dry and it popped just like the original. Plant a popcorn kernel in a cup of soil, keep it watered and it will grow a corn plant

[MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

You actually can if you use a popcorn cob that's been dried properly.

[Nomadestra]

I think I'll keep using the bag method.

[PinkyKittyPlays]

"Maybe that's because...it DOESN'T..."

[darkomtobia]

Sweet corn on the ear, microwave for 4:30, remove from husk then roll in butter, sprinkle salt and pepper.
Just cut cobb above the stem. Squeeze/work it out of the cut end, no "hairs".
I'm not a microwave fan at all, but this is great.

[billyeggers]

I couldn't stop laughing when I saw the first corn in the microwave 😂