So I have a Gold-Medal popcorn popper - 6oz, I think.

I absolutely love it. I make popcorn several times a week, and... well, you get the drift. I love it.

I usually make the corn from the popcorn oil that I get in gallon jugs from Gordon Food Service. I thought that the popcorn tasted pretty good. And then I ran out.

My wife went to the supermarket and bought some Yoder brand coconut oil for popping corn. I was pretty hesitant because it was a solid - kind of a semi-solid goo. But I went ahead and packed the right amount into my measuring cup, and spooned it into the machine. It melted right away, I added the corn and salt, and WOW! What a difference!

So my question is this: Where can I get more of this stuff - and hopefully in a liquid form! The solid was not convenient, and very expensive.

Anyone?

Thanks!

Paul

While I'm not real familiar with coconut oils that are marketed for popping corn, you may have a hard time finding what you're looking for without it tasting dramatically different. Coconut oil has a melting point of 76 degrees, so unless you keep your house pretty warm, you'll be dealing with it in its solid state. On the plus side, though, fractionated coconut oil has a long enough shelf life that it could probably outlive us both, lol.

I only remember seeing it in "solid" form in the grocery store. I often wondered who would be daring enough to put that into their bodies... Looks like a heart attack in a bottle.

I get mine at Walmart and yes it's in solid form. Set it out in the sun for a few minutes and it turns to liquid. I like it in solid form though as it's easy to scoop out.

Any supplier that carries popcorn supplies will carry coconut oil in bulk. I portion it out into smaller tupperware containers. If you prefer to deal with it in a liquid form.......about 30 seconds in the microwave will do the trick.

Jay

They actually call it 76 degree coconut oil for a reason. It melts at 76 degrees. Put a bit in your hand and you will see it turn to liquid very quickly.
I have bought the yellow oil online from Stargate Cinema a while back and have also purchased the white oil from walmart. That stuff from walmart has a different consistency. I prefer the yellow....now I'm sure there is not a bit of difference but it does make the corn nice and yellow :)

I only remember seeing it in "solid" form in the grocery store. I often wondered who would be daring enough to put that into their bodies... Looks like a heart attack in a bottle.

Actually, it's a myth that coconut oil is bad for you.

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/coconut_oil.html

It's actually the best oil to use for cooking or frying because it is one of the few oils that don't turn rancid (read: turn to transfats) at high temperatures.

Certainly makes popcorn tasty! Raw, cold-pressed, organic coconut oil is what to look for. As stated above, it melts at about 76.

So I have a Gold-Medal popcorn popper - 6oz, I think.

I absolutely love it. I make popcorn several times a week, and... well, you get the drift. I love it.

I usually make the corn from the popcorn oil that I get in gallon jugs from Gordon Food Service. I thought that the popcorn tasted pretty good. And then I ran out.

My wife went to the supermarket and bought some Yoder brand coconut oil for popping corn. I was pretty hesitant because it was a solid - kind of a semi-solid goo. But I went ahead and packed the right amount into my measuring cup, and spooned it into the machine. It melted right away, I added the corn and salt, and WOW! What a difference!

So my question is this: Where can I get more of this stuff - and hopefully in a liquid form! The solid was not convenient, and very expensive.

Anyone?

Thanks!

Paul

Nothing wrong with that Yoder stuff. It is all pretty much the same as long as it is pure coconut oil. Some brands put a yellow coloring along with seasoning in their product. If it is pure, it will be solid, unless it gets warm enough to melt. It is the nature of the beast. I've saw some coconut oil at Walmart Supercenters. Another option, if you have one in your area.

Hi Paul,

When I'm not using pre-packs, I'll use bulk supplies to create my custom blends of popcorn. Many of the supply houses only offer cases for their oils and flavorings. I found This supplier, Badger Popcorn Supply (http://www.badgerpopcorn.com/) to be good with smaller quantities and sizes.

Good Luck!

Thanks everyone!

-Paul

I ordered some from Badger. Thanks for the link.

What did you order and waht is the price? I'm curious too! :)

I ordered the following:

1552 - POPPING OIL, COCONUT, YELLOW, 4 LB TUB
$6.95 each X 1
1502 - TOPPING, ODELL'S SUPUR-KIST TWO, 1 GAL
$11.45 each X 1

They arrived today. This made the best popcorn I have ever had. I could not wait for dinner, this was my dinner. The wife agreed on how good it is.

Hmmm. Maybe I should do something like this and forget the whole individual pouch pack stuff.

Popcorn only for dinner would probably not sit that well for me judging how I feel after I pack down a bunch at the theater. :)

follks,
just google coconut oil popcorn :)

I ordered the following:

1552 - POPPING OIL, COCONUT, YELLOW, 4 LB TUB
$6.95 each X 1
1502 - TOPPING, ODELL'S SUPUR-KIST TWO, 1 GAL
$11.45 each X 1

They arrived today. This made the best popcorn I have ever had. I could not wait for dinner, this was my dinner. The wife agreed on how good it is.

Yeah those prices aren't that bad. I was thinking about doing the pre-measured packets, but this might be the way to go.

I wonder how long the stuff keeps. I'm sure I wouldn't go through 4lbs in a year.

Actually, it's a myth that coconut oil is bad for you.

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/coconut_oil.html

It's actually the best oil to use for cooking or frying because it is one of the few oils that don't turn rancid (read: turn to transfats) at high temperatures.

Certainly makes popcorn tasty! Raw, cold-pressed, organic coconut oil is what to look for. As stated above, it melts at about 76.

Coconut oil is very unhealthy. That article is written by someone in the cooking oil business.

Coconut oil is very unhealthy. That article is written by someone in the cooking oil business.

Aw comeon! Ignorance is bliss. We feel much better munching on yummy greasy popcorn that we think is perfectly healthy.

Every party needs a pooper. :D

Good Taste + Healthy will NEVER be one and the same.
That is nature's design.
I've stopped worrying about what the "scientists and their studies" say. Give it a decade and their position changes anyway. :rolleyes:

Aw comeon! Ignorance is bliss. We feel much better munching on yummy greasy popcorn that we think is perfectly healthy.

Every party needs a pooper. :D

LOL, eating healthy doesn't make you live longer, it only seems longer...

I agree. I'm at MidLife. Set yourself free and live in moderation. Living healthy only prolongs the inevitable :)

I actually get my coconut oil through the site online where I get all of my supplements. I like to place one large order of supplements and such every 3-4 months so that the shipping is worth it (I save a lot this way, and get my stuff from seacoastvitamins.com). As many others stated, coconut oil becomes a liquid at 76 degrees, so if you're storing it cooler than that, it will be a solid. If you prefer it to be in liquid form when you cook with it, then just warm it up in the microwave. And contrary to what some say, coconut oil is extremely healthy for you. Many people take a tablespoon or two of it every day for it's health benefits. It can help with weight loss, and is better for you than butter and many other oils. Many people replace their other cooking oils with it. It's also amazing for hair and skin because it's so moisturizing. You can also try melting some coconut oil and drizzling it over your popcorn after it's popped instead of butter.

I actually get my coconut oil through the site online where I get all of my supplements. I like to place one large order of supplements and such every 3-4 months so that the shipping is worth it (I save a lot this way, and get my stuff from seacoastvitamins.com). As many others stated, coconut oil becomes a liquid at 76 degrees, so if you're storing it cooler than that, it will be a solid. If you prefer it to be in liquid form when you cook with it, then just warm it up in the microwave. And contrary to what some say, coconut oil is extremely healthy for you. Many people take a tablespoon or two of it every day for it's health benefits. It can help with weight loss, and is better for you than butter and many other oils. Many people replace their other cooking oils with it. It's also amazing for hair and skin because it's so moisturizing. You can also try melting some coconut oil and drizzling it over your popcorn after it's popped instead of butter.

Okay I agree coconut oil is healthy for you, but claiming it can help you lose weight is utter crap. The only way to lose weight safely, is to consume less calories than you burn every day. Please stop preaching crap like this.

Actually, it's a myth that coconut oil is bad for you.

http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/coconut_oil.html

It's actually the best oil to use for cooking or frying because it is one of the few oils that don't turn rancid (read: turn to transfats) at high temperatures.

Certainly makes popcorn tasty! Raw, cold-pressed, organic coconut oil is what to look for. As stated above, it melts at about 76.

The best oil for cooking? I think not..

Nothing but extra virgin olive oil

I have been using this oil for a year now.

http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/virgin_coconut_oil.htm

Taste great and yes it is healthy for you despit what the corn lobbiest will say........that's another story

Okay I agree coconut oil is healthy for you, but claiming it can help you lose weight is utter crap. The only way to lose weight safely, is to consume less calories than you burn every day. Please stop preaching crap like this.

There's very little long-term scientific evidence that consuming less calories than you "burn" every day has any effect on weight loss. See, e.g.:

http://nymag.com/news/sports/38001/

Please stop preaching your own brand of scientifically unsound "crap".

As for olive oil being "better" for you than any other oil, there are very few scientific studies where olive oil was compared with other oils and given to two groups under study. The studies there are are not persuasive. See, e.g.:

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/cardiovascular-disease/saturated-fat-and-heart-disease-studies-old-and-new/

"When the codes were broken and the data analyzed, it turned out that 75 percent of subjects following their standard high-fat, high-saturated-fat diets were remaining alive and free from a second heart attack whereas only 57 percent of subjects on the olive oil had done so. The group with the worst outcome was the corn-oil group. Only 52 percent of those subjects remained alive and heart-attack free."

That is, both olive oil and corn oil produced worse results than a supposedly high saturated fat diet.

There's very little long-term scientific evidence that consuming less calories than you "burn" every day has any effect on weight loss. See, e.g.:

http://nymag.com/news/sports/38001/

Please stop preaching your own brand of scientifically unsound "crap".

Wow are you serious? Then what will cause you to burn fat? You know what long term scientific evidence I have is? Every single body builder in the world. They go on very strict diets while calorie counting to enable them to get as low as 4% body fat. It goes into more detail about where your calories come from such as protein, carbs, and fat, but the rule is if you eat more calories than you burn you will gain weight. If you eat less calories than you burn you will lose weight. Again it goes into more detail than that, but it's scientific proof. If you eat 5000 calories of celery a day you will gain weight. Simple as that.

You know I also know? Because I have done weight gaining diets, and weight loss diets. I can control my weight by adjusting my caloric intake and my exercise. When I want to gain I do more lifting and almost no cardio, and when I want to lose I eat slightly less carbs, more protein, and do a lot more cardio. My BMR is 2200 calories a day (not counting workout). When I want to lose I eat about 2,000 a day for 3 days, then I eat 2400 on the 4th day so my body doesn't reduce my metabolism. This is called calorie cycling. Throwing in the exercise and I will lose about 2lbs a week every single week.

Go ahead and argue about this, but I will be you lose ;)

Why would I want to argue against someone stating I would "lose" even when they haven't seen the argument.

As a former bodybuilder (started when Arnold was in his prime and had tickets to see a Mr. Olympia but couldn't make it), I can't really attest to weight loss from bodybuilding. For instance, over the last several years, I've exercised as much as I did in previous years yet still gained weight. Why?

I know I won't change your mind, as obviously you have all the "evidence" you need, but try to find a scientific study where one group of people used exercise and another group was a control group and where the people who exercised lost weight and kept it off, say, for 2 years of study and perhaps followup after that. Since we're barraged with the idea that exercise causes weight loss, you should easily be able to find such studies. After all, you know that this is the case, and therefore there must be tons of such studies waiting to be found.

If you do this "exercise", which you won't, you'll find there are very few to no studies where exercise has caused long term weight loss. Sure, there's an initial weight loss, but the people who undergo these studies usually gain back all of their weight and more. The same hold for calorie restriction.

So, my statement that weight loss via exercise (or calorie restriction) is not scientifically sound holds.

Also, please don't PM me. I prefer not to discuss issues with brick walls.

By the way, your argument has a common fallacy in it, which is to point to a group of exercisers and state that the exercise is the reason for their condition. However, you can't really do that. For instance, youth could be the real reason for their condition. Genetics certainly also could play a role. These people could simply be so driven that the starve themselves while exercising. There are many variables with weight loss, and this type of anecdotal information simply is not evidence. The only true evidence comes from putting two groups of people into a study and seeing whether the item you're testing (weight loss via exercise or reduced calories) works.

I'm glad I don't have the need to stress over an occasional popcorn treat. Where's the fun in that?
MidLife.

There's very little long-term scientific evidence that consuming less calories than you "burn" every day has any effect on weight loss.

I think you have summed up data in a manner that is inconsistent with what the researchers intended. To exaggerate your point a bit...last time I checked, anorexics and a few thousand living and dead Somalis and other Africans provide overwhelming long term evidence that suggest that you will lose weight consistently and rapidly if you take in significantly less than the required calories your body needs to "burn".

Are you kidding???

It was nice to see Dr. Oz & his "cooking oil expert" both endorsed coconut oil last week. The bad oils they mentioned were any polyunsaturated oils like corn oil, soybean oil and sunflower oil.

Why would I want to argue against someone stating I would "lose" even when they haven't seen the argument.

As a former bodybuilder (started when Arnold was in his prime and had tickets to see a Mr. Olympia but couldn't make it), I can't really attest to weight loss from bodybuilding. For instance, over the last several years, I've exercised as much as I did in previous years yet still gained weight. Why?

I know I won't change your mind, as obviously you have all the "evidence" you need, but try to find a scientific study where one group of people used exercise and another group was a control group and where the people who exercised lost weight and kept it off, say, for 2 years of study and perhaps followup after that. Since we're barraged with the idea that exercise causes weight loss, you should easily be able to find such studies. After all, you know that this is the case, and therefore there must be tons of such studies waiting to be found.

If you do this "exercise", which you won't, you'll find there are very few to no studies where exercise has caused long term weight loss. Sure, there's an initial weight loss, but the people who undergo these studies usually gain back all of their weight and more. The same hold for calorie restriction.

So, my statement that weight loss via exercise (or calorie restriction) is not scientifically sound holds.

Also, please don't PM me. I prefer not to discuss issues with brick walls.

I will make this as simple as possible for you. Consuming less calories than your burn will cause you to lose weight. That is proven science. That weight could be muscle or fat depending on many factors. As I said this goes into much more depth, but at the end of the day what I am saying is proven fact. However a person should not try to lose weight with just diet, or with just exercise, or by extreme calorie deficiency. You should do a combination of both, because diet will only take you so far. Your body will adjust your metabolism if you try to reduce your calories every single day, so as soon as you go over your metabolic rate it will be stored as fat. This is why people do calorie cycling to trick their bodies into not reducing their metabolic rate. Also your calories needs to be coming from the correct foods, and correct types of foods. Some people are more carb sensitive than others, so they will benefit if they consume less carbs and increase their protein and fat intake.

If my statement is wrong, then how can I control my weight by just adjusting my calories? If I adjust my daily intake 500 calories up I will start to gain weight slowly. Also if my statement is so wrong, then why does 1 pound of fat contain 3,500 calories? If I burn off an excess of 3,500 calories I will lose 1 lb of fat from my body.


I guess if what I am saying is wrong, then why dont you tell everyone how to lose weight? I would love to hear it. Even though I can control my weight by the pound by just adjusting my calories and the types of exercising I do.

As far as im concerned ctviggen posts the most nonsense I have ever read. Calling olive oil bad is just plain stupid.

guys,gals, don't stress it. :rolleyes:
Moderation.
Nuff said,
Enjoy life, Don't live it constantly finding ills and flaws.
Everything will kill you, eventually.
bickering over an issue of popcorn popping oil probably has more detrimental effects to your health than the occasionaly popcorn treat itself. :rolleyes:

Another great oil to use in your popper is palm oil. Palm oil and coconut oil were used in the old theater poppers many years ago. That is until the agribusinesses came up with their own substitutes and with skillful marketing were able to push the tropical oils to the back burner.

It's not the theme of this forum to argue the pros and cons of the health benefits of the tropical oils. Do your own due diligence in that regard, I've done mine.

I use both exclusively and sometimes combined and enjoy popcorn with that exceptional flavor from the movie houses of the 50s. Kettle cleanup is a breeze and the popcorn stays fresher longer when stored properly after popping.

I just had to repop this thread for your enjoyment.

I forgot to add that you can find Organic all vegetable shortening in non-hydogenated form by Spectrum in 1.5# tubs in most local health food stores. It is 100% pressed organic palm oil, most also stock 14 and 16 oz. jars of raw coconut oil which is also non-hydrogenated. Not much of it is required to do a kettle batch. A tbs or two should be fine for a 6 qt stove top Whirly Pop or other type kettle. Kernels do not need to be submersed.

This argument is funny, because whenever I want to lose weight I just eat less. When I want to gain weight I eat more. I have my BMR calculated out to around 2100 calories a day, and I adjust my caloric intake to gain or lose as I desire. It actually, genuinely works that way. Saying that adjusting calories up or down won't make you gain or lose weight given the same activity profile is absurd and only serves to obscure a topic that far too few people understand.

Anyway, coconut oil isn't great for you. But if you're just having it with your popcorn it's really not something worth worrying about.