• Duranie@leminal.space
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    15 hours ago

    Depends on how shitty of a microwave it is. If it’s a cheap low power microwave it might not even start popping till 3+ minutes.

    Bottom line, whatever you’re microwaving just stick around and pay attention. I was working at a school and overheard students talk about how much better warm chocolate chip cookies are, and one girl said she always warms them in the microwave if they’re room temp. One of her classmates was intrigued and said he’d give it a try. At some point in the evening he threw a few dry ass Chips Ahoy in the microwave and set it for 5 minutes.

    The smell of burnt cookies is almost as bad as burnt popcorn. At least there wasn’t a fire.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      12 hours ago

      it might not even start popping till 3+ minutes.

      Sure. The first time you make popcorn, hang out until you know roughly how long it takes. The 3 sec rule works on pretty much anything though.

      Once you know the rough timeline, then set it to just a little longer (10-20 sec) and then you can go to the restroom or something while waiting (or prep other snacks). Then you’ll never have to worry about burning popcorn.