Here’s a simple way to be green and smart! It’s almost as easy to make popcorn the alton brown way as it is to open up a prepackaged version. and much less expensive. and it looks greener to me. Here are the recipes and links to why:
Alton Brown’s recipe
Don’t actually have to use the staples, just fold the bag over a couple of times.
Also, you don’t have to use oil or salt if you don’t want – can just put popcorn in the bag if you’d like.
Info on store-bought prepackaged microwave popcorn:
It’s in the microwave popcorn, not the Teflon pan
Preliminary FDA data suggest that eating microwave pop corn may expose people to chemicals that break down to produce PFOA, a suspected carcinogen.
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es062599u
Missouri Factory – butter flavoring causes rare lung disease
update: http://www.butterflavoringlunginjury.com/
butter flavoring lung disease in the news:
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/microwave_popcorn_lung_disease
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-03-11-popcorn-study_x.htm