Ingredients
Scale
- 2 Tbsp. popcorn kernels
- 2 Tbsp. neutral- flavored oil (grape seed or vegetable)
- 2 pinches of salt
Required equipment:
- heavy-duty aluminum foil (an 18″ long piece for each packet)
- a campfire stick (like this, for roasting marshmallows and wieners and stuff),
- a campfire
Instructions
- Get an 18″ piece of heavy duty aluminium foil. Put 2 tablespoons of popcorn kernels in the middle of one half of the foil. Drizzle with 2 tablepsoons of oil (grape seed or vegetable oil).
- Add a sprinkle of salt. Just a pinch or two.
- Fold the foil over the popcorn and oil.
- Crimp around the edges to make a packet. You want the crimp to go in by a couple of folds. But don’t go right to the popcorn kernels. They need room to pop and there has to be space for the popped kernels or else they can tear the foil.
- At the top edge, make sure there’s several layers of foil in a wide band crimped together. This is because you’re going to poke your campfire fork through there and you want it to be nice and thick and sturdy so it doesn’t rip. You can make a bunch of these ahead of time so that they’re ready to take camping or to your backyard fire pit.
- Poke the campfire fork through that thick band of foil you created at the top.
- Hold it over the flames of the campfire. Don’t put it in the flames. You want it above, the way you toast a marshmallow if I want it lightly browned evenly all over the outside.
- Give it a shake every now and then. But not too much. You don’t want the packet to fall off your stick. Really. It sucks when that happens. After awhile you’ll hear a pop. And then more pops. The popping won’t last that long really because there aren’t that many kernels in there. As soon as there’s a pause in the popping, get it away from the heat.
- Open the packet carefully. It’s steamy hot in there. You’ve done so well not having a swear-fest so far. No need to start now. Just eat and be happy.