Ray, I always love your posts. Don't always understand what you're saying,
but love them none the less! One thing that did develop from that post was
now I need a Stir Crazy. No, not for roasting coffee. SC=Great home made
Kettle Corn! Gotta be sooo much better than the nuker stuff which is NOT
really like good Kettle Corn. 
The make this (barely) on topic that nuker finish roasted coffee from Smiles
we experimented with some time back was terrible. Much worse in comparison
than nuker Kettle Corn to the good stuff.
Kona Konnaisseur miKe mcKoffee
URL to Rosto mods, FrankenFormer, some recipes etc:http://mdmint.home.comcast.net/coffee/Rosto_mod.htmUltimately the quest for Koffee Nirvana is a solitary path. To know I must
first not know. And in knowing know I know not. Each Personal enlightenment
found exploring the many divergent foot steps of Those who have gone before.
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	And then there are the blockheads like Yours Truly- unlettered
wannabe (ULW) who wonders what we do to ourselves when we deny ourselves
certain foods instead of enjoying the abundant variety from Antigua to
Zimbabwe. 
	
	I got a Stir Crazy8, and thought the plastic-geared clock motor had
to be a stretch, even for stirring a few oz of popcorn at temperature. Wow-
does the SC ever do a job on popcorn. Guess it's supposed to, what? Besides,
you can't do Kettle Corn in an air popper, and the SC does just great. 
	
	Huh- I always thought Correctol was the film developer to be used in
case you shot a roll of Plus-X with the exposure meter set to 400 for Tri-X.
Instead of sorbitol, you could try some microdol and see what develops. 
	
	Cheers -RayO, aka Opa!

Kettle corn is remarkably easy to make in a regular pot.
I forget what recipe I used, but if you do a google search. I always put 
in three kernels in the oil to start to bring the oil to the right 
temp., just like I do for regular popcorn - then I add the sugar & 
popcorn, & shake til it's all done. Couldn't be easier.
Lynne
miKe mcKoffee wrote:
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I had determined to take the Giant Leap Forward from air popper roasting to
something with which I could  s t r e t c h  the duration to First Crack and
the 1-2 interval. SC/TO was getting the most press at the time, and for good
reason. Positive temperature control.
Like Ron Popeil says, "Set it and Forget it!" -Almost.
Unlike Ron Popeil says, "Set it and Keep an Eye on it!"
The Stir Crazy 8 was cheap and easy on eBay. $15 Such was not the case with
the Sunpentown Turbo Oven. One of them even closed higher than the retail
price. Nuts! I'd like to make big bucks on the 'Bay- but not with a bunch of
Goniffs sniping your 6.
The Stir Crazy 8 arrived complete and functional, and the first test batch
of popcorn sealed its doom never to roast coffee. Orville Redenbacher used
to send lots of unpopped kernels out of the air poppers, all over the
counter and floor. Not one unpopped with the SC 8. (The 8 just has a deeper
cover than the standard Stir Crazy.)
Lynne, my marital status notwithstanding, I love you but I disagree.
You say,
"shake til it's all done.
Couldn't be easier."
I say,
Could too,
Could too,
Could too.
I like Ron Popeil's "Set it and Forget it," where you rely on your
electromotive servant, one Master Reddy Kilowatt, in CILCO (Central Illinois
Light Co.) terms.
Shake Nothing. Put down that skillet. Set it and... Listen and Watch.
I hate recipes. Too predictable. No individuality. Except- when reloading
ammunition. Recipes are our friend. Could save your 6 o'clock feature.
Back to the coffee- or whenever- snack: Kettle Corn.
You can make it as horrific as you like. For a tame start,
1/3c popcorn on each side of the Stir Crazy 8 wire (=2/3c total),
2tbsp total Wesson (soy) oil over the popcorn YMMV, less is better IMO,
1/4c table sugar or 1/3c sugar + 1/8tsp molasses sprinkled over popcorn,
Place cover, Plug it in, Plug it in. Go, Big Red KW, Go!
Do Nothing
Permit the corn to pop,
But
Don't try to pop the last kernel. DC the SC from Big Red and let it sit. The
last few kernels may only expand 1.5X - 3X instead of 8X - 9X for a full
pop. Meanwhile, the temperature would go up and you'd think the sugar turned
to epoxy when you attempt to clean it.
Invert the Stir Crazy to capture the lid full of Kettle Corn, then rinse the
sugar off the base while it's still hot. Flex sprayer works. It's a snap to
clean. (You can thank me later...)
I add a big pinch of salt (~1/16tsp) to the 2 gal of Kettle Corn after I
dump it into a paper shopping sack.
Oh, OK. You got me. I shake it all up- like the Lime in the Coconut. Mmmm-
But now I have Kettle Corn, and Big Red did most of the work.
miKe mcKoffee wrote:
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Checked out eBay - I think I actually owned one of those back in the '80's.
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Hey, I was going to buy one of those once. The eBay high $$ put me off, 
too. Never did purchase it.
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Hmm - now I was thinking that it was the poor quality of popcorn that is 
sold in the grocery stores today that caused excessive unpopped kernels.
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(ah, she blushes... :-[ )
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Yes, but you have to understand that to me, whipping up a double batch 
(that's a dozen eggs) of biscotti in four different flavors ('inventing' 
new flavors, depending on what's in the cabinet) is duck soup to me. 
(Finding people to GIVE some to, now that's another story... have to 
lose weight...NEED to lose weight...)
Don't make bread everyday by hand anymore (kids are grown, besides, I'd 
still eat it all myself). This last holiday I FINALLY figured out how to 
NOT cook a zillion different dishes. (I mean, who on earth really needs 
several main courses, veggies (for the vegetarians of the house, and 
everyone else), a giant salad, several desserts including five or six 
pies... and more. And no, I don't have an army to feed!)
But I do love my kitchen gadgets. Have to keep myself from buying too 
much. Don't need it. Won't buy it. Can do more, with less.
Lynne
(who is really starting to think about espresso makers now...)
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