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Well i just tried this with all the grains in my cupboard and it now smells like burned ass in here and it all tasted horrible.

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Thanks for taking it for the team. It sounds interesting but I'm skeptical if alternative grains will beat popcorn.

yeah lets not forget popcorn has been specifically bred to pop like that for thousands of years.

The best alt I've discovered by accident is sesame seeds. If you toast them (badly) they can pop and look exactly like tiny popcorn. I still believe sesame has potential to be bred to make better popcorn. Maybe a good task for the Experimental Farm Network

Thank you for your experiment! You can definitely do it with buckwheat* at least, but not with the method described in this submission. You first need to boil the buckwheat in water and then air dry it. Then when it it is fully dried you add it to boiling oil in small amounts.

* https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=976365162779630

Yeah I’ve ordered some with my shopping and will attempt this week :)

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