Turning a pop can into a popcorn machine

If you'd really like to entertain those relatives during the upcoming holidays, try creating some homemade popcorn using...a soda can. That's right -- stock up on a few aluminum cans, some canola oil, popcorn (unpopped kernels, of course), and some salt or butter.

You'll need to score the soda can to make an escape outlet for the popped corn, and it looks from the above video that an electric cooktop would be best (as opposed to gas). Granted, this will only make a single-sized serving, but wouldn't it be cool if you had a bunch of stuffed soda cans ready for each kiddo that will be visiting this Thursday or sometime in December?

This may not be as easy as microwaveable popcorn, but it's much more authentic and you can control the amount of salt and butter (if at all) that's provided to your popcorn servings. If you really want to get sweet, melt some caramel and add it to the can after the butter. In any case, pop away and enjoy, will ya?

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