Popcorn Makers – A Home Cinema Essential!
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What’s a movie without popcorn?! For film fans worldwide, popcorn is an essential ingredient of a successful night at the cinema, but just because you’re watching a movie at home, doesn’t mean you still can’t enjoy the delicious stuff. You can of course buy your popcorn in a bag from any supermarket, but nothing beats the smell and taste of freshly made popcorn. So we’ve found a few popcorn makers, that will help make your movie nights that little bit more enjoyable, and we believe are an essential home cinema accessory!
Popcorn makers are quite small, and work by heating and spinning a small vertical drum where the popping corn is placed. As the corn starts to pop, the popcorn is spun out of the chute and into your bowl/box/mouth – simple, quick and very tasty indeed!
We love them, and think they make the ultimate home cinema accessory – just don’t get too upset when your guests start commenting on the quality of your popcorn rather than your sound system!
Princess Deluxe Popcorn Maker
Stylish and elegant, this popcorn maker will make a large bowl in under 3 minutes. It is really simple to use with an on/off switch and an indicator light on the side – all you need to do is add the popcorn, and switch it on. Easy, and great value too.
Retro Popcorn Maker
With it’s retro styling, this popcorn maker harks back to the golden 1950′s era of cinema. More cool than functional the Retro Popcorn maker certainly looks the part, and although the chute is a little shorter than the Princess Deluxe, it does the job well and manages to look cool at the same time.
Or what about the ultimate Home Cinema Popcorn machine….
This is the real deal! With the authentic design of an original American popcorn machine, its big wheels make it fully portable meaning you can push it wherever you need to (as long as there is a power socket nearby). It’s easy to make massive quanties of popcorn, and the big tray on the front even allows you to scoop the stuff out in authentic style!
If you have the room, and have a lot of guests, this could be just for you!
A Short History of Popcorn
Popcorn has been around for a long time, and was first discovered by the Native Americans. However, it first became popular in the US during the Great Depression because it was a cheap snack, at a time when people had little money.
Health Benefits of Popcorn
Popcorn also has the advantage of being quite good for you – it is very low in fat and calories, high in fibre and with no salt or sugar it won’t contribute towards a heart attack or rot your teeth. That is of course until you start adding melted butter, salt, caramel and whatever else you fancy! Without any additives, a mug full of popcorn is about 30 calories, so you can have a good bowl full for less than the equivalent calories of a chocolate bar.
Popcorn makers are great value too!
If you want popcorn with your home movie, you have 3 choices – buy a big bag of Butterkist popcorn from the Supermarket, get yourself some of those microwave popcorn bags, or do the real thing and get a bag of popping corn, and a popcorn maker. The latter is easily the most fun and unless you add any salt or butter, the best for you too. And with popping corn being cheap (under £1 for a bag that goes quite a long way) it ends up being very cost effective too.
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Great review and I enjoyed reading the story of a popcorn. It gives info about popcorn maker and pointed out the benefit of a popcorn maker and popcorn as a healthy snack. Great job and keep up the good work.