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I thought I should share my observations on popcorn recipes even given my short two or three months popping experience to date, because this information would have been valuable to me in the beginning. Keep in mind this is my humble opinion so don’t let it stop you from experimenting and reporting differently. And also let me preface that of twenty or thirty 12oz batches of corn, I have yet to have a bad batch, no matter what combinations I tried. So what I am going to describe is a matter of varying degrees of good. I have tried three different brands of raw corn. Paragon yellow 12-½ pound bag at $16.99 ($1.36/lb) with free shipping from Amazon has been well recommended in reviews. At Wal-Mart you can get their Great Value brand yellow 32oz bag for $1.48 ($0.74/lb) or the Jolly Time white 32oz for $1.98 ($0.99/lb). These are all a lot cheaper than many other so called premium brands that I have not tried, but have heard from others and read reviews that are unflattering. I prefer the white corn myself. The white kernels are a little smaller than the yellow, and so logically the popped corn is also slightly smaller, but I think the taste is slightly better. I also prefer sweet white corn on the cob to the yellow variety. But all brands I tried were good, light and crispy when fresh popped (in a Manley of course), and a little chewier but still excellent tasting when cold (even a week out). I’m splitting this report up into four parts, so stay tuned for my next posts on oil and salt and butter-flavored topping.

Wal-Mart seems to have discontinued carrying bags of white popping corn. So now I have been buying 32oz. bags of white corn from Albertson's grocery, called Essential Everyday White Kernel Popcorn. I think it was $2.49, which is $1.245/lb. And it doesn't have the nice resealable zip-lock bag that the Jolly-Time had.