I just fold the bag over a few times....no staples! Works fine! When popped, I spritz with a little cooking spray (PAM?) and dust with my favorite powder....Old Bay is good (yummmmmm!). Myron at the beach Bill Woodward wrote: > > This recipe is in Alton Brown's book, _I'm_Just_Here_For_The_Food_. > > Get some popcorn. Pour 1/3 cup into a paper lunch sack. Fold the top > of the bag over twice, 2 1/2-inch folds. Staple with 2 staples, making > sure that the staples are 2-3 inches apart. Place in the microwave and > cook on high power for 2-3 minutes, until the pops are about 5 seconds > apart. > > Pour into a bowl, drizzle with melted butter, salt with popcorn salt. > Shake with parmesan cheese. Or, one of my faves, use CaJohn's Fire > Dust. Eat. Enjoy. > > According to Alton Brown, the staples have very little mass and are > shorter than the microwaves themselves, and so are basically invisible > to the microwaves. I've used this recipe and have never ignited, > arced, or smoldered. 互户互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせセ Myron Menaker Daytona Beach FL USA myronm@bellsouth.net | \ / _\/_ .-'-. //o\ _\/_ -- / \ -- | /o\\ jgs^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^-=======-~^~^~^~~^~^~^~|~~^~^|^~` Keep the Whole World Singing! | | 互户互户互户互猾せカせЙせカせЙせセ