 Re: Help! Need Popcorn/Oil ratio for 4oz Popper
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I'm still waiting for the "Urgent -- do I cut the red wire or the green wire ?" post
But it's so simple. All you have to do is divine from what you know of the bomb-maker: is he the sort of man who would use a red kill wire or a green one? Now, a clever man would use the green wire, because he would know that only a great fool would cut the red wire. Since Axiom posters are not great fools, they would clearly not choose the red wire. But the bomb-maker would know Axiom posters are not great great fools, he would have counted on it, so you can clearly not choose the green wire.
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... and if the bomb-maker owns a Bose system, all bets are off ?
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Re: Help! Need Popcorn/Oil ratio for 4oz Popper
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But it's so simple. All you have to do is divine from what you know of the bomb-maker: is he the sort of man who would use a red kill wire or a green one? Now, a clever man would use the green wire, because he would know that only a great fool would cut the red wire. Since Axiom posters are not great fools, they would clearly not choose the red wire. But the bomb-maker would know Axiom posters are not great great fools, he would have counted on it, so you can clearly not choose the green wire.
INCONCEIVABLE.
You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched wires when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...
[BOOM!, fall to the right]
Rich (Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die)
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What a classic movie, I may have to break out the DVD this weekend. 
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A number of years ago, I attended a live Mandy Patinkin concert (very entertaining. He's a wonderful performer). At one point he asked for a volunteer from the audience. Though I failed, I made a strong effort to be the one picked because I knew that he would ask that person for their name (which, of course, he did), and I was all prepared to say "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die."  I suspect it would have cracked him up and brought the house down. Alas, it was not to be. 
Jack
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OK, after some testing (all of 1 batch). I have confirmed the following:
A 4oz Prepack contains a little more than 1/2 cup of unpopped corn (I had it heaping as much as popcorn would "heap" and still had a little in the packet)
2 heaping tablespoons of the oil (coconut oil is a solid at anything cooler than 76 degrees F)
1 (barely) level tablespoon of Flavacol (seasoning)
I also stopped by the Paragon (makers of the popular Theater Pop popcorn machine, and my Contempo version) factory today to get the "good" oil. 1 Gallon was like $21 plus tax (yikes), but it will last a LONG time. They also are making the Star Wars (maybe others) popcorn machines for Snappy as well. They said to NEVER put more than 4oz of popcorn into a 4oz machine. Extra oil is fine, but not extra popcorn. They claim that it will ruin the kettle. Hmmm. I know a lot of people say that they put in the prepacks made for 6oz poppers into a 4oz machine. Who knows.
Farewell - June 4, 2020
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Rich, you crack me up.
I love that movie.
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but it will last a LONG time
If you can vacuum seal it, the oil will keep it's good taste until all is used
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Your an IT guy, come on man figure it out......
That's bad juju. You don't want that. Getting IT guys to figure something out involves a painstaking process of arcane mathematical formulas, flame wars, ego-bruising hissy fits, and results in an elegant, simple, efficient solution that can only be used or understood by IT geeks.
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I hear that. No way am I doing an RFP for popcorn.
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