Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site ccvaxa.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rossen From: rossen@ccvaxa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: What makes microwave popcorn special Message-ID: <5900009@ccvaxa.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Oct-84 12:06:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ccvaxa.5900009 Posted: Wed Oct 10 12:06:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 07:03:16 EDT References: <267@digi-g.UUCP> Lines: 12 Nf-ID: #R:digi-g:-26700:ccvaxa:5900009:000:407 Nf-From: ccvaxa!rossen Oct 10 11:06:00 1984 <> For one thing, microwave popcorn uses coconut oil. I don't know what effect that has on the cooking, or whether that is sufficient information to execute the home preparation of microwave popcorn, but note that coconut oil is higher in saturated fat content then (to my knowledge) any other vegetable oil. --- Ken Rossen ihnp4!uiucdcs!rossen Champaign-Urbana, Illinois ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rossen