Instructions

1. Pour a thin layer of hydrogenated coconut oil onto the surface of a metal pan. You can use a wide variety of different oils to pop popcorn, but the coconut oil is what makes popcorn taste like it does at the movies.

2. Heat the oil on medium heat. Put three kernels in the pan. When they pop, cover the bottom of the pan with kernels. Don't put more than one layer or you'll get a lot of old maids, or unpopped kernels); you can always pop more popcorn when you're finished with the first batch.

3. Cover the pan, but leave the cover open a crack. Shake the pan back and forth, gently but steadily as the oil heats up. The shaking is necessary to properly pop the popcorn.

4. Continue shaking the pan as the popcorn begins to pop. Listen to the sounds of popping until they start to slow: the batch is ready when you here one pop every two or three seconds.

5. Remove the pan from the heat and carefully uncover it. Fill a popcorn cup halfway with the popcorn, then sprinkle it with powdered salt and butter-flavored topping. Fill the remainder of the cup with popcorn, then sprinkle more salt and butter on the top.

6. Prepare one cup for each person in your group, and eat it hot in front of your favorite blockbuster.