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Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by GrooveSAN »

hosteur wrote: post #92
askvictor wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of interest, why do you prefer a salt grinder? I've never understood why these exist. Pepper grinders, absolutely - the aromatics are released on grinding. By not so with salt. Curious if I'm missing something.

For pop corn you need fine grained salt. A grinder lets you control that. It is only about the grain sizes. Nothing about freshness with salt. With pepper it is about freshly releases aromatics.

I’ve never found a salt grinder able to sustain the salt corrosion in the long run. Sooner or later, salt is aggregating and turning even the more resistant parts into rust.

I was recently planning to get back to a regular pestle/mortar setup after yet another costly failure. Did you manage to find a way to work this around?

Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by riffraff »

> people who ate microwave popcorn every day over the course of a year had levels of PFAS that were up to 63% higher than average.

You're probably fine if you have microwave popcorn once a fortnight, tho as other said you can use a pan or pot just fine.

Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by epcoa »

hosteur wrote: post #92
askvictor wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of interest, why do you prefer a salt grinder? I've never understood why these exist. Pepper grinders, absolutely - the aromatics are released on grinding. By not so with salt. Curious if I'm missing something.

For pop corn you need fine grained salt. A grinder lets you control that. It is only about the grain sizes. Nothing about freshness with salt. With pepper it is about freshly releases aromatics.

It’s easy enough in the US to just buy fine grained salt.

Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by vladvasiliu »

askvictor wrote: post #89
InvaderFizz wrote: post #33

Best popcorn you can make is cheap and easy cleanup. Take one large pot (the kind that holds like 10qts). Cover the bottom with kernels. Add a bit of oil, basically just enough to swirl and have everything covered in an oil sheen, not enough to have them submerged. Cover, put on high (I use gas). I like to suspend a paper towel between the lid and the rest of the pot, absorbs excess oil and water. Once popping slows,…

Out of interest, why do you prefer a salt grinder? I've never understood why these exist. Pepper grinders, absolutely - the aromatics are released on grinding. By not so with salt. Curious if I'm missing something.

In my neck of the woods, unground salt is much, much cheaper than ground. Ground salt can basically be only found coming in a plastic dispenser. It could be argued that throwing all these plastic containers away isn't great for the environment.

I only realize that I've never thought of comparing, but I've got the habit of using unground salt when cooking. My grandmother used to do this for some reason, so I picked it up.

Unground salt is also useful for cleaning things, like cooking pans.

It's therefore easier to only buy salt in one big pack that lasts forever.

Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by guraf »

londons_explore wrote: post #63
sp332 wrote: post #18

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It's an affiliate link. (tag=hyprod-20) You can use https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z5SPRWM/ instead.

Did OP make an affiliate link just to earn a few bucks from HN'ers? If so, I suspect there are better uses for their time...

From the other stuff in the url I'm pretty sure OP just copied the link from an ad to Amazon, not created their own affiliate link (which would be crass but par for the course in the techbro hustle we live in I guess)

Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by czechdeveloper »

GrooveSAN wrote: post #101
hosteur wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For pop corn you need fine grained salt. A grinder lets you control that. It is only about the grain sizes. Nothing about freshness with salt. With pepper it is about freshly releases aromatics.

I’ve never found a salt grinder able to sustain the salt corrosion in the long run. Sooner or later, salt is aggregating and turning even the more resistant parts into rust. I was recently planning to get back to a regular pestle/mortar setup after yet another costly failure. Did you manage to find a way to work this around?

I use ceramic grinder. No corrosion possible.

Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by vladvasiliu »

GrooveSAN wrote: post #101
hosteur wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For pop corn you need fine grained salt. A grinder lets you control that. It is only about the grain sizes. Nothing about freshness with salt. With pepper it is about freshly releases aromatics.

I’ve never found a salt grinder able to sustain the salt corrosion in the long run. Sooner or later, salt is aggregating and turning even the more resistant parts into rust. I was recently planning to get back to a regular pestle/mortar setup after yet another costly failure. Did you manage to find a way to work this around?

> I’ve never found a salt grinder able to sustain the salt corrosion in the long run

There are ceramic grinders now. I'd expect those to not rust, but I don't know how long they stay sharp.

Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by pas »

squokko wrote: post #69
eadler wrote: post #12

The article does not cite or link to the study. > The researchers found that people who ate microwave popcorn every day over the course of a year had levels of PFAS that were up to 63% higher than average. As far as I could tell the relevant study [1] merely finds association rather than causation. This is often the best you can do in the nutrition field though. I have not yet read through the entire contents. [1] He…

Especially since someone who eats microwave popcorn EVERY DAY is someone who clearly treats their body like a garbage can

it's cheap, even vegan probably (if not buttered), not full of sugar, etc. what's wrong with it? yes, every day seems suboptimal, but it's not trivial to have a varied balanced healthy diet, and folks need to eat every day (usually at least twice).

Re: Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)

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Post by sgtnoodle »

GrooveSAN wrote: post #101
hosteur wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For pop corn you need fine grained salt. A grinder lets you control that. It is only about the grain sizes. Nothing about freshness with salt. With pepper it is about freshly releases aromatics.

I’ve never found a salt grinder able to sustain the salt corrosion in the long run. Sooner or later, salt is aggregating and turning even the more resistant parts into rust. I was recently planning to get back to a regular pestle/mortar setup after yet another costly failure. Did you manage to find a way to work this around?

What timescale are you talking about? I have a William Sonoma salt grinder, as well as one that my friend made for me. They're both about 5 years old. As far as I know there's no significant deterioration on either one. The grinding surfaces are ceramic.
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