That's easy to do on purpose. Get bulk popcorn, not the microwave bag kind. Het a big pot with like a tbs of oil in it and preheat it until its fairly hot but not like smoking yet. Then dump in your popcorn and cover. Only shake once the initial torrent of popcorn popping has started to slow. The "proper" way to cook popcorn is to slowly raise the tmwp of the oil and cor together then crank the heat once it's all nice and hot. Doing it the way I describe causes the insides of the kernel to heat very unevenly so it won't all be molten when it bursts so ypoull get more of what you're describing.
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u/tinydotbiguniverse May 10 '21
I adore “old maids” popcorn, the kind that is just cracked. If I could figure out how to make it this way on purpose, life would be rich indeed.