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I think most Americans are familiar with Sugar / Honey Smacks. These are created by placing wheat in a high pressure vessel and cooking the grain under pressur
by MisterBastahrd 4y ago
I think most Americans are familiar with Sugar / Honey Smacks. These are created by placing wheat in a high pressure vessel and cooking the grain under pressure before suddenly releasing the pressure. The result is that the grain becomes "puffed" by expanding in size.
In Asia, there are street merchants who will throw grains into an iron vessel which is then closed and heated to create a similar pressure situation. When they release the pressure, there is an audible boom and the results is puffed grains.
- jonahx 4y ago> In Asia, there are street merchants who will throw grains into an iron vessel which is then closed and heated to create a similar pressure situation. When they release the pressure, there is an audible boom and the results is puffed grains. Video time-stamped before the boom: https://youtu.be/ZyJoqS__7O0?t=158 https://youtu.be/ZyJoqS__7O0?t=158
- turnsout 4y agoI wonder if you could do the same in an Instant Pot... I just tried the stovetop technique with wheat berries (hard white), and they just expanded very slightly. But unlike a raw wheat berry, they tasted okay!
- MisterBastahrd 4y agoTo do the same thing on an instant pot, you'd have to remove the entire lid all at once. It's the explosive decompression which fluffs up the grains. For this reason, the asian merchants usually open the devices into a bag made of sturdy material.
- turnsout 4y agoGotcha—so probably not going to end up in the official Instant Pot cookbook. Ha
- dtgriscom 4y agoInstant pot plus C3. It's a winner! (Well, once...)
- robshrk 4y agoInstant Pot is 12 psi. The popcorn cannons are about 150 psi. It needs to be released at once and a blast of steam comes out with the grains.