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Popcorn has been in the news lately as being very healthy (sans the oil). Apparently all the nutrition is in the hull.

I understand though that we can not digest the hulls. So do we still get all that wonderful nutrition?

Thank you

I may be the last one to learn this. Recently, my brother-in-law told me that he pops corn in a microwave with a 2-3 tbl's. of water. I thought he was kidding, but he wasn't. I decided to try it, using my microwave popper (sort of an inverted dome with a transparent lid). Added 1/8 tsp to the water. then 1/3 cup popcorn. Takes a bit longer to pop, nearly four minutes. Sounded completely counter-intuitive to me. I half-expected the stuff to be soggy, but it was terrific. Fluffy, very few old maids, salt evenly distributed in the end product, and the popper was free of the "baked on" detritus on that's always on the popper the way I've done it before. Add more, less or no salt to taste. As to nutrition, I recently read, probably somewhere on McD forums, that popcorn is the most healthful snack goin'. "good eatin," Don

Any ideas as to the calorie density of popcorn and whether it is a viable option for MWL?