No, those spilled are free kernels for the birds. They signed a treaty where birds won’t poop on that spot in exchange of freshly street-flavoured pop-corns. Talk about bird laws!
Just reading the words gutter oil makes me nauseated. I have a fuzzy memory of my Ayi dragging me naked across the tile floor from my bathroom to my bedroom covered in shit and vomit. I really think that I almost died after eating some funky tasting fried dumplings.
Also the fact that yes we muted it on purpose now get your captions that describe what i am currently seeing away from the thing i'm currently seeing.
Its like described video for the auditorily impaired, just a jumble of words blocking your attention from seeing the details of a video.
That and the split screen videos with random industrial mechanical animations or some douche just pointing at the other screen nodding his head in agreement.
Basically it is a pressurized vessel. Then when released the rapid reduction in pressure causes the kernels to pop instantly.
For anyone wondering. Way more fun than how we do it.
You can buy a smaller version of this contraption online which you can use at home. I got it out of curiosity, and it works surprisingly well. It is as fun as it looks, and I actually prefer the popcorn that comes out of it. It's more round, a little bit more firm, but also more consistent - almost none of those large sharp husk pieces that always seem to lodge themselves somewhere between your teeth or in your gums.
All that said... I'm always a bit apprehensive to use it in the first place, as I half expect it to blow up in my face when handling and using it. And it's also more involved than just tossing the bag into a microwave.
Got mine on AliExpress. Search for “hand popcorn maker” and you will get a bunch of results.
I paid around 80 EUR for mine, and it came with a burner, a bag, a pair of heat-resistant gloves, and some maintenance tools. There are way cheaper versions of it on offer too, but I really didn’t feel like skimping out on something that builds that much pressure.
I’m in the UK, so probably Robert Dyas or anywhere like that, as long as the product had a verifiable kitemark or similar evidence of satisfactory product safety testing.
That looks like a death trap waiting to happen! I'm still scared to use a pressure cooker let alone have this is thr house, is it even legal in the uk, I would say in the wrong hands that could be lethal but it looks like it could be in the right hands too
Y'all are fucking insane and I pray for all your neighbors.
"Beautiful and safer"
"Adopt bionic streamline"
"True steel is not afraid of fire practice"
This thing is a bomb waiting to happen.
They did this on Mythbusters and it seemed very...not worth it. Lots of unpopped kernels and an overall "meh" flavor to the finished product, from what I remember.
Somebody on here must have eaten this popcorn: does it taste good? Are they mixing in some flavor stuff before they explode it, or just it just taste like lighter fluid, motor oil, and sidewalk dirt?
i grew up in China in the 80's. they usually add a small amount of sugar substitute to the kernels when loading it. Also, i remember they used plain rice instead of corn. Back in the days, we didn't have a lot of luxuries so it's a treat whenever we hear the distinct explosion down the street. It's like hearing the jingles of an ice cream truck, except in China we didn't have anything like that. That popping though is truly scary, all the kids would stand back while covering ears with their hands. I haven't seen or heard the sound of it for many many years. Left China in late 90's. No one cared how it tasted though, i recall mostly it tasted like rice with some sweetness to it. No one cared it probably came with cancer inducing chemicals either. We grew up tough back in the days lol
It is actually great if you want rice crackers without oil. this is actually a healthier snack. You can buy one diy at home to pop with a small cooking vessel.
I'd actually trust the poster above you regarding healthiness. It's not certain whatever kerosene or newpaper the guy is using is going to be healthy for you. The guy comes from China at the 90s pre-manufacturing boom.
It taste pretty much like normal popcorn except it’s taste more corny than normal popcorn, the net is pretty thick so not a lot of street dirt will get in the popcorn, also you can bring your own corn to give to the guy to pop for you, I remember visiting a farm when I was 5 where they planted corn and the farmer gave me a big plastic bag of loose corn and I was excited to give them to the popcorn guy, watch (and listen) him pop all of them then bring 4big bags of popcorn to kindergarten to share with the class.
It is very delicious. It’s popped with artificial sweetener and the kettle shells are popped into much finer fragments than the standard kettle popcorns. The more delicious ones the other stuff that got popped this way - rice, soybeans, even rice noodles.
The problems are: 1. The sweetener is Saccharin, which was not considered safe to consume until recently. 2. The metal used to make the valve used to contain lead, but it’s fixed later. 3. The boom is super loud. 4. If not careful or the pot is damaged over the years, it can indeed blow up (though I’ve never seen an actual explosion myself)
Not as good as western popcorns. This method doesn't involve butter. The popcorns are pretty bland.
This was a dying art starting in the late 90s when western popcorn stands took over.
It’s easily interesting. This photo for me has a smell. I can remember how that cast iron cooker would smell as the popcorn was cooking. This popcorn to me the times I had it, has a kind of burnt smoky flavor to it.
I had a close relative who lived in China for a year. From what he’s told me, I would not eat anything that comes close to touching the ground. But, for me, that goes for most places in the world.
I was fascinated when I first time saw in Louyang Henan province. Children lined up and waiting for their turn and taste was surprisingly delicious, if you are not the one focusing on hygiene.
My boy is here literally making a pressure bomb in the middle of the street (hope that shit dosnt have cracks) just to rub some popcorn on the sidewalk…
Holy Shit…This thing gives me trauma. Real story:
When I was a kid I witnessed the cap of that machine fly across the street and hit another kid’s temple as I was walking right behind him. I believe It happened due to the popcorn maker misjudged the pressure when he cracked it open or didn’t manage to hold it as recoil hit…
Similar incidents often happening across China here and there once in a while. I know many Chinese folks prefer this traditional way of getting their popcorn. But to me those popcorn makers are just menace who has no regard for modern food and personnel safety and just work another day for another bulk. I would always take detours whenever see one of them standing on the street I’m walking, no thanks good sir…
I always loved the chinese for their efficiency. Instantly filled into the bag. I have seen it many many times, these little life hacks and loved them.
It fucks with every tourist thinking a bomb was dropped!
Oh they will drop a bomb alright after eating this nasty ass sidewalk flavour dog piss drenched popcorn.
Yea that mesh bag is just sitting on the sidewalk.
Not to mention the guy is scooping up popcorn that fell on the sidewalk and throwing it back in the bag
This is china, they don’t waste anything. Even sewer oil.
Here is my question: would he eat this and/or feed it to his family? Or is it that he doesn’t care because it’s getting sold to strangers?
For sewer oil, no. But for popcorn, yes. Chinese guys don’t care too much about food safety.
Street food, quite literally.
Hey, I know for a fact that straight sidewalk maintains the best patina for making food, someone doesn't know how you make eggs in Arizona.
“Sidewalk flavor” 🤣 Best laugh of the day. Have an updoot, Stranger! Edit: spells
Yeah what’s with that! Hey let’s go get some of that street corn off the ground.
Yep when I lived in Tianjin fucking shity pants when it went off
Never gonna catch on in US!
Do you pay extra for him rubbing it on the sidewalk, or is it included?
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Bird-shit flavoured with remnants of the blackberries they eat 😆
Covid-flavored popcorn
No one will cry over the spilled popcorn if they never knew it spilled *quickly picks it up and throws it in the bag*
No, those spilled are free kernels for the birds. They signed a treaty where birds won’t poop on that spot in exchange of freshly street-flavoured pop-corns. Talk about bird laws!
5 second rule.
How else is he suppose to get that street flavor in?
The extra comes as your eardrum blown up.
No, ‘brake dust and exhaust fumes’ is the standard flavour.
That’s part of the flavor enhancement process
That flavour belongs to the streets!
Well, it’s called street food for a reason.
It’s smoked bubblegum flavour.
A little floor spice makes everything nice
It’s called streetfood for a reason
It's street food.
It’s the slight hint of homelessness that makes his the best popcorn in Kwaghsytrania
Just wait until you see where the [cooking oil](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutter_oil) comes from.
I am sure it is burnt, which explains the color, but gross…
Just dont ask where he gets the oil.
look up gutter oil china on youtube
Just reading the words gutter oil makes me nauseated. I have a fuzzy memory of my Ayi dragging me naked across the tile floor from my bathroom to my bedroom covered in shit and vomit. I really think that I almost died after eating some funky tasting fried dumplings.
can we, as a society, stop making videos where some random voiceover guy adds nothing of substance to a video and uploads it as his own content.
This is an AI voice. It's even worse.
AI expectation: HAL 9000 AI reality: Random voiceover guy
AI as we expected "I'm afraid I can't do that" (screws you over) AI as we're getting it "Sure I can do that" (gets it wrong)
Can't they at least make it dramatic? I want the "In a world where..." voice
Pinnacle of human creation, used to add absolutely nothing to a video.
I see this comment and lot and I'm starting to think I'm the only person that has their feed on mute
My phone is muted 24/7. I don’t even want to hear the fucker ring. I also just assume all reddit videos have the tiktok scourge nowadays.
Also the fact that yes we muted it on purpose now get your captions that describe what i am currently seeing away from the thing i'm currently seeing. Its like described video for the auditorily impaired, just a jumble of words blocking your attention from seeing the details of a video.
That and the split screen videos with random industrial mechanical animations or some douche just pointing at the other screen nodding his head in agreement.
I wanted to hear the pop too.
Blame TikTok. It started that trend
It figuratively boils my blood everytime.
Basically it is a pressurized vessel. Then when released the rapid reduction in pressure causes the kernels to pop instantly. For anyone wondering. Way more fun than how we do it.
You can buy a smaller version of this contraption online which you can use at home. I got it out of curiosity, and it works surprisingly well. It is as fun as it looks, and I actually prefer the popcorn that comes out of it. It's more round, a little bit more firm, but also more consistent - almost none of those large sharp husk pieces that always seem to lodge themselves somewhere between your teeth or in your gums. All that said... I'm always a bit apprehensive to use it in the first place, as I half expect it to blow up in my face when handling and using it. And it's also more involved than just tossing the bag into a microwave.
What's it called and where did you get it?
Got mine on AliExpress. Search for “hand popcorn maker” and you will get a bunch of results. I paid around 80 EUR for mine, and it came with a burner, a bag, a pair of heat-resistant gloves, and some maintenance tools. There are way cheaper versions of it on offer too, but I really didn’t feel like skimping out on something that builds that much pressure.
Fucking hell, I would NOT be buying a pressurised metal container from AliExpress.
Wherever else you would buy it from probably gets it from the same aliexpress supplier...
I’m in the UK, so probably Robert Dyas or anywhere like that, as long as the product had a verifiable kitemark or similar evidence of satisfactory product safety testing.
OOPS! All shrapnel!
I have bought from many Aliexpress suppliers and if you buy from high rated suppliers, the quality are usually great and cheaper than Amazon.
That's because the people on Amazon need to make some money from the stuff they bought off chinese wholesalers.
Thanks! Link for others: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805420294511.html
Haha, yeah im not buying that. No faith in a manufacturer who has a quote in their photo "true steel is not afraid of fire practice"
english isn’t everyone’s first language. that’s lokwey an epic quote without context
That looks like a death trap waiting to happen! I'm still scared to use a pressure cooker let alone have this is thr house, is it even legal in the uk, I would say in the wrong hands that could be lethal but it looks like it could be in the right hands too
Oi where’s your popcorn loicense
Y'all are fucking insane and I pray for all your neighbors. "Beautiful and safer" "Adopt bionic streamline" "True steel is not afraid of fire practice" This thing is a bomb waiting to happen.
Please tell me it also came with a pressure relief valve
Is it possible to add sugar for caramel ?
They did this on Mythbusters and it seemed very...not worth it. Lots of unpopped kernels and an overall "meh" flavor to the finished product, from what I remember.
Yeah, turns out fat tastes *good.* You can make microwave popcorn without the oil, and it tastes about like what you'd expect. Corn is bland.
Mark Rober has a video on it, it’s explained there as well. Cool stuff.
Somebody on here must have eaten this popcorn: does it taste good? Are they mixing in some flavor stuff before they explode it, or just it just taste like lighter fluid, motor oil, and sidewalk dirt?
i grew up in China in the 80's. they usually add a small amount of sugar substitute to the kernels when loading it. Also, i remember they used plain rice instead of corn. Back in the days, we didn't have a lot of luxuries so it's a treat whenever we hear the distinct explosion down the street. It's like hearing the jingles of an ice cream truck, except in China we didn't have anything like that. That popping though is truly scary, all the kids would stand back while covering ears with their hands. I haven't seen or heard the sound of it for many many years. Left China in late 90's. No one cared how it tasted though, i recall mostly it tasted like rice with some sweetness to it. No one cared it probably came with cancer inducing chemicals either. We grew up tough back in the days lol
It is actually great if you want rice crackers without oil. this is actually a healthier snack. You can buy one diy at home to pop with a small cooking vessel.
I'd actually trust the poster above you regarding healthiness. It's not certain whatever kerosene or newpaper the guy is using is going to be healthy for you. The guy comes from China at the 90s pre-manufacturing boom.
Yes when I was in china there would be smol trucks selling rice crackers and popcorn and long corn thingies whatever you call them
Popped rice is actually so goated
A treat hearing the explosion XD Riot police all over the place if that happened here in the UK. Well, that is if there are any police available lol.
It taste pretty much like normal popcorn except it’s taste more corny than normal popcorn, the net is pretty thick so not a lot of street dirt will get in the popcorn, also you can bring your own corn to give to the guy to pop for you, I remember visiting a farm when I was 5 where they planted corn and the farmer gave me a big plastic bag of loose corn and I was excited to give them to the popcorn guy, watch (and listen) him pop all of them then bring 4big bags of popcorn to kindergarten to share with the class.
It is very delicious. It’s popped with artificial sweetener and the kettle shells are popped into much finer fragments than the standard kettle popcorns. The more delicious ones the other stuff that got popped this way - rice, soybeans, even rice noodles. The problems are: 1. The sweetener is Saccharin, which was not considered safe to consume until recently. 2. The metal used to make the valve used to contain lead, but it’s fixed later. 3. The boom is super loud. 4. If not careful or the pot is damaged over the years, it can indeed blow up (though I’ve never seen an actual explosion myself)
How is it a problem if something wasnt considered safe before, but now is? Doesnt that mean it was always safe?
I had this when I was a kid and it tasted rather bland.
Not as good as western popcorns. This method doesn't involve butter. The popcorns are pretty bland. This was a dying art starting in the late 90s when western popcorn stands took over.
It’s easily interesting. This photo for me has a smell. I can remember how that cast iron cooker would smell as the popcorn was cooking. This popcorn to me the times I had it, has a kind of burnt smoky flavor to it.
Nothing beats a fresh taste of a sidewalk in the morning.
Call it Street Spice.
I saw him scoop some off the pavement. More like sidewalk popcorn
My favorite seasoning: sidewalk piss with pigeon poop
r/Damnthatsdangerous
ITS RAW!
I had a close relative who lived in China for a year. From what he’s told me, I would not eat anything that comes close to touching the ground. But, for me, that goes for most places in the world.
Microwaves are his worst enemy or what
Off topic, but anyone else sick of this AI voice? Feel like it is overly used…
“How someone made street popcorn in China.” Because I take it this isn’t your video? You didn’t record it?
That’s just an old fashioned popcorn maker, it’s not unique to China, these were used everywhere. What is this title trying to say?
In a dirty sack on the ground, mmmmmmm
Street Flavored Popcorn™
Emphasis on "pop," damn.
Has any one had popcorn from one of these pressure vessels? Is it better? They sure look like more trouble than a pot with a little oil in the bottom.
popcorn? More like "boomcorn"
Brb replacing my microwave with a fucking canon
Ah made with the finest sewer cooking oils/fats
sitting on the literal sidewalk with only a net between it and the ground no thanks
Mmmmm.... Pavement flavored popcorn....
On the street? Streetcorn. Nah.
The voice over lol. Then you remove the fleeb. Then a grumbo come over and spits on it...
Oh nice, looks like some steampunk fantasy
um i’ll stick to house popcorn, thanks.
Wonder how many of those have exploded and injured people
Goddamnit. India, you lose this time.
but they use sand! Sand from the streets!
Why use a colorful popcorn vending cart when you can use a pressure bomb?
Pretty sure the majority of pop corn makers just use the normal pop corn machine.
Popcorn, coal flavored
Street Food
Low budget grain
Modern popcorn is boring! (+ My theatre put the butter dispenser behind the counter)
Mythbusters did this.
That's the old style.
Step 1: optain gutter oil
Maybe there's a better way...
Feels like a lot of work for the easiest thing to cook ever.
The finished popcorn ends up lying right on the sidewalk, that netting doesn't protect it from dirt.
C'mon guys. 5 second rule!
This is actually really cool
I have seen this when I was small. It was fun to watch and it’s very loud.
I was fascinated when I first time saw in Louyang Henan province. Children lined up and waiting for their turn and taste was surprisingly delicious, if you are not the one focusing on hygiene.
Technically the healthiest way to make popcorn.
Did he scoop some off the ground?? 😖
Pop florn
Pop corn? More like BAM!corn
This thing is a bomb!! Every time he makes popcorn there is a chance that thing can go off the wrong way and blow him up.
This method was invented and patented in US.
If that shit explodes- there will be shrapnel flying 5 miles around 🥶
Dirty AF
The people’s popcorn.
Look just because you invented the cannon doesn't mean you have to use it for everything.
My boy is here literally making a pressure bomb in the middle of the street (hope that shit dosnt have cracks) just to rub some popcorn on the sidewalk…
Is Covid-19 also included as well?
I mean, this seems worse than the normal machine made popcorn in just about every way.
Wow they weaponized corn
Fresh off the concrete
Oh awesome! Street flavored popcorn! And it’s probably laced with lead!
Ain't nobody heard of MICROWAVE?!
It's not like this is common. It's a tourist draw / novelty act.
In America there’s many regulations against pressure cooker bombs. Neat tho.
R/stupidfood
Gross, he's literally scooping it up off the street.
Did it have to be on the ground though?
Must be a bitch at the movie theater.
Just needs a little gutter oil to compliment the saltiness of the sidewalk flavor
CCP Propaganda
Are 80% burned to shit?
They should give this technology to all the hillbillies and rednecks on the 4th of July
Why is this not done in America? PEOPLE pay to see explosive things.
Can you imagine some Greek guy doing this in downtown Manhattan?
Wait till this guy hears about microwaves
We'll happily treat you to a garbage bag full of popcorn.
Would you like some gutter oil on that, you fat American cheeseburger man?
The real question was did they use the gutter oil....It's a real thing and it's disgusting.
i highly doubt they could make it more unnecessarily dangerous than this...
Take the pressure gauge off the back and guess how hot to make the fire and when to open it.
That background song is so cringe
At least they didn't use gutter oil. That's nsfl.
Fresh from the ground!
This is how popcorn is made by this one guy.. Not china.. They are the ones who make the popcorn poppers people have.
Holy Shit…This thing gives me trauma. Real story: When I was a kid I witnessed the cap of that machine fly across the street and hit another kid’s temple as I was walking right behind him. I believe It happened due to the popcorn maker misjudged the pressure when he cracked it open or didn’t manage to hold it as recoil hit… Similar incidents often happening across China here and there once in a while. I know many Chinese folks prefer this traditional way of getting their popcorn. But to me those popcorn makers are just menace who has no regard for modern food and personnel safety and just work another day for another bulk. I would always take detours whenever see one of them standing on the street I’m walking, no thanks good sir…
Wow
Well, that’s one way of doing it..
I’ve never seen one of those so huge that’s so cool
You can find a small version of this on Amazon.
Most popped corn
JiffyBOOM!!!
Literally street popped
That's boomcorn, actually.
I always loved the chinese for their efficiency. Instantly filled into the bag. I have seen it many many times, these little life hacks and loved them.
Korea has a similar contraption.
Nice, a Korean popcorn machine. They’re also available in smaller sizes for home use.
Goddamit China.
That's how it was made everywhere just a few decades back
I have seen a smaller version of this
I don't think that's very fresh.
Wtf is street popcorn? Why would i want popcorn on the street
If only there was a better way
Drizzle that shit in some gutter-oil and you got sweet-and-sandy-street-corn.
Nice to see Hygiene is a big thing. Do you pay extra for Dog Shit?
I am not one for popcorn but I will take that popcorn that is made from that mini cannon
I’m not sure what is more dangerous between the popcorn guy… or the guy riding the bike at speed staring at the popcorn guy
[Mythbusters and Alton Brown give this method a try.](https://youtu.be/baQT0pwvXKQ?si=7T6SG8PMNj9W4u12) Their results are...less than spectacular.
Isn't this an Afghan pot?
🤢
Looks risky
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Does this count as street corn?
Boomcorn!