Who Needs A Popper?

My good friend Stephanie informed me the other day that it is possible to pop your own popcorn kernals in a paper bag in the microwave. Well, it seemed to make sense since that's what microwave popcorn is! So I set aside my popper and gave it a go.

I placed 1/4 cup of kernals in a paper bag, rolled the top and sealed it with a bit of masking tape. 1:15 later I had a fluffy bag of perfectly popped kernals. As you can see, the white bag may have started to burn where I folded it, so perhaps a brown bag would be best or don't fold the top more than once? Nonetheless it came out grand. So cool!