·Seniors don’t dare to do this. When I was in college, I did this with my roommate. It was good and I made a lot of money, haha.
Back to business. In fact, it’s not difficult at all:
1. Prepare the materials. According to LZ’s preparation, you need to prepare some additional things:
A. More than 2 small rice baskets. Go to the supermarket or market to buy it. It costs less than a few yuan. It is best to buy the kind made of bamboo strips. It is mainly used to hold hot popcorn that has just come out of the pan. If you put it directly into the bag, it will rot.
B plastic bag. What’s popcorn without a bag? If you want to increase the sense of sales, replace the plastic bags with paper bags. The disadvantage of paper bags is that the cost is a bit higher, but there are also many advantages. The first is that they are clean, the second is that they feel good and students like them, and the third is that the popcorn capacity of paper bags is actually much less than that of plastic bags.
C pot. Don’t you know that LZ’s pot is ordinary? That won't work. I need a modified version of the pressure cooker. I bought a second-hand pot directly from a local resident. I don't know where to buy a first-hand one. You can also buy a second-hand one online. It looks like an ordinary pressure cooker with a rotatable lid.
D Staple food ingredients. The main item is corn kernels, which are very expensive to buy in supermarkets. Go to a grain store to buy some. The place where I go to school is relatively remote. There are grain stores, but I don’t know where they are in the city. There are only 3 main ingredients, creamer and saccharin. and cooking oil
E small spoon. This is for adding ingredients, buy a larger one and adjust it according to the size of your pot.
2. Production method.
It’s really simple. Heat the cooking oil in the pot, add corn kernels, cover the lid and stir for a while with the handle on the lid, then add saccharin and creamer. Don't be reluctant to put them away, the taste of popcorn depends entirely on these two. Then continue stirring for more than 5 minutes, pay attention to the sound of the corn in the pot blooming, and it will be ready after another 3 minutes or so.
I became familiar with the heat after trying it twice.
3. The location of the stall.
The best thing is near the university, especially the kind of university town far away from the city. There are many couples, but there is no such thing as butter popcorn. I still like this kind of popcorn that is cheap, plentiful and tastes good.
4. Make money.
One pot (mine is relatively small) can be sold in 2 batches, half a pot costs 5 yuan, and one pot only costs 10 yuan, which can fit into 2 medium-sized plastic bags. Of course, the price depends on your arrangement. If there is no competition, it doesn’t matter if the price is higher.
When I was in school, no students could do these things freely, so our business was still good. Regarding the meager pocket money for school, this small investment has a direct return.
Wish LZ success