Shouldn't have taken a chance on this, kernels started burning right away, I could smell it. There was a little popcorn that popped, but it tasted stale. I tried to check date on this product but I couldn't see the date because of where it's printed. I don't know what's going on with this product, hadn't had it in years. 10/15/26: I had a second one that I tried again and it came out perfect, didn't burn and didn't taste stale. The package says to set flame to medium, I did that the first time, but not the second time. I set it to low, I turned flame up a little higher when foil part started to expand. When the popping stopped and foil had expanded fully expanded, I turned off heat. I opened it and popcorn was fully popped and not burnt. I used a gas stove. Pop corn was delicious, just like I remember it to be.