[Avodah] popcorn

[Ben Waxman]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:10:13PM +0300, Eli Turkel wrote [to Areivim]:
> heard that R. Lior allows popcorn on Pesach for ashkenazim as long as it
> dry since only oil and not water is used in the process
 
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 04:02:18PM -0400, Micha Berger wrote [also
to Areivim]:
> I thought the parallel was between qitinyos and chametz, not qitniyos
> and grain. IOW, qitniyos is itself an issue, not wet qitniyos.

> In any case, another snif lehaqeil -- the inclusion of corn in the
> minhag is itself iffy. I wonder if RDL would say the same if we were
> popping peas.

Not just popcorn:

quote from his "Shoot" Devar Chevron on Orach Chaim: Siman 499: (my
translation as people told me that the Hebrew didn't come out)

All kitniyot, which do not come in contact with water during the food
preparation process, either by being roasted (for example home roasting
(without water) sunflower seeds, corn, etc) or by using oil in such a
way that it doesn't sit or contact water... is not prohibited, since
the tafeil can not be more strict than the ikkar.

Ben