I was looking at this question:
How do I butter popcorn without making it soggy?
And it got me wondering: is there any instance, either using melted butter for popcorn or in some other application, where simply melted but not clarified/rendered butter should be used?
Best Answer
Essentially clarified butter is butter that has all it's water and milk solids removed. All that is left is butterfat.
Pros and Cons of Clarified/Rendered butter:
Pros:
Cons:
With this information in mind, I will leave it to yourself to decide when you should and should not use clarified butter.