I love popcorn. Air popped popcorn. With REAL butter. And some salt. I always wanna try putting sugar on it - I hear they like it that way in France (and maybe they put mayonnaise on it, I don't know), but stick-in-the-mud-never-try-new-stuff-husband never lets me try it.And my kids love popcorn (must be genetic). Starting at 9 am everyday, they start asking me to make it. I don't know why, but I don't give in. 9 am seems too early for popping corn, don't you think?
Maybe 10:30 ish.
What I don't like is when my popcorn loving/requesting kids get into the pantry and some stupid moron has not ziplocked the Ziploc popcorn kernel sack and they grab the bag by the bottom (according to Murphy's law, I'm sure) and spill unpopped popcorn kernels all over the kitchen floor. One child will work to spread them as far and wide as possible, while the other tries to cram them down her tiny throat. And those little suckers hurt to step on.
Why do I never wear shoes?
Oh, but the worst part is yet to come: knowing that I had swept the floor just minutes before the devastating spill, I felt fully validated to put all the popcorn back in the bag and Ziploc it up for later popping. It's like $2 a bag, so you can see what a cheapy cheap cheapskate I am.
So, if you come over YOU might want to avoid the popcorn. As for me, I don't mind ... it gets cooked.
Kind of.
Would you eat it?
(Tune in tomorrow when I report on my first ever, real live, professional, 1 hour massage. Having a days long headache has propelled me to desperate measures. And her name is Brandi ... somehow that helps with my "I don't like to be touched by strangers" thing.)
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For outstanding popcorn try putting a little butter (about 1/3 as much as you normally would) Then add olive oil, salt and here's the kicker, Parmesan Cheese (The dry kind you sprinkle on pasta). This blog is making me crave it right now......In fact it's all I can think of. Gotta get some.
I love it. That is so funny, of course it happens right after you swept the floor-why would anyone spill anything on a floor that needs a good sweeping? That's beyond the point.
I especially loved when you described one spreading them out, and the other shoving them down their throat. Ah, I totally relate. :)
Popcorn is a whole grain. We have it for breakfast sometimes -- with the butter, and the salt. I give the kids a cup of milk and heck, it must be better than sugary cereal right?
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