Gourmet Popping Corn

Jack is a HUGE popcorn aficionado. The boy simply cannot watch TV or a movie without begging for some. A long time ago - regular readers may remember - Stephanie taught me how to make "real" non-microwaved popcorn, in a pot over the stove. I promptly forgot how to do it, though. At my last shopping trip to the organic mart, I picked up a couple bags of organic kernels, since of course that's the only type they have. Fine by me. Waaay cheaper this way! We finally ran out of my stockpile of the microwave stuff over the weekend, so I had to check wiki-how, or something, for directions. They told me to use a pan. I used a pan. I should have stuck with Stephanie's instructions to use a big pot!

 

All went swimmingly at first. Silence, then one by one, the kernels started pop-pop-popping underneath the lid.

Soon, though I was holding it down, the popcorn was exploding out from under the lid and flying all over the kitchen! It was bouncing off the ceiling, off the walls, off the fridge, off the counters, and landing every-damn-where!! Jack ran in and was in hysterics, laughing and shrieking for the dog to come in and eat it off the floor! It was pretty freaking hilarious. I only had one big bowl ready but really needed two, so somehow with all that going on, I had to dig around for another one!

Jack wanted his plain, and Sophia wanted hers buttered and salted, so I melted some butter that the dairy delivered last week with our milk and lightly salted hers. Delicious! When Chloë came home, she finished it all and declared it positively yummy. Yup, we'll stick with this method, though Mommy has learned a few tricks!

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In other news, when we haven't been driving Chloë to camp, rushing Rob to the ER, or spending entire days trying not to get sunburned at the pool, I've been working morning, noon and night on the new blog, Fishing and Wishing. Have you checked it out yet? We have some really cool giveaways right now, including:

this silver "twig" ring, and

these funky dolls... so go check it out, enter to win some fun stuff, and stay tuned! I have LOTS more coming up, and I don't want you to miss it!

Fin. 

 

Comments

[Smellyann]

Well, did it go away?

 

I tried to make popcorn again for July 4th and burned the hell out of it in the process. Aack. Kids were bummed. LOL

~melanie

[Naomi]

we have a popcorn maker, one of those that you put oil in, dump the kernels in and let the machine move the kernels around. it works better than the hot air machine we broke and couldn't find a replacement for. we do have to watch how much popcorn we put in because once it gets too full of popped corn the remaining kernels won't pop. it tastes much better than hot air and is tons better than microwave popcorn.

now i've got a craving. i wonder if it'll go away before i get home.

[Tamsin]

Mmmm... buttery pop corn... You're making me hungry!