Popcorn memories

[badseed1980]

1. Reading the book Popcorn as a kid, and thinking that it reminded me of Strega Nona and the pasta pot that wouldn't stop cooking. :)

2. My mom always used The Popcorn Pot to make popcorn for years. This was a pot that she'd burnt popcorn in once, so the inside of it was rather charred and blackened. Didn't affect the taste of the popcorn, though. The knob on the lid of the pot was a little piece of broom handle my father had screwed on to replace the knob that fell off. My mom ate the popcorn in a hexagonal wooden bowl. She used to eat tons of popcorn before she went all Atkins-y.

3. When my mom and my sister and I used to go (with or without the day care kids my mom used to take care of) to the zoo, we'd bring a big paper grocery bag full of salted popcorn. We'd eat it ourselves and feed the animals. They'd probably yell at us for that nowadays, with good reason, but we had a great time.

4. Stringing popcorn and cranberries alternately to make Christmas tree garlands. The berries left juice all over my hands and the popcorn frequently broke, but they were pretty when they were done.

All this comes to mind because someone on my Flist mentioned eating popcorn, and then I got intrigued with tracking down the best way to make fat free or nearly fat free popcorn. :) Now I'm thinking of getting one of those special bowls you put in the microwave that don't require any oil to cook the popcorn kernels. Then I can season it as I like.

Comments

[leenah.livejournal.com]

i've got an old hot-air popper that i use. it trips the circuit breaker though. :) someday i think i should replace it.

[unferth.livejournal.com]

My family used to have an old-fashioned wire basket popcorn popper, suitable for use in the fireplace or over a gas burner. Great fun for a teenage boy, especially when you got it too close to the flames and ignited the already popped kernals.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

While I like the fire, I don't like the smell of burnt popcorn a BIT. Bleah!

[unferth.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they're fun but not really very practical. It's super-easy to burn it, and even when all goes well it's a lot more work.

[dbmyrrha.livejournal.com]

I use an air-popper, too. 100% fat free!

We used to make popcorn in a pot, as well. I definitely remember shaking that pot over the stove so none got burned...

[tisana.livejournal.com]

-I had both of those read to me in kindergarten...thank you for reminding me of nostalgic books.

-I used to love the air popper my dad had--I had one, but it became "stuff" when I really wasn't using it, so off it went to a friend.

-I think we did the popcorn-cranberry strands once when I was little (and probably too young to handle a needle)...like you said, pretty, but kind of a pain.

[brontosproximo.livejournal.com]

One of the reasons I fell in love with starfire91 is she agreed never to enslave me to make the cranberry and popcorn garland.

As a kid I stuck my fingers a million times and our tree always smelt like nasty old popcorn.

[brontosproximo.livejournal.com]

Then of course there was the time that the young cousin who was told to "keep his hands off the tree" was caught eating the popcorn off the tree with his hands carefully folded behind his back.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha!