Popcorn

[mrshoperose]

This is just a silly thread to talk about (and maybe throw around) popcorn!

 

[mrshoperose]

So.....

How do you like your popcorn?

-buttery?
-kettle korn?
-plain?
-extra extra buttery?
-not at all?
-etc....

 

[mrshoperose]

Ooookaaay........

Maybe I should get this started...

My absolute favorite type of popcorn is kettle korn, but it has to be prepared a certain way.

-buy the kettle korn microwavable popcorn
-take off the plastic wrapper
-put it in the microwave the correct way
-nuke it for about 2 minutes and 27 seconds (that way it is slightly overdone)
-take it out
-immediately put it into a bowl (so it doesn't get completely burnt)
-enjoy!

 

[DaSeminarian]

I like it extra salty with lots of Butter. Just like the movies. I also like it a day later if there is any left when it is just touch on the stale side.

 

[DaRev]

I like mine with just enough butter and salt for flavor. Too much drowns it.

I also like caramel corn.

 

[BakaFidelis]

I only like movie popcorn. Anywhere else and it just doesn't taste right.

I don't mind it being loaded with salt/butter/flavorings as long as I have a nice drink handy. I would say beer, but 1) that to me would taste awful with popcorn and 2) people are going to start thinking I am an alcoholic and 3) it usually isn't served in theatres. Soooo... How about Root Beer?!?! heh

Of the many flavorings, I like Ranch or White Chedder the best. Better if blended. (the powdered mix, not blending the popcorn D'oh!)

 

[LilLamb219]

I like the 100 calorie microwaveable packs from Orville Redenbacher!

I also LOVE Kettle Corn, but only the kind you buy at the festivals.

Movie popcorn can be good, but sometimes there is just too much salt (and I can't stand the extra butter my daughter wants on it! Ew!).

 

[mrshoperose]

My family never has money to go out to movies, and if we did splurge, we never bought popcorn! So, I have no idea what movie popcorn tastes like.

 

[porterross]

I like mine with just enough butter and salt for flavor. Too much drowns it.

I also like caramel corn.

Agreed. STOP IT!!!!!

 

[mrshoperose]

Agreed. STOP IT!!!!!

Stop what?

 

[BakaFidelis]

My family never has money to go out to movies, and if we did splurge, we never bought popcorn! So, I have no idea what movie popcorn tastes like.

We don't really either. We wait three to five months until it comes out in the cheap seats ($2 tickets) and the popcorn is a deal. We paid $20 to buy a plastic pail. Now whenever we go, we can refill it for free for the whole year.

*stuffs movie popcorn into an envelope and mashes it down, wraps tape around it multiple times and sends to Hope*

 

[mrshoperose]

We don't really either. We wait three to five months until it comes out in the cheap seats ($2 tickets) and the popcorn is a deal. We paid $20 to buy a plastic pail. Now whenever we go, we can refill it for free for the whole year.

*stuffs movie popcorn into an envelope and mashes it down, wraps tape around it multiple times and sends to Hope*

Where do you live?!

We don't have anything like that here!

(At least, not that I know of!)

 

[BakaFidelis]

Where do you live?!

We don't have anything like that here!

(At least, not that I know of!)

Saginaw Michigan. At least for now anyway

 

[mrshoperose]

Saginaw Michigan. At least for now anyway

I live in Washington, near Tacoma.

 

[filosofer]

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Simpler the better. I do like lightly buttered, lightly salted - but no flavorings other than that, none, zip, nada. Given the right popcorn, I would just as soon do without the salt and butter.

When we first went to the movies (mid 1950's), my mother would pop popcorn for us to take and eat there - we could barely afford the 10 cent admission, and we could only go about once every 4-5 months.

She also popped popcorn for us to take to football games, basketball games, hockey games.... We couldn't afford anything else. I remember when my father finally made $3,000 for the entire year, and we could actually buy pop at a sports event - only one, though.

Saturday nights in the 1950's was for watching Saturday Night Boxing (Floyd Patterson, etc.). My mother made popcorn and she made a fudge with peanut butter and oatmeal. Oh, that brings back memories. My mother always put popcorn in a bowl and poured milk on it. For her it was a kind of desert, ... left over habit from the Depression. It was alright, but I didn't really care for it. But when you think about it, corn cereals aren't much different.

Yep, plain old popcorn.

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[BakaFidelis]

I live in Washington, near Tacoma.

Interestingly enough, I have been there. When I was like 5. My brother and his family lived there when he was stationed there for the Army.

I remember nothing of it except there were fire ants under the porch and they hurt! O.O

 

[mrshoperose]

Interestingly enough, I have been there. When I was like 5. My brother and his family lived there when he was stationed there for the Army.

I remember nothing of it except there were fire ants under the porch and they hurt! O.O

There are a lot of trees.

 

[filosofer]

I live in Washington, near Tacoma.

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I have some cousins that live there. We visited Tacoma a few times (first time was in 1956, a little before your time ). Then again in 1959, 1964, and my uncle's funeral in 1974.
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[mrshoperose]

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Simpler the better. I do like lightly buttered, lightly salted - but no flavorings other than that, none, zip, nada. Given the right popcorn, I would just as soon do without the salt and butter.

When we first went to the movies (mid 1950's), my mother would pop popcorn for us to take and eat there - we could barely afford the 10 cent admission, and we could only go about once every 4-5 months.

She also popped popcorn for us to take to football games, basketball games, hockey games.... We couldn't afford anything else. I remember when my father finally made $3,000 for the entire year, and we could actually buy pop at a sports event - only one, though.

Saturday nights in the 1950's was for watching Saturday Night Boxing (Floyd Patterson, etc.). My mother made popcorn and she made a fudge with peanut butter and oatmeal. Oh, that brings back memories. My mother always put popcorn in a bowl and poured milk on it. For her it was a kind of desert, ... left over habit from the Depression. It was alright, but I didn't really care for it. But when you think about it, corn cereals aren't much different.

Yep, plain old popcorn.

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I've never heard of popcorn and milk...

Sounds...interesting...

Didn't it get all soggy and shriveled up? That's what happens if I make homemade popcorn and pour melted butter on it.

 

[mrshoperose]

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I have some cousins that live there. We visited Tacoma a few times (first time was in 1956, a little before your time ). Then again in 1959, 1964, and my uncle's funeral in 1974.
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How old were you when you first visited?