National Popcorn Day

Jan 19, 2013 by pearsonsprogress    5 Comments    Posted under: food

Today January 19th is National Popcorn Day! Fun eh? On average, every American consumes 52 quarts of popcorn per year. It seems as though we always have a bowl of this treat on the counter and we even like it a day old. John just pops a bowl in the microwave.

Perhaps some clarification is needed here… We don’t eat microwaved popcorn. Sure, we’ll eat it if that’s what we have been given, but we prefer the freshly popped corn that I make on top of the stop. The flavor is so much better.  It”s also a lot cheaper…that’s always a plus for us.

Here are some must haves for us:

1. heat the pan with corn or sunflower oil, then add the popcorn
2. when done, use real butter, not margarine
3. use butter & salt or any other spice… like red pepper flakes (a favorite), curry,  garam masala, etc.  I often add the red pepper flakes to the hot oil, add the popcorn right away, give it a shake every few minutes.

It’s cheaper than just about any other snack food and full of fiber.

Tags: popcorn, snacks

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  Rebekah January 20, 2013 at 9:12 pm

  I agree – REAL butter only! There’s such a huge taste difference between butter and margarine.

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    pearsonsprogress January 21, 2013 at 2:48 pm

    yeah…. it’s the only way to go!! Marg is not very tasty.

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  Jesseka January 21, 2013 at 2:31 pm

  here’s something fun- I found a new kind of popcorn called mushroom or mushroom flake. It pops up round (I use an air popper) and is perfect for caramel corn because of its shape.

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    pearsonsprogress January 21, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    wow… is that how you made the caramel corn you sent to us???? that was amazing!!

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  John January 26, 2013 at 4:54 am

  It’s one of the few corny things in this world that can be fully appreciated.

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