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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on March 18, 2010, 04:59:36 PM
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Oh my.
Inchworm (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-15-10 11:33 AM
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Yet another thing noone told me about: popcorn
Dear lord! I was just looking for a new snack. I'd been doing peanuts, veggy pieces, cheese-its, and triscuits for so long I just got bored with them.
I saw I could buy a bag of popcorn (just corn) for 1/2 the price of a box of microwave popcorn.
LoL. I think that one bag may last me until the Rapture! I have already made enough popcorn to equal what I'd have gotten in a box of microwave popcorn and hardly put a dent in the stash.
What a frugal snack. Plus I get the benefit of adding freaky spices when I feel like playing.
Add cheyenne, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder when drinking beer
Add parmajohnny, wee bit of nutmeg when on the wine
I haven't found a good mix for homemade blackberry brandy. I may be reaching too high
How do you buy your popcorn, and how do you doctor it up?
kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-15-10 01:17 PM
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3. I used to just sprinkle mine with seasoned salt, but switched to cheddar popcorn sprinkles and love that just as much.
hippywife (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-15-10 06:47 PM
MRS. ALFRED PACKER
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4. Inchie! How old are you boy?
That's how we always popped it when I was a kid and then some. Microwave popcorn was unknown of, as were microwaves except for the wealthy.
Sadly, I haven't had any popcorn since my diverticulitis attack over a year ago now, I think. I miss it a lot. I used to love to eat it with melted butter and parmesan cheese. Also, salt, melted butter, and eat it with Rolos! Oh, yum! I miss my popcorn.
Oh, yeah. I forgot about that.
Mrs. Alfred Packer for a while there had a diverted intestine.
japple (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-15-10 06:58 PM
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5. My Dad used an old stove-top popcorn popper that he got many, many years ago, and we still use it now, along with his recipe: Corn oil, Orville Reddenbacher White Popping Corn. Pop the corn until done, then add salt.
Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-15-10 07:13 PM
THE SPARKLING HUSBAND PRIMITIVE, #05 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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6. StinkyJr I is our expert
Since he no longer lives here I can't recall all his variations, but my favorite was butter and Old Bay.
Warpy (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-15-10 07:58 PM
THE DEFROCKED WARPED PRIMITIVE, #09 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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7. I really can't eat that microwave stuff, even the "light" is way too salty
so I do corn the old fashioned way in a pot on top of the stove, a little safflower oil, a few drips of real butter and a small sprinkle of salt at the end.
You're right about being able to play. Nutritional yeast is a great additive, gives your popcorn a cheesy flavor. Add a little chile powder to kit for a kick.
Popcorn is a great snack if you control the fat and salt. Microwave popcorn is total dreck.
surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Mon Mar-15-10 10:07 PM
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8. If you don't already do this ...
... you should store that popcorn in the freezer. It keeps better, and pops better.
I usually pop mine in a combination of oil and butter (it takes some oil to keep the butter from burning). That way it tastes buttery without any wet spots.
TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-16-10 12:11 AM
THE PRIMITIVE FULL OF BEANS
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9. Try replacing some of that excessively healthy oil with,,,
bacon drippings when you pop.
And, if you have some butter, marshmallows, chocolate, and a double boiler (OK, you can use the microwave) there's all kinds of incredibly sticky, messy treats you can come up with.
(Microwave popcorn is the first sign of the fall of civilization. Air-popped isn't too far behind.)
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-16-10 03:01 AM
DOUG'S EX-WIFE, #03 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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10. You can make your own microwave popcorn with a small brown lunch bag.
I fill it and fold it just like the prepared stuff and just use a little tape on both sides. But you can't use the same bag twice unless you need to start a fire.
Inchworm (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-16-10 05:02 PM
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21. Cool
No oil?
EFerrari (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-16-10 08:10 PM
DOUG'S EX-WIFE, #03 TOP PRIMITIVE OF 2009
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25. I don't use it but you can use oil or a little melted butter.
I wouldn't put M&Ms in there.
Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-16-10 04:32 AM
THE GARLIC-HOARDING PRIMITIVE
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11. If you're mixing it with blackberry brandy, try popping it with zataar and coriander in the oil..
Just a thought.
Paper Roses (821 posts) Tue Mar-16-10 10:57 AM
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12. Love the Amish popcorn. Tiny, white kernels with great flavor.
My family from Indiana send me a bag every so often. I can also buy it retail here at Williams-Sonoma but I am not sure how old the stock is. Anyone know an on-line source where I can buy this Amish popcorn?
Would never have given it much thought but my family in Indy is moving here soon--my source will be gone.
Popcorn in great!
The empressof all (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-16-10 09:16 PM
THE IMPERIOUS PRIMITIVE
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26. When I'm feeling like I want something off the regular food plan
I pop the pop corn in a paper bag (in the microwave) While it's still hot Add melted butter and chocolate chips or Raisinettes and shake that bag up a bit. I put Kosher Salt in the bag before I pop the corn so I get that sweet and salty thing going on.
WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Wed Mar-17-10 06:37 PM
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31. organic popcorn here with nutritional yeast as a flavoring...salty, nutty and nutritious.
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Why do they have to **** everything up? Just put real butter on it with a little salt.
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Well, to someone with the normal sensibilities of a decent and civilized person, that thread offers a lot to get sick over. First, there is no such thing as v***y. As any sickeningly cute, smarmily clever person knows, it's v****e. Secondly, the OP has hit a new low with his nauseous, cute version of the word "parmesan". It's so bad I cannot include it, even with stars. Thirdly, just thinking about "organic popcorn with nutritional yeast" gives me a queasy stomach. And finally, where do these DUmmies get off slandering Orville Redenbacher's microwave popcorn? For my money, it's one of the great advances of civilization, on a par with the discovery of penicillin.
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We like Act II with butter. :popcorn:
All their natural food. :whatever:
They have to dress it up because it probably tastes like those cedar chips we have in our landscape. :-)
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This person forgot about actual popcorn??
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For my money, it's one of the great advances of civilization, on a par with the discovery of penicillin.
:cheersmate:
That reminds of when my son was doing a school report and asked everyone "What the single greatest invention in your life time?"
I said "the microwave oven". Found out later the little shit wrote down- "the wheel."
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WHAT THE ****?!?!
Nutritional Yeast??
Why in HELL did I get a vision of a DUmmy and her gynecologist's scrapings????????????????
It's time to start the killings!
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Jesus, there are some dense people out there. Is microwave popcorn more expensive? Better believe it. Then again, Jiffy Pop stovetop stuff wasn't exactly cheap back in the day.
But then again, I put in a bag, turn the microwave on, and 3 minutes later, viola! And no greasy dishes, pots, or pans to clean up afterwards.
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"cheyenne"? Wyoming on popcorn?
Orville Redenbacher's Movie Butter popcorn, with a bit of extra butter and some salt.....chased with mini York Peppermint Patties. Calories, cholesterol, fat grams and chemicals - what can I say? :-)
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WHAT THE ****?!?!
Nutritional Yeast??
Why in HELL did I get a vision of a DUmmy and her gynecologist's scrapings????????????????
It's time to start the killings!
I too, put nutritional yeast on my popcorn. I won't eat it any other way! :popcorn:
Of course, I also use seven tablespoons of butter for a gallon-sized container (by volume) of popcorn.
My wife says I will die of a heart attack before I am 30. :blah:
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No mention of Jiffy Pop? That was one of the major technological breakthroughs of my childhood.
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No mention of Jiffy Pop? That was one of the major technological breakthroughs of my childhood.
That was our version of microwave popcorn without the microwave.
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Tue Mar-16-10 04:32 AM
THE GARLIC-HOARDING PRIMITIVE
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11. If you're mixing it with blackberry brandy, try popping it with zataar and coriander in the oil..
Richard, I know you're just showing off, but it's za'atar. By the time the oil is hot enough to pop corn, this stuff would be a burned, bitter, blackened mess. (It's middle eastern dried herbs with sesame seeds, you dip bread into EVOO first then dip into this stuff. It looks like marijuana).
I didn't know that offending word used by the OP, so I'm glad Gobucks cleared that up before I had to ask. OP is a tool.
debk, you beat me to it RE Wyoming. :-)
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Yeast on popcorn??? :puke: These idiots could eff up boiling water for cripe's sake! You want yeast? Eat a piece of bread, ya morons!! :thatsright:
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Does anybody know what "natural yeast" tastes like? (That's a serious question, for those of you who were wondering... :tongue:)
I use Fleishman's when making bread dough...but I don't stick my finger in the packet to do a taste test first. :whatever:
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Yet another thing noone told me about: popcorn
Okay, I want to know who this "noone" character is! I've seen him/her/it many times over at the island, yet when I search, I cannot find a profile! Heh!
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Does anybody know what "natural yeast" tastes like? (That's a serious question, for those of you who were wondering... :tongue:)
I use Fleishman's when making bread dough...but I don't stick my finger in the packet to do a taste test first. :whatever:
Just the smell of it will put permanent wrinkles in your getty-up! Why would anyone want to taste it?