Popcorn. I like it. My sister does not.
My parents used to buy bags of Strawberry Popcorn Kernels and give them to us.
In Durand, Illinois. It was not strawberry flavored but red kernels like these pictured below.
I don’t care for microwave popcorn. I bought these two types at Soergel Orchards
Meet Shanna Gibbs at her booth Can We Get It Poppin (click for link on IG).
Sweet and salty popcorn for sale.
I didn’t have a pen to write down her name spelled correctly but she told me it’s easy to remember it’s Shhhh…Anna. Got it!
AND guess what!? She’s a knitter!
Enough to inform my taste buds that this product wasn’t for me.
Not sure what Steve thought when he saw it in the store.
We like eating stuffing at Thanksgiving. Just not as the flavor for popcorn.
Plain popcorn with plain salt, cooked on top of the stove. Real butter on rare occasions.
My preference.
Do you like popcorn?
I mean I saw this bag of Unikorn on a sale shelf at Tj Maxx and wasn’t even tempted
From the archives
I had no idea that popcorn has been around as long as the following entry says–
“Archaeologists discovered that people have known about popcorn for thousands of years. In Mexico, for example, remnants of popcorn have been found that date circa 3600 BC. Fossil evidence from Peru suggests that corn was popped as early as 4700 BC.” Wikipedia
Popcorn. Yes or No?
Popcorn & Pink Lady apple slices in Pyrex Bowl
In the kitchen-
We wait for water to boil,
the tea to steep,
our coffee to brew,
butter to melt,
the dough to rise,
a cake to bake,
and water to freeze into cubes.
ONE more Waiting post
People at Work series. Sunday morning at Fleatique-Tarentum PA,
A former colleague, Jen, called yesterday evening to see if I wanted to go to Fleatique and I’d never been. Jen’s been going since her daughter was in a stroller and she’s now headed to High School in the fall.
Meet Dustin Hall. Two Korny Kettle Korn.
You’ll find him at Festivals, Fund Raisers, Arts and Craft Shows, Car Shows, Bazaars and Charity Events. He gets the kettles from a place in Ohio and he told me they are not old as I thought. It’s hot work. His son and daughter help him at his booth.
Thanks Dustin for allowing me to photograph the making of the kettle korn today.
I like the title of the challenge in this time of year when the days are growing shorter. We’re asked to show the light source in our photos.
Just today I saw a box with a HAPPY LIGHT for sale, to ward off the season’s darkness and the impact it can have on your mood.
At school I teach about the different sources of light, manmade and natural. There are so many different types of light.
Here are some examples of photos showing a variety of light sources.
Moonlight in Ohio Backyard
Bonfire in Virginia
Candles at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fireworks at Saint Rocco’s Festival Pittsburgh PA
Popcorn Neon at Kennywood Amusement Park
Birthday candles- Laura covering the boys mouth so they don’t help blow them out!
Erika’s Angel Lava Lamp last Christmas
Wedding Lanterns Somerset PA
Jack July Fourth with Sparklers
My DIL bought Non-GMO Organic popcorn in the bulk section of Whole Foods for $2 a pound.
The family hasn’t eaten popcorn on family movie night for more than a year. Since my mom hailed from Illinois we had popcorn when I was growing up- apples and milk on Sunday nights. At Christmas my parents gave bags of strawberry popcorn kernels grown in Durand, Illinois and it was so tender and good.
I know popcorn isn’t the snack food of choice for many and isn’t eaten or popular in some places.
My sister missed the popcorn gene and doesn’t care for it and I don’t remember my dad eating it except when my mom coated it with molasses syrup cooked up until it spun a thread. (not very often) I know I don’t care for microwave popcorn. Have to make it on the stovetop.
Tonight while visiting the family, I made the first batch for the grandkids, opening the brown paper bag and finding a variety of colors and sizes of popcorn kernels.
It was so inviting. My phone was handy.
Tried to catch it popping but didn’t get past the second kernel exploding. I used a larger pan than I would at my own home, more like a pasta pot.
A single kernel bursts open
the second kernel burst. then it was get that lid on quick!
Look at the variety of colors. No butter on it to make it that yellow. Just plain.
Maura age 4 1/2 photographed Grandma, using the phone as I took the popcorn off the stove.
What I used to cook the popcorn. A generous tablespoon melted on medium high heat. About 3/4 c of popcorn. I stirred the kernels with a wooden spatula so it wouldn’t burn.
It was a fun time and the house smelled fragrant. Only one out of four grandchildren wanted salt on it! I thought that was interesting.
With what snack do you like to treat yourself??