For some odd reason, popcorn is one of my favorite foods. I think it is because it has sentimental value to me.
When my sisters and I were little, my mom refused to get a microwave. It wasn't like we couldn't afford one. My mom had a moral objection. She is a great mother, and was afraid they would cause cancer or something. So for the longest time my mom made popcorn the old-fashion way- on the stove! No matter how hard I try, it never tastes as good when I try to make it on the stove. But then again, nothing ever tastes as good as your mom made it. In an effort to save money, my mom used to "smuggle" this popcorn into the movie theater in brown paper bags! At the time, I was embarrassed and thought the movie theater popcorn looked and smelled SO much better than the homemade kind. Looking back, I really miss those days!
My mom's mother, on the other hand, was ahead of her time and had one of those new-fangled microwave thing-a-majigs! It was such a treat for my sisters and I when we visited my grandparents and had microwave popcorn. My little old Italian grandmother would sit with us and turn the kernels of popped corn into animals and other shapes. Those are the fondest memories I have of my grandparents- sitting around their kitchen table and entertaining ourselves with a bag of microwave popcorn.
My mom's sister, my Aunt Paula, used to make popcorn balls around the holidays in December. Every Christmas Day, we would munch on them while opening gifts. She sends them to me every year on my birthday,
When my sisters and I were little, my mom refused to get a microwave. It wasn't like we couldn't afford one. My mom had a moral objection. She is a great mother, and was afraid they would cause cancer or something. So for the longest time my mom made popcorn the old-fashion way- on the stove! No matter how hard I try, it never tastes as good when I try to make it on the stove. But then again, nothing ever tastes as good as your mom made it. In an effort to save money, my mom used to "smuggle" this popcorn into the movie theater in brown paper bags! At the time, I was embarrassed and thought the movie theater popcorn looked and smelled SO much better than the homemade kind. Looking back, I really miss those days!
My mom's mother, on the other hand, was ahead of her time and had one of those new-fangled microwave thing-a-majigs! It was such a treat for my sisters and I when we visited my grandparents and had microwave popcorn. My little old Italian grandmother would sit with us and turn the kernels of popped corn into animals and other shapes. Those are the fondest memories I have of my grandparents- sitting around their kitchen table and entertaining ourselves with a bag of microwave popcorn.
My mom's sister, my Aunt Paula, used to make popcorn balls around the holidays in December. Every Christmas Day, we would munch on them while opening gifts. She sends them to me every year on my birthday,
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mmmmmm popcorn
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