About an hour ago I realized I had a sweet tooth, but I reckoned there was nothing already-made nor easy-to-make, so I figured I would have to just ignore it. Then shortly later I was scrolling through the feed, when what did I spy but the (original) title to THIS hot mess dance party.
And with that, inspiration struck like lightening. And I absolutely had to act upon it before walking through the door. Unfortunately it got even hotter than I expected, as the whole thing was shut down by the time I got sat back down and read page 1 of replies!!!!
But that won't usually happen of course. So if ever you should find yourself thusly inspired, and ordinary popcorn simply will not do, I got you Baby, just follow these easy steps.
Gurlcat's Fisher Price Easy Kettle Corn
*1/4 C. veg. oil (any will do, but the Orville Reddenbacher's butter flavor is made for the high heat and tastes heavenly).
*1/2 C. popping corn (same parenthetical -the O.R. pops big and fluffy and yields way fewer burnt "old maids" -by the way does anybody else call them that, or was it just a thing my parents made up?)
1/4 C. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
Get out your good big pot with a lid, pour in the oil, put on HIGH heat. Plop in 3 corn kernels. Get your other ingredients ready because things are about to move fast. -When all 3 of those kernels have popped, pour in your sugar, salt, and corn. Stir around a bit with a wooden spoon, then get that lid on! -Every few seconds, making sure the lid is securely on, pick that puppy up and shake the tar out of it. -You let it sit too long and you're gonna have ...well ..... tar. Keep up this sequence until there's 5 or 6-second gaps between pops, just like the microwave kind.
Et voila! Note: It's gonna look 'dry" but even the kernels with no obvious glaze are still faboulously sweet and salty perfection.
To heck with the popcorn, where did you get the fabulous jadeite pitcher??
I'm missing that from my life!
At a local antique shop for $15. It was yet another thing I bought without looking up Solds because it seemed like such a great deal it just HAD to be highly profitable on eBay. Turned out nope, the amount of profit would not meet my acceptance level for risk with shipping glass, nor trump how much I would enjoy just having it to look at while washing dishes.
It is actually a measuring cup .... but a very counterintuitive one, lol. -No spout, no measurement lines on the inside and totally opaque from the outside unless you hold it up in front of a bright light (then you lose your eye-level meniscus accuracy). And why a lid?? -Well that's where it gets most hilarious. Apparently it is also a "spoon" quantity measuring vessel ... but .... those markings are on the inside, but printed backwards as if you're supposed to read them from the outside ..... but to even do that, you must turn the lid rim-DOWN. 🤣. Oh and what is a "desert" spoon? I've never even heard of the desSert spoon measurement, never mind one for sand and tumbleweeds.
Thus far the only time I've used it was for serving Hollandaise sauce, to keep it warm and not form a skin on top like it usually does immediately.
