I love popcorn - Discussions, questions

rohini moon Barbecue popcorn..

Rosincvist What about going to Theatre Twenty Mega-plex for dripping sticky uriny butter flavoured popcorn

Sunnyshadow I love popcorn too. More than anyone I know, by a long shot.

I´m a purist though. No microwave junk. I make it on the stove with vegetable oil. Then salt. Lately started adding melted butter, but not a necessity

Also just started trying crisco instead of vegetable oil. Too early to tell if I like it better, but so far it´s pretty good.

There was a time when I ate popcorn 3 or 4 times a week. Something about it I just love. My parents had a popcorn maker when I was a child and it must have left an impression 😄

Fernandooo

rohini moon » Sunnyshadow Yes !! Another popcorn enthusiast

I have a popcorn maker!! Organic popcorn only I forgot to mention, and yep the maker is the best bc you can make however much you want - the amount of two bags at a time? Why not

rohini moon » Oracomentisus Have some popcorn today :)

rohini moon » Fernandooo Swimming in the popcorn 🍿

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POPCORN

OS* I love popcorn! one of my favourite foods

rohini moon » OS*

Aren Levi popcorn is cool and quite healthy

but potato chips are the real deal

rohini moon » Aren Levi i agree, chips are yummy! i totally am a "snack" person - but rather savory, not sweet.

if i do chips, i like the tortilla chips & salsa..

Catch-22 Carb bomb... But I do enjoy the salty ones, alas not available in other tastes than sweet or salt over here.


I´ll try to snack as much as vegetables as possible. Chick peas with smoked paprika and cumin in the air fryer are on the edge as that.

OS* » Catch-22 Yum!! that chick pea snack sounds amazing

Catch-22 » OS* It´s not that difficult, try it. Fried chick peas are easy as fuck, especially if you have an airfryer...

Contain carbs too though...

rohini moon » Catch-22 Chick peas are great. Lately I´ve been making my own homemade hummus at home, best decision ever

On top of that I also started making my own homemade coffee creamer. They stopped carrying the only one left I did drink, so I just decided to start DIYing it - my own cinnamon coffee creamer. All organic ingredients, filled up in a mason jar, more bang for your buck too.

Catch-22 » rohini moon DIYing is always better, but in the end it costs time.

I can make my own pasta (tagliatelli) but that takes ages.
I can make my own saitan, but that takes ages.
I do make my own kombucha, but harvest after 2 weeks.
I do make my own milk kefir, but it´s a mess to clean up each day.
I do make my own sauerkraut (hey, I live next to Germany) but it takes 7 weeks and a lot of work.
I can make my own soy milk, but that takes ages.

You get the idea.

But when you take a food product and look at the label, they all are processed foods with a lot of additives. So is it worth to make your own. Hell yeah. It´s only the time...

rohini moon » Catch-22 We already make our own sauerkraut. Aged up to 10 days plus so far was absolute best, but it could go longer, obviously - just haven´t had much of a reason to wait weeks - I know that they do say 14-21 days are near perfect - and if you store it in the right area, its just fine, plus using high quality ingredients ensures you´ll get good flavor development.... but fermented food is incredibly good for your digestive health. And I love cabbage anyway.

I personally love it, good for Martian types to consume. Add some garlic in it for an even higher dose of health benefits.

Ooh, rice pudding too. I love it homemade!!

Catch-22 » rohini moon That´s a bit short, 10 days. I always leave it at least 7 weeks. Just ate some raw this noon from exactly 2 months old and still not completely "ready". I keep it one week at room temperature and the rest of the time it goes into the cellar. Maybe you keep it at room temperature and it becomes "ready" much faster?

I agree on the fermented food. That´s why I try them to prepare myself: Kefir, kombucha, sauerkraut, yoghurt,... If you buy them they are "dead", no probiotics anymore in them. My chart doesn´t show it, but I have to pay attention to my intestines.

Why exactly a martian type?

fishscales I love it. I throw it in right in the cast iron with some oil and do it up. (Do not forget cover!! ) Definitely with Rohini on the seasonings too. Popcorn is versatile stuff. Great on it´s own, but also a nice blank canvas to work with, flavor-wise.

In addition to being delicious, I find popcorn to be a great blood sugar regulator...especially as opposed to many of those processed snack foods, which tend to take your blood sugar on a wild ride that always ends in a shaky, unpleasant, or overly thirsty place.

Popcorn also has the benefit of keeping you...well...regular.

Yes, these are the things that resonate with me at 50

LotusStar Same here. It´s my favorite snack, I always have some around. I´d rather eat popcorn than make myself a dinner sometimes which is bad lol

I get this one that´s cooked in coconut oil....mmm.

I also love it topped with parmesan cheese or hot sauce (gotta be Frank´s, for me).

rohini moon » LotusStar "I´d rather eat popcorn than make myself a dinner sometimes which is bad lol"

Yes LS! same here. Maybe it´s our Uttara Phalguni-ness

and yes to the hot sauce, little goes along way.. tried a new one the other week...some kind of organic scorpion death sauce.. oh me oh my.

Leo Moon It is a great snack Rohini.

I like it with melted butter ( skim off the fat) salt and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. The real stuff from Italy.

Good stuff!

Red Lion Flashback: Homemade popcorn balls at Halloween!