Can [wo]man live on POPCORN alone?

Feb 21, 2006 Author: The Domestic Diva | Disclosure | Filed under: Commercial Break, Recipes

I confess, I have an obsession…a POPCORN obsession. I have eaten popcorn every single day for the past 2 weeks. My lovely mother bought me a most covetted popcorn maker and I have been using the heck out of it. I just can’t seem to get enough. I even skip regular, home-made meals to eat popcorn. What is wrong with me? I have even started to “doctor up” the plain popcorn to cover in movie butter, chocolate, and now I’m attempting kettle corn. Kettle Corn? Yes, I am determined to figure out how to make this sweet yet salty treat at home. What started the kettle corn craze? Well over the weekend the p-nut, hubby, and I met my best friend at the local flea market. We were there for the soul purpose to find my friend a fake burberry purse. We had no such luck in that department but we did on the other hand get ME a new cell phone cover and some KETTLE CORN! The kettle corn is so good and the cell phone cover is so cute! I just don’t want to have to spend $3 a bag every week to soothe my craving. So I am attempting to make it at home so that I do not have to waste money.

I spent all day yesterday attempting to recreate my craving with no such luck. Everytime I would do it the sugar would start to burn on the bottom of the pan about the same time the popcorn would start to pop resulting in burnt covered popcorn…lol, not a good mix let me tell ya. Then I opted for the idea to air pop the popcorn at my movie butter then sprinkle it with cinnamon, sugar, and salt. “That was too grainy” says the hubby. But that was the closest one that I could get. I will attempt again today. Like I said I am determined, and will not rest until I have successfully recreated kettle corn.

Since it is going to be raining from now until Saturday what better time to create some recipes. In house news, I’m tackling Mount Washmore. The most dreaded time of the week when I gotta do laundry but there is no better time than when it is cold and rainy to get the mound under control. The weather we have been having lately is the kind of weather that you don’t want to get out in even if you have to. You start coming up with excuses of why you have to stay at home like tackling Mount Washmore and Mount Dishmore. After it has been raining for a while that is the time when my house is the most spectacular. Everything has been cleaned, organized, and put away in its particular place. You don’t want to get out of the house so why not make the house look good.

Alright enough ramblings, here are some photos of my new cell phone cover and my new love, kettle corn [well there is only a fourth of a bag left now]…

And here are some photos from last week at the park…

Just for fun…

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15 Comments

Shelly Said:

Your post reminds me that I am out of Kettle Corn and your post also reminds me that I can’t have said Kettle Corn. How cruel! LOL I just love the smell of popcorn popping. Lots of good memories are attached to that smell. BTW, I love the design of your blog. Great colors!

February 21st, 2006 at 7:54 pm
She Said:

thank you for your visit and comment shelley they are much appreciated. I’m glad you like the design. I hope you popped some popcorn not too long after you posted…hee hee.

February 21st, 2006 at 11:26 pm
Leon Said:

Relax. Its only popcorn. Besides, who isn’t addicted to popcorn?

February 22nd, 2006 at 9:58 am
She Said:

thanx for the comment leon

February 22nd, 2006 at 4:56 pm
The Happy Housewife Said:

Isn’t it funny - mums, the world over, all worry about the same sort of the things. I have enjoyee reading your blog - comforting to know I am not going crazy… well, not on my own anyway!

February 23rd, 2006 at 8:20 am
Diona Said:

I love your site!

Would you like to exchange links?

February 23rd, 2006 at 4:50 pm
Andrea Said:

Your funny. I love kettle corn. Its one of my favorites.
My friend Jodi makes great home made popcorn… well not really HOME Made but she mixes her own stuff together w/ the plain popcorn that she pops on her stove in a pot. Its pretty neat to watch.
Funny thing is it taste even better days old! haha its the good tasting old pop corn

February 23rd, 2006 at 10:28 pm
She Said:

ATTENTION EVERYONE…ANDREA’S BACK!!!! *screams, yells, and applauds* Good to see ya back girl, I’ve been keeping the bloggin world warm and cozy with stories of my obsession with popcorn…lol. I used to make my popcorn on the stove as well until I got an actual popcorn maker. Do you know what she does to make the popcorn better?

Diona…I’m glad you like my site, I would love to do a link exchange with you, you have a cute site as well. I was planning on setting up an affiliate thing as soon as I get two minutes to myself, otherwise I have a toddler at my feet complaining the whole time “why is mummy on the computer and not playing with me”…..lol.

Happy Housewife…lol, good to see a fellow crazy housewife. LOL, I’m glad you are enjoying the site.

February 24th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
Andrea Said:

I’ll email Jodi and ask her for her secret and post it on here later if she gives it up. I’m sure she will.

February 24th, 2006 at 3:15 pm
She Said:

*crosses fingers*

February 24th, 2006 at 4:40 pm
anisaerah Said:

Kettle corn is reallly easy to make from scratch. I’ll post a recipe the next time I make some. All you need is uncooked popcorn, oil, and sugar (and a big, heavy saucepan or dutch oven). The secret is adding the sugar to the oil and popcorn before you cook it.

February 27th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
She Said:

I’ve tried the way that you are suggesting anisaerah but for some reason the sugar keeps burning right before the popcorn starts popping so I get burnt covered popcorn. I am cooking it on medium heat not high…i dunno what the deal is. Look forward with you helping me conquer kettle corn.

February 28th, 2006 at 12:48 pm
anisaerah Said:

hmm… use the heaviest pan you have (with a lid), and heat the oil and the popcorn (3 Tb oil to 1/2 cup popcorn makes about 10 cups popped or so) over medium high heat, covered, but vented slightly, until the popcorn starts popping. Crefullt remove the lid and add a few heaping Tb of sugar, stir, and cover as before. Put on some oven mitts and shake the pan off the heat every 10 seconds or so until all the corn is popped. That’s how I always make it, and I’ve never had the sugar burn.

February 28th, 2006 at 3:08 pm
violetpretty Said:

i’ve figured it out!!

use splenda. 4 packets, 1/8 cup oil, 1/8 cup butter, sprinkling of salt…that’s it! and that explains why all the microwave versions use splenda…sugar burns!

March 8th, 2006 at 12:41 pm
Crystak Munro Said:

Hey just happened to stumble upon your site here is an awsome recipe for Kettle Corn!

Kettle Corn
Ingredients:

1/4 cup corn oil
1/4 cup popcorn
1/4 cup sugar
salt

Directions:

Use a decent size pot (with a lid) and pour in enough oil to have about an 1/8″ covering the bottom. Don’t use too much oil. Too much oil will sog the popped popcorn and you’ll probably get sick to your stomach when you eat it. Dump in enough popcorn to make a single layer in the pot. Put the pot on medium high heat. When you see the corn start to get excited but before it starts to pop, quickly pour in the sugar as evenly as you can across the top. Cover and shake back and forth to pop (like Jiffy Pop). When you pull it off you need to slightly salt it. You can’t pop every single kernel because you would scorch the popcorn. Also pouring in the sugar too soon tends to make the popcorn scorch more easily. If you pour it in too late, the sugar stays granular and grainy. Also get the popped popcorn out of the pot as quickly as possible to prevent scorching.

Also you can go to http://www.kettlecornfactory.com/recipes.html
For amazing recipes for great pop corn!!!

August 10th, 2006 at 3:16 am