Thanks for the cleaning tip, Ouise!! That's my only problem with the yumminess that is stove-top popcorn in my stockpot.
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Kathy A - May 08, 2008 6:41:09 am PDT #5545 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Ouise - May 08, 2008 6:45:07 am PDT #5546 of 10001
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Thanks for the cleaning tip, Ouise!! That's my only problem with the yumminess that is stove-top popcorn in my stockpot.
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I sometimes put some baking soda in with the boiling water, but I haven't done it enough times to really tell if it makes a difference.
bon bon - May 08, 2008 6:46:23 am PDT #5547 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It's a good technique for any food stuck on a pan. I add a little dish soap, but you gotta watch that it doesn't bubble like crazy.
§ ita § - May 08, 2008 6:47:25 am PDT #5548 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hmm. How much of the oil stays with the popcorn? Because I like my popcorn (so far) either completely bare or with 1/4 cup butter. I don't like to taste my oils.
msbelle - May 08, 2008 6:47:39 am PDT #5549 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
baking soda is great for scrubbing off the oil gunk that gets on cookie sheets where you can't do the boil water technique.
Aims - May 08, 2008 6:51:28 am PDT #5550 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My family swears by this contraption after years and years of being devoted to the "popcorn pan" (old soup kettle). It's awesome.
Kathy A - May 08, 2008 6:52:03 am PDT #5551 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I'm the opposite of you, ita, in that I love the oil-y taste on my popcorn, as long as it's not excessive. I had enough of airpopped cardboard, er, popcorn, in college. So, the way I make it is oily.
You might want to try Alton Brown's microwave popcorn--just put some popcorn in a paper bag, fold it up tight, and stick in the microwave for a few minutes. You get more unpopped kernels than the purchased microwave popcorn, but it is cheaper.
Ouise - May 08, 2008 6:54:04 am PDT #5552 of 10001
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
Hmm. How much of the oil stays with the popcorn?
Some definitely does stay with the popcorn, but a fair bit cooks onto the pan as well. I don't know if it would be too much oil taste for you.
shrift - May 08, 2008 7:08:42 am PDT #5553 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have the feeling that I am going to spend days trying to hunt down whatever variable is causing this document to print wrong, because I'm pretty sure that nobody knows the answer and I am the lucky winner who gets to find out what it is.
megan walker - May 08, 2008 7:13:41 am PDT #5554 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
First-world rant of the day: I was late to work because my housemate was in the bathroom for 1/2 an hour this morning. Who does that when you live with someone else?
I know he had a doctor's appt this morning, but he knows I leave the house at 8:00 everyday (normally he is not awake). I waited until he had been there about 20 minutes thinking "he'll be out any second, right?" Then I heard him turn on the shower. Finally I was like, screw this. So I'm at work in my glasses with unbrushed teeth. Nice.