For my first post, I thought it was appropriate to share with everyone my love for popcorn but I guess the title of my blog might have clued you all in. Growing up, popcorn was a cheap snack my parents could easily make and I hated it. It was so bland, no salt or butter. But this all changed and I do not remember when I decided to give popcorn another chance. If I had to put a date on it, I would say Popcorn sneaked back into my life in 5th or 6th grade. Popcorn was definitely on the snack menu whenever I had slumber parties. Eventually I began substituting a proper dinner for a gigantic tupperware bowl of popcorn. My parents frowned on this and evenutally forbade me from having only popcorn for dinner. I could supplement whatever I was eating with popcorn though.
Someone of you are probably balking at the idea of consuming so much popcorn but I do not eat the microwave variety (well on occasion when I feel like kettlecorn) but typically I make popcorn the old fashioned way. I have a specific pot that I use in case I burn the popcorn (doesn't happen often). When I was younger my mom would buy Johnnys Popcorn Oil along with Johnny's Popcorn Salt but this got too expensive. Now I use olive oil and still use Johnny's Popcorn Salt for seasoning. I do not use butter (have to cut the calories somewhere) but quite honestly my popcorn is so good it doesn't need butter. Until recently I had very specific bowls I would use to eat my popcorn from but my best friend Amy gave me the most amazing popcorn bowl for Christmas. Anyone who really knows me, knows about my obsession with popcorn which is why I've received popcorn tins during Christmas and then of course the bowl this past Christmas.
Well enough about that, time to relate to the reading in the class. Popcorn brings back very specific memories for me, when I was young and hated it and now I take comfort in it. I will always remember the bowl I used growing up and how it was large enough for me to do a chef toss to mix the salt around without spilling any from the bowl. I've spent quality time with friends and family, watching movies and playing games and of course popcorn was the snack of choice.
After reading the food memoirs in class I realize now that so many special memories are centered around food. For example my step father and I spent a saturday before Christmas making wonderful cookies to share with other people. We picked out several different recipes (more like 5 or 6, a little too ambitious I think) and went to the store together to get collect all the ingredients. Once home we got started by preheating the oven and making apple cider (another comfort food during the holidays). Soon the house smelled of apple cider and the aroma of baking cookies. Perhaps this is a little too Norman Rockwell but it was the highlight of my holiday season.
Time to wrap up, I hope you all enjoy my food blog, this is unchartered territory for me but I'm up for the challenge.
Whats for dinner tonight? After all that talk about my favorite food, Popcorn of course!
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