Day Eighty-One - Poppin' Fresh

When I was younger I totally thought that Col. Sanders and Orville Redenbacher were the same guy. Or maybe brothers or something. I then thought they were both marketing creations, but apparently that's not true either [although Sanders is not a real colonel]. Well, after tonight's adventure I can safely say that one of them is ripping you off. Since I don't really know much about KFC and what they charge for their fine chicken products, it would be everyone who is buying microwave popcorn who is getting scammed.

Today is National Popcorn Day [I really am on top of things] so in order to celebrate I popped popcorn on the cooker. I was pretty terrified that it would just result in a burned popcorn mess, rendering my most used pot useless. Thankfully this did not happen, although the event was not without incident. It told me to use a half cup of kernals, but didn't say what this would yield - as it happens...A LOT of popcorn. It burst out of the pot and had to be removed from the cooker before it was entirely finished. In addition when I was checking to see if the oil was hot enough [by, ummmm - looking @ it?] one of the test kernals flew out and hit me right in the eye. Good thing I was wearing my popcorn goggles.

So yeah, it was great fun - the sound of popcorn popping is quite exciting. However, the smell of chemicals and popcorn lung was not present during this experience, proving that it's definitely not the popcorn you're smelling. Also, for $1.50 I got a bag of kernals and microwave popcorn cost much more than that [I don't know the exact price as this ain't The Price is Right]. So yeah...someone is making a lot of money.