Kitchen

[Feline Fine]

Canola or olive oil spray (to make the toppings stick), plus one or more of the following:

parmesan-romano cheese

nutritional yeast

sea salt

cracked black pepper

Old Bay

herbs de provence

curry powder

garlic powder with parsley

Mrs. Dash Seasoning shakers (like "Table Blend", "Italian Medley", "Southwest Chipotle", or "Extra Spicy")

Hormel Reduced Fat Bacon Bits or Pieces

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On 2/24/2014 gardenman said:

i pop my corn in a Back to Basic stainless steel version of the Whirley-Pop using a half cup unpopped kernels, three tablespoons of canola oil, one teaspoon of flavacol, and then top it with two tablespoons of melted butter. Flavacol is a popcorn seasoning salt that's pretty good.

That's the kind I have, it's great. I've made kettle corn a couple times but what a pain to clean.

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Another thing I do is mix the chipolte with the salt and put them in a spice grinder. That way I get it on more evenly.

[Yuban3]

Has anyone ever looked on the back of a bag of microwave popcorn, and noticed that they give the PRE-COOKED nutritional information?

Are we getting so fat and lazy that we're eating this stuff raw?

"I can't wait 3 minutes! That's too long! I must eat this NOW!!!"

[Sunshine Kate]

On 2/24/2014 PurpleBunny said:

On 2/24/2014 NYC Susan said:

On 2/24/2014 PurpleBunny said: Vinegar sea salt

That sounds SO good!!

I get it from Williams and Sonoma.

Vinegar sea salt.....never heard of it, but it sounds good to me for popcorn. Uh oh, looks like it's been discontinued.

[debic]

On 2/25/2014 Yuban3 said:

Has anyone ever looked on the back of a bag of microwave popcorn, and noticed that they give the PRE-COOKED nutritional information?

Are we getting so fat and lazy that we're eating this stuff raw?

"I can't wait 3 minutes! That's too long! I must eat this NOW!!!"

It must be a need to know kind of thing. LOL

[Milkmanswife]

Thank you all......got some good ideas....time to start popping!

[bells4me]

I don't each much popcorn at all, but my favorite are popcorn balls made with Kraft caramels. I make them every 10 years or so.

[bells4me]

On 2/24/2014 Deadeye Daisy said:

I sprinkle with Cabot white cheddar powder, yeast. Sometimes, Susie Q's seasoning mixed with smoked sweet paprika. I also make my own rubs for meat and chicken, and sometimes just grab some of that for the popcorn. Butter mixed with Frank's hot sauce or some Worcestershire is another favorite.

Nothing at all wrong with bacon fat and clarified butter. (I have to try that one). Both are better than most of the soy or corn based GMO products out there. I save all my bacon fat and use for cooking many things. Duck fat is also very good for you and can't be beat for cooking potatoes. I never buy or use plastic butter, only unsalted real butter. For oils, olive oil, grapeseed oil, avocado oil. On occasion, peanut oil for deep frying turkey.

I only eat well marbeled grass finished beef, and prefer Berkshire or Duroc pork. Eggs and most chicken come from my egg lady. The only 'store' meat I usually buy is grass finished from Costco. I do LOVE milk and cheese, but have to use Lactase drops in my milk and keep Lactase on hand when out and about. I eat a lot of seafood, but VERY few vegetables. When I have ice cream, I eat the REAL thing. Rather have one scoop of GOOD ice cream than 10 scoops of ice milk, or other frozen garbage.

Will be celebrating the 34th anniversary of my 39th birthday in April. As of last weeks blood work, my lipoprotein levels are excellent. Bone density is great. BP normally runs 112 - 115/65 - 70.

They tend to monitor me carefully because of family cardiac history and my past kidney failure. I have kidney function tests every month for the last 30 years. I'm scheduled to be the victim of my Yankee relative's doctors.

Scheduled to go to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia Cardiology as a guinea pig to find out why I'm the ONLY one in my family WITHOUT cardiac issues. All the rest started in their 40s. Have had to keep a food and drug log for the past 3 months to upload, as do our kids, one grand, my two living cousins and brother. We're all supposed to be the 'guests' of NYPH/C for a week. Yeah. Right.

My brothers and cousins all share the same cardio up north who is affiliated with NYPH/C, and he wants to know what the southern 'lady' (I use the term loosely) of the family does to stay healthy. My local cardiologist has already sent up all my medical records from here and CA.

Other than being a breast cancer survivor (thanks to the people at CCTA) and past kidney issues that hark back to teflon tubes put in back in the 80's due to an accident, I'm the healthiest person I know. I would be more likely to die in a train wreck than from cardiac issues.

Popcorn was the question. LOL