Being that he's grown up in the "microwave age", he's never seen how real popcorn was made back when I was a kid.
So, we turned on the grill...
Got out a pan....
Put some oil in it and heated it up on the BBQ....
And then popped some popcorn kernels from an old bag of microwave popcorn in the pan on the BBQ.
He got to listen to it pop the old fashioned way...hitting the top of a pan!
We poured it into a small plastic container complete w/ the left over oil (which promptly melted the bottom of the plastic tub)...
Added some salt & shook it all up....
And then enjoyed popcorn the way it was meant to be enjoyed....
Nice & greasy & covered with salt!
Josh said it tasted just like the way popcorn at a carnival tastes. I agree! It tasted great! Delicious!
...more uses of the grill will be forth-coming...you know, like lighting the left-over oil from "old fashioned popcorn" on fire by pouring it on the hot flame....
Yep! We had fun!
4 comments:
That's a beautiful grill
I love that the popcorn came from a microwave bag. I haven't had real stuff in such a long time. mmm
Oh also I love that josh is randomly in a tiger costume.
We made some more this afternoon.
Emily wanted to try some.
Recipe:
Heat your grill up as hot as it'll go
Place a big pan as close to the fire as you can get it
Cover the bottom of the pan with cooking oil
Cut open an unpopped microwave popcorn bag
Place contents in the heated pan
Put a lid on it and gently shake it back & forth until the popcorn starts popping
Watch your kids as they're in total amazement at how popcorn is made through the glass lid on the top of the pan.
When done, sprinkle with salt, shake it up, and enjoy.
Josh, Emily, Laurie...and Blue all enjoyed our latest batch (Laurie kept getting a kick out of giving Blue--our dog--some of the popcorn too). Blue LOVED IT!!
Guess that dog's got great taste!
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