First Five Memory Prompts: Popcorn - Friday, July 27

There are lots of memories inside our minds - sometimes we just need a little nudge to coax them out.

What are the First Five things that come to mind when you see this:

My List:

1. My mom always made a big Sunday lunch (usually a roast). Sunday Dinner was almost always popcorn.

2. When I was little I went through a phase when I ate my popcorn with soy sauce on it. (That sounds gross to me now.)

3. I remember a time when popcorn was made in a kettle on a stove top and required a lot of pan shaking, then my parents bought an air popper. The only way my kids have seen popcorn made, at our house, is in the microwave. (I should remedy that.)

4. My mom often made carmel popcorn. Sometimes she added peanut butter to the carmel.

5. I use my mom's simple carmel recipe to make carmel popcorn for my family.

Recipe:

1 Stick of butter

1 Cup of brown sugar

2 Table spoons of milk

Melt butter in a sauce pan on medium heat. Add brown sugar - stir it into the butter and let it turn into a thick liquid/paste. Add milk. Bring to a soft boil. Cook for 7-9 minutes. Carmel is done when it makes a soft ball. (Check by dropping a spoonful into cold water.)

 

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Comments

[Joyce Maley]

1. movies
2. my moms caramel popcorn
3. late night snacks at home
4. buttery flavor
5. oh the smell. yum

[Deveaux Louise]

1.movies
2.magic of Jiffy-Pop
3.my Nana
4.butter
5.my kids and their friends wanting me to make the "old fashioned" kind of popcorn and not the microwave stuff :)

[Jody Hardaker]

1. movies
2. butter
3. making it over a wood fire when we were kids.
4. smell that lingers throughout.
5. popcorn flavored jelly belly jellybeans.

[Andrea Fisher]

What are the First Five things that come to mind when you see this: Popcorn!

1. Sunday night meal.
2. Ali and Meredith's version with Parmesan cheese!
3. Movie night.
4. Butter and salt.
5. Cracker Jack...the dessert version.

[Bevgardner]

1. Buttery and salty!
2. Eating at the movies!
3. Movie night at home-DVD's!
4. Shaking a special popcorn wired thing back in the 50's over
the stove burner.
5. Burnt kernels if you leave the bag in the microwave too
long....

[Sheila Bacon]

1. Movies
2. Kettlecorn
3. Jiffy pop (childhood memories)
4. Halloween and caramel popcorn balls
5. Always room for popcorn of any flavor

[Julie Miller-Oconnor]

1. The only reason to go to the movies is popcorn!
2. Fall festival kettle korn.
3. My dad used to make a big batch of popcorn when we were kids the old fashion way. Mom used to get cranky if he burned the bottom of her pots. We would add butter/salt and sometimes some chili powder.
4. Getting hulls stuck in between gum/teeth - yuk.
5. Love the smell of popcorn - unless it's burnt.