{"id":12961,"date":"2011-01-27T11:15:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T15:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=12961"},"modified":"2011-01-27T11:15:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T15:15:21","slug":"poplicious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2011\/01\/poplicious\/","title":{"rendered":"Poplicious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/popcorn_kernals.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13018\" title=\"Popcorn Kernals\" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/popcorn_kernals-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/popcorn_kernals-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/popcorn_kernals.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>My newest obsession is popcorn! Fresh popped popcorn.\u00a0 I have a long history with popcorn, we go way back.\u00a0 I used to love it as a kid and my sisters would make it all the time.\u00a0 We had an air-popper so I would watch the popcorn come flying out the top and into the bowl on the counter.\u00a0 The butter conveniently melted in a little tray on the top.\u00a0 Once the bowl was full, pour on the butter, add some salt and you are golden!<\/p>\n<p>Then an incident with too much popcorn and a donkey basketball game (Yes they exist, Google it.) resulted in an experience that I&#8217;ll kindly spare you the details of.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t eat popcorn for years after that.\u00a0 YEARS.\u00a0 The smell alone would turn my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Then I started eating it again, probably late high school or college.\u00a0 I told you, I was off popcorn for a long time!<\/p>\n<p>Times progressed and now we had access to microwave popcorn. Easy little pouches of corn that would pop and already be covered in butter when it was done.\u00a0 All you have to do is pour into a bowl and eat!<\/p>\n<p>That was my standard go-to for popcorn.\u00a0 I was never into the overly buttered stuff or any of the funky flavors.\u00a0 Just basic butter but then that started not appealing to me.\u00a0 It was heavy and greasy along with being full of not so happy ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to be putting that into my body so I stopped buying it.<\/p>\n<p>A recent grocery store trip found me buying a bottle of popcorn kernels to make fresh popcorn at home.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t need any fancy equipment, just a big pot with a lid.\u00a0 A touch of oil to the pan, heat it up, and watch the popcorn start to pop!<\/p>\n<p>My method for making popcorn is super easy!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Andrea&#8217;s Fresh Popped Popcorn<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/2C Popcorn Kernels<\/li>\n<li>Light Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li>Seasoned Salt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In a large pot, heat olive oil (about 1TBSP) over medium high heat. Dump in the popcorn kernels and give a shake so that they are covered with oil.\u00a0 Place lid on top of pot and give a shake to the popcorn every so often, like every other minute.\u00a0 When you start to hear the kernels rapidly pop, shake the pan a little more often to keep them from burning in the bottom.\u00a0 Once the popping has decreased, to about 1 pop in 5 seconds, turn off heat.<\/p>\n<p>Pour popcorn into a large bowl, sprinkle with seasoned salt (to taste but remember it can get salty on you fast!).\u00a0 Serve and enjoy!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Popcorn2.jpg\" data-rel=\"attachment-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12963\" title=\"Popcorn \" src=\"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Popcorn2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Popcorn2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Popcorn2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Super easy and takes no more than 10 minutes tops to make.\u00a0 It tastes a heck of a lot better than something from a microwave bag, I promise.\u00a0 Fresh popped corn is very light and fluffy when it&#8217;s not weighted down by heavy butters and oils.\u00a0 It also lasts a very long time without getting stale.<\/p>\n<p>There are also loads of ways that popcorn can be flavored! Trying using some chili powder or maybe some garlic powder.\u00a0 How about parmesan cheese sprinkled on top?\u00a0 Maybe a sweet and savory version, by sprinkling in a little sugar with the oil at the very beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Popcorn is kind of a blank canvas that can be flavored to suit your mood of the moment. <img src='\/images\/smile.gif' alt=':)' \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you like popcorn? Do you ever make fresh at home?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My newest obsession is popcorn! Fresh popped popcorn.\u00a0 I have a long history with popcorn, we go way back.\u00a0 I used to love it as a kid and my sisters would make it all the time.\u00a0 We had an air-popper so I would watch the popcorn come flying out the top and into the bowl [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,51,8],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-3n3","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}