My wife is a good cook but lacks the patients and creativity that I have (She's happy to admit that) so 90% of the cooking chores have fallen to me.
My body can only tolerate fast food burgers and pizza for so long and then it says "What the F are you doing? I need real food"!
I'm going to make Salisbury steak, real mashed potatoes and grilled asparagus tonight. Yum!
This meal will take about an hour to put together and cost half the price it would at a reasonably good restaurant.
Plus, I don't have to put up with other people talking loudly around me, background music no one wants to hear or bad service. Yup, I'm turning into a cranky old man
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I'll start with my method for making movie theater popcorn at home.
This recipe requires a bit of financial investment at first but it pays for itself in the long run.
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1. Get yourself a Whirleypop.
Wabash Valley Farms 22000MG Original Whirley Pop Stove Top Popcorn Popper Silver - Perfect Popcorn in 3 Minutes, Regular
You really do get perfectly popped corn every time if you follow the instructions.
2. It's all about the oil.
Canola oil and peanut oil are all fine and dandy but if you want to take it to the next level, you need to use butter flavored coconut oil to get that movie theater taste.
Franklin’s Gourmet Popcorn Butter Flavored Coconut Oil - 30 oz. Tub.
I'm sure there are many fine butter flavored coconut oils out there but I'm still working my way through the Franklin's tub I bought 2 years ago. Coconut oil keeps forever if you store it properly.
3. Don't use ordinary table salt.
Morton makes a nice finely ground salt just for popcorn but you can go one better.
I use Flavacol
Gold Medal Prod. 2045 Flavacol Seasoning Popcorn Salt 35oz
A little bit of Flavacol goes a long long way so use it very sparingly.
a 35 oz carton will likely last you a lifetime.
4. What kind of popping corn should I use, yellow or white?
They are both good. Yellow corn makes larger softer corn more like you get at the theater and white makes smaller crunchier corn. Just get a bag of each at your local grocery store and decide for yourself. At the moment, I'm using Jollytime white popping corn.