Who doesn’t smile when they hear the word “popcorn”? It’s like not getting even the slightest bit giddy when you hear the words “cotton candy,” “chocolate ice cream” or “green mangoes with bagoong.” Right? Popcorn is a universal smile trigger!
Lightly buttered popcorn. Microwaved though. It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten popcorn popped the non-microwave way. I like my popcorn with just a little bit of butter. But give me a pack of Goldilocks caramel popcorn anytime! I’m good with that too.
Note: Oh my gosh! I just learned I’m Michele’s Site of the Day! *screams and runs around spreading popcorn everywhere* To those who’ve arrived in my humble abode via Michele’s, you get a virtual bag of popcorn! Yipee!
I watched Season 1 of “Lost” this weekend with a bowl of popcorn on my lap. Yummmmmmy. Um, the popcorn, not the stars. Well, okay Matthew Fox and Josh Holloway are yummy too.
I love those lazing around moments. They’re the kind of recharging I exactly need before the busy work week comes again. Burp. I finished the whole bowl by myself. It was that good.
My cousin likes hers with lots of cheese powder. My friend’s Mom showers her popcorn with MSG. Others like theirs lightly salted, others unadulterated.
If we were to watch a movie together, what kind of popcorn would you get? And while we’re at it, what movie would you want to watch?
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
Liza
July 26, 2006 at 9:16 am (18 years ago)i love popcorn too! love it when it’s drizzled with butter and you add a dash of salt. yummy! pampataba nga lag. hehehe! now, i’m hooked (in a way) on holy kettle popcorn. i love the mix of sweet & salty taste in their popcorn. but like i said, pampataba kaya stop na muna! hahaha!
vina
July 26, 2006 at 12:02 pm (18 years ago)i’m not really fond of popcorn…but yeah, give me caramel popcorn anytime! goldilock’s or bench’s fills my cravings.
Thumper
July 26, 2006 at 12:04 pm (18 years ago)I don’t smile when I hear “popcorn” but now I want some. Thanks a lot. 😉
And Hi! Michele sent me!
vina
July 26, 2006 at 12:04 pm (18 years ago)Holy Kettle’s is actually yummy, yes? and regarding the movie…do you know that i haven’t watched superman returns? it’s so, so, so, sad. to date, i haven’t watched pirates, too.
*runs to the toilet and weeps*
kenju
July 26, 2006 at 12:11 pm (18 years ago)I eat popcorn nearly every night – and you just reminded me that I didn’t do it tonight. Bah, too late now. I love the microwave kind that Pop Secret has called movie theater popcorn, with butter and salt already in it.
As to the movie? I’m waiting for Da Vinci to come out on DVD.
kenju
July 26, 2006 at 12:12 pm (18 years ago)Sorry, I forgot to say that Michele sent me. Congratulations on being her site of the day!
Shephard
July 26, 2006 at 12:50 pm (18 years ago)OMG, I love Popcorn! It’s the 5th food group! Love it. I can’t watch a movie without popcorn… it’s almost Pavlovian. Movie = popcorn. I have to tell myself to pace myself each night… did I have popcorn last night? Oh. I’ll wait a day or so. Otherwise, I’d be like a goldfish, belly-up with popcorn.
Fun post! Thanks for the cyberpopcorn.
(Michele sent me, congrats on being the Site of the Day!)
~S
Mamacita
July 26, 2006 at 1:01 pm (18 years ago)Extra butter. It’s not great popcorn unless your elbows are all nasty when the bowl is finally empty.
Greetings from Michele’s, by the way.
And now, thanks to you and your post, I’m going to the kitchen to make some popcorn.
ganns
July 26, 2006 at 1:33 pm (18 years ago)You so populah. 😀
aisee
July 26, 2006 at 2:08 pm (18 years ago)Hey there, visiting from Michele’s so.. “Michele says Hi” and so do I. Love your blog … I’ll be back
xtianne
July 26, 2006 at 4:29 pm (18 years ago)An ’80s teen movie please (The Breakfast Club!) with very cheesy popcorn (as Keith Mars says, “I’m a fan of the orange powder”) and lotsa melted butter!
Catherine
July 26, 2006 at 4:41 pm (18 years ago)Plain popcorn please. A really fun way to make popcorn is to spread a huge sheet on the floor, put an electric frypan in the middle and pop it in the pan with the lid off.
Michele sent me.
Sarcasmom
July 26, 2006 at 6:46 pm (18 years ago)Lightly buttered and salted. And Moulin Rouge. Michele sent me. Good post about popcorn. I snall read on.
BabyPink
July 26, 2006 at 6:52 pm (18 years ago)toni girl!!!
nakakagutom naman. hehehe:) i so missed reading your entries. sobrang busy lang talaga sa ngayon.:)
pahingi naman ng popgorn. i love mine with lots of cheese powder din.:)
lapit na birthday ninyo.:)
Karen
July 26, 2006 at 7:37 pm (18 years ago)What a great looking site you have! I love the photo and, I too, love popcorn! I recently bought one of the stove-top poppers with the hand-crank and we love it! It’s hard to eat microwaved after that.
Congrats on being Michele’s site of the day. Enjoy your fame and fortune!
Marie
July 26, 2006 at 8:35 pm (18 years ago)Ooooh! Popcorn! Mmmm. We use an air popper, which just isn’t the same as stove-top/campfire-top popcorn. Lately we’ve eaten it naked (low-cal snack), though I prefer it with a touch of butter & salt. Love the cheesey stuff too, but it’s too darn fattening! As for the movie… hmm. How about a romantic comedy? Crossing Delancey is a fave for me. Yes that would be lovely.
Congrats on being Michele’s site du jour! Enjoy your day…
Michelle
July 26, 2006 at 9:18 pm (18 years ago)Hello, Michele sent me!
Regretfully, ever since I was pregnant with my daughter (now 5), I can’t stomach popcorn, especially the smell of movie popcorn. I have to run past the concession stands every time we go to the movies.
Love your blog – I’ll be back for more!
shannon
July 26, 2006 at 9:19 pm (18 years ago)here from micheles today… nice site, too bad you dont have smell-o-vision, popcorn would be nice right now
Chrysalis
July 26, 2006 at 9:34 pm (18 years ago)Yay for Popcorn and Hi from Michele.
Gypsy
July 26, 2006 at 9:37 pm (18 years ago)I like it lightly buttered with some cheese powder. And could we watch Dead Man’s Chest or Clerks II? I haven’t seen those yet.
Here from Michele’s today, but I’ll be back on my own. What a lovely site!
Michelle
July 26, 2006 at 9:54 pm (18 years ago)Popcorn: microwave is fine and buttered, please.
Movie: Something funny that won’t leave me disappointed.
Here from MIchele’s.
rampant bicycle
July 26, 2006 at 10:01 pm (18 years ago)Hey, congratulations, Toni!
I’m here from Michele’s today, though I drop by other times too. 😉
I loooove popcorn. Especially the classic buttery salty good kind. I have gotten out of the habit of eating it though somehow, now that I think about it. I think when I got my wisdom teeth out and was forbidden to eat anything that might get me into trouble (those sharp little hard kernel-husks, you know) I stopped eating it, and then it just hasn’t really occurred to me to get back into it.
…But now I want to go to the movies and sit in a frosty auditorium and eat hot buttered popcorn and calories be damned.
Rene
July 26, 2006 at 10:15 pm (18 years ago)Here from Michele’s today.
I like kettle corn, I love the combo of salt & sweet. I like adventure movies with a real good looking hero, like “The Mummy” movies (Brendan Fraser and Oded Fehr) or “Van Helsing” (Hugh Jackman) or, of course, the “Pirates” movies.
Linnor
July 26, 2006 at 10:17 pm (18 years ago)holy kettle corn (in cebu) is yummy as well! 😀
mominprogress
July 26, 2006 at 10:18 pm (18 years ago)Kettle Korn of course and a scary movie
or a scary book would do good too.
Here via Michele’s today
Kimber
July 26, 2006 at 11:07 pm (18 years ago)Hello, Michele sent me. LOL
I love popcorn too!! MMMMM!! Except kettle corn! 😛
We are going to join netflix (again) in August… I can’t wait to get my favorite series and just enjoy them with a bag of redenbachers (sp??) smart pop… with butter of course.
wordnerd
July 26, 2006 at 11:32 pm (18 years ago)Yum! Thanks for the popcorn! And you fixed it just the way I like it — salted with butter. Mmmmm… At my house, it’s just become easier to use the microwave popcorn, and we really enjoy Act II Movie Butter (or something like that). But my husband (happy birthday to him today, by the way) is a popcorn NUT, so for Christmas, my sister got him one of those steel popcorn poppers with the turn-crank. De-LICIOUS!
Congrats on Site of the Day — glad Michele ‘introduced’ us! Your site is FABULOUS!
tanya
July 27, 2006 at 2:04 am (18 years ago)i like bbq flavored popcorn! or even sour cream! ahhhhhhhhhhhh! I miss it!
Dave
July 27, 2006 at 3:06 am (18 years ago)I’m here from Michele’s and looking forward to my popcorn!
MorahMommy
July 27, 2006 at 5:10 am (18 years ago)Now I want a big bag of popcorn slathered in butter.
Congratulations on being Site of the day!
Oh Yeah, Michele sent me!
Yo Tambien Te Mando Besos
July 27, 2006 at 5:40 am (18 years ago)Hi Toni!
Here from Michele’s today. Congratulations on SOTD!!! You definitely have a lovely site, I like the layout and your entries of course… will definitely come back!
OldOldLady Of The Hills
July 27, 2006 at 7:44 am (18 years ago)Congrats on being Michele’s Site Of The Day! I LOVE Popcorn and that sweet one you mentioned sounds yummmmmmmy! I’ll have a helping of that, Thank You Very Much!
lani
July 27, 2006 at 7:57 am (18 years ago)I love buttered-popcorn with a dash of salt. We love adventure/sci-fi movies.
This is the url of my other blog, Toni (lol)
Zita
July 27, 2006 at 8:59 am (18 years ago)I always make my popcorn fresh from the stove. LOL. I use ghee instead of butter for oil. And add salt when about to serve. Simple and easy, just the way my boys like them.
Toni
July 27, 2006 at 9:40 am (18 years ago)So many visitors! And the beautiful thing is I haven’t ran out popcorn to share with each one of you. 😉 Thanks for dropping by, you guys. Thank you, Michele!
jane
July 29, 2006 at 1:11 pm (18 years ago)hi Toni, i love LOST so much we bought DVD copies
about the popcorn…i love it with cheese or extra butter. and the movie? hmmmm… i can’t think of anything yet.
Larry
October 7, 2007 at 10:30 am (17 years ago)I love popcorn in every shape and flavor. I love the flavored popcorn from Pendleton Popcorn Factory. It is awesome.
u8mypinkcookies
November 28, 2009 at 1:18 pm (14 years ago)i so love Holy Kettle Corn and Chef Tony’s popcorn! addicting!
Goldilocks caramel popcorn too… yummmm!!