Friday, March 12, 2010

Popcorn Popping


I am married to a popcorn fanatic. Growing up, Marc developed a method of popcorn making that involved an air popper, a glass two-cup measure and a stockpot. This is serious business.
When we got married, we did not own a stockpot but I purchased a very large bowl which, I thought, would surely be big enough for popcorn making. However, I did not take into account the vast quantity of popcorn that Marc consumes. After trial and error, Marc discovered that paper sacks from the grocery store were large enough for his popcorn needs and started using those instead of a stockpot.
In our first three years of marriage, we burned out the motors on no less than six air poppers. Somehow, number seven was lucky- a gem among popcorn poppers and has lasted us a record four years.
With our stockpot and air popper problems solved, we thought we were home free in the popcorn arena until about two years ago when the white popcorn that Marc loves (using yellow is not even an option in his opinion) started disappearing from grocery store shelves. In a few months we couldn't find white popcorn anywhere in Baltimore. Thankfully, Marc's mom came to visit and brought us a twenty pound supply. We had high hopes that when we moved to Cleveland our popcorn woes would be at an end but alas, we did not see white popcorn at the local stores here either. My mom was periodically bringing us some from Fairborn but we frequently ran out before her next visit. And so, I had the following conversation with my husband.
Marc: "Sarah, I just ordered fifty pounds of popcorn online."
Me: "What?!?"
Marc: "Yeah, you can order up to twenty thousand pounds on this website."
Me: "What?!?"
Marc: "It'll be here in 2-5 business days."
Me: "That's a lot of popcorn. What are we going to do with all that popcorn? Where are we going to store it?"
Marc: "It's food storage. We'll just stick it in the basement."
The popcorn arrived via UPS on February 2nd in a single, very heavy box. On March 8th, we finished our first 12.5 lb bag of popcorn. At this rate, I would need roughly 280 lbs of popcorn to have a two-year supply. Maybe I should just go ahead and order a life-time supply of popcorn to save on shipping costs. At least I know where to get it- assuming I don't need more than 20 tons.

3 comments:

  1. I remember those big paper bags of popcorn. Marc really is a popcorn fiend.

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  2. Oh, also, tell Marc he's got something on his upper lip there. I think he needs a napkin or tissue.

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  3. This is delightful. I love it. After six and a half years of marriage our first air popper has just burnt out. I guess we just don't make as much popcorn as you do. :) I do enjoy it and Cayelle does too.

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