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yay!!!! I'm first!! I am teh win!!!!!!!!!!!11

Well, I live 25miles from the Canadian border, but there is not enough snow here to start any of the winter season sports. I think it's going to be another light snow winter over here.

Oooh, they're already arriving? Given my proximity to teh win, I hope to find it at the doorstep when I get home... Mmmmm....

dscoobydoo wrote:Well, I live 25miles from the Canadian border, but there is not enough snow here to start any of the winter season sports. I think it's going to be another light snow winter over here.

lmao.


I like how you use the Canadian border as the beginning of all things snowy.


I get less snow here than anywhere in the midwest.

I just got mine today

Its very good, thanks a lot Laurel

I heart Carmel Popcorn and hot women that make it

Maybe mine will be at my doorstep along with my driveline

I got some, but I think it was someone else's as it was addressed to Neo!

Screw him, though, this is some damn good popcorn!

Steve

evolutionmovement wrote:Screw him, though, this is some damn good popcorn!

Damn straight it is

It arrived!

Thank you, Laurel! You did a great job with this stuff! Any secrets you'd care to share?

My housemates love you now.

One of my housemates was excited that your address said Kenmore; she's from Woodinville. She says hi.

Hahahaha... Neo.

And I dig the fact that it was packed in a Mobil 1 box.

I didn't get a mobil1 box...

Her note said she ran out

Hehe, even from Costco these boxes aren't cheap. They do come with 6 quarts of motor oil for free, though.

rofl

Got mine too!! Thanks Laurel!! it's soooo goood......and I too got a mobil 1 box

Everyone got a mobil1 box but Mark. I work at an auto parts store, so it's easy to just dump out the spare mobil and steal the boxes(less likely to get fired for just the boxes).

The recipe comes from my great grandmother's cookbook that she had published in 1938. It's called "An Elementary Course in Candymaking" If anyone needs any basic candy recipes, including recipes for amazing fudge, or chocolate fillings like raspberry fillings or anything slightly similar, PM me or post something about it, I've got or can get recipes that are amazing for that.

Here's the recipe as is stated in the cookbook, even though there's comma splices like whoa.

Popcorn Crisp
Pop 1/2 pound popcorn and put in a large kettle in a moderate oven, 300 degrees, so that when the syrup is ready, both the corn and the kettle will be hot. [a metal or glass bowl work just as well for this as well] If the corn is cold it will not mix well, if the kettle is cold, the syrup will stick to it.

1 1/2 cup white sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup glucose[light corn syrup]
3/4 cup water
Bring to boil
Wash sides down, add:
1 teaspoon salt
cook to 300 degrees[you should have a candy thermometer in the pan at all times, for me, it gets up to around 220 rather quickly, then takes forever to get to 300, but I have a damn old stove] and add:
1/2 cube butter
when the butter is well mixed in, take off the fire and add:
1 teaspoon baking soda mixed with
1 teaspoon vanilla Stir in well

Take the corn out of the oven, set on warm part of stove. Scrape all of the syrup into the corn and mix the whole thing together. Pour out on cold, dry slab which need not be oiled.[a marble or granite slab/countertop works particularly well for this] Spread out thin while still hot. This also may be rolled into balls.

***You should have a glass of hot water handy, that you keep a pastry brush in. Wash the sides constantly(when you're not stirring) with the pastry brush, continually dipping in the water. Do not worry about "watering down" the caramel. It's rather hot and the water will steam out in a matter of seconds. If any sugar granules survive, they will contaminate, and granulate the rest of your batch[rendering it just as tasty, but with a horrible texture].
***After cooking this, it's advised to soak all elements included in your candymaking adventure in hot water overnight, it breaks down the sugar to the point where it's possible to scrub it off of things.


edit: the "batch" that I made for you guys(5 total) was a triple batch of that recipe, just something to keep in mind

I missed out on the popcorn thing but I have to say, Laurel, that you sound like one of the most awesome girls I've ever heard of. To make popcorn and send it to board members, that's cool as hell. And then to offer up the recipie for it and other candy, that's beyond cool. I'll take any recipie for candy making that you care to send. There's not many like you out there, beautiful and creative, geez.

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yeah, its goooooooood. (I'm having it for breakfast too )

Nice, thanks for the recipe!

(...and in case anybody is wondering, a cube of butter is the same quantity as a quarter-pound stick of butter)

You sure there's no crack in it or anything though, Laurel?

It's that good, eh? Damn, I missed out.

Yea I ate a bunch and then got woozy and all lethargic.

I was referring to the addictiveness.

I missed out as well

But on the snow thing--Whistler Mountain is open at the earliest date in
20 years.

Just picked up the skiis from the tune up shop and will soon be cranking
some turns

It seems the sports i like include a lot of turns--skiing, mountain biking,
whitewater paddling and track time.

I'm glad you all like it. It's gotta be eaten quickly, as it stops being amazing after about 6 days.

Already taken care of.

I'm surprised mine lasted longer than a day.