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the travelling crockpot – marisa’s dinner ||

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| snacks |
air popped popcorn tossed with hot sauce, chili powder and parmesan
candy skewers
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| main |
mini corn dogs served with honey dijon mustard and ketchup
beef sliders with caramelized onions and smoked blue cheese
pulled pork sliders
corn on the cob
veggie sticks with ranch dressing in a cup
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| dessert | strawberry graham cracker ice cream sandwiches
(graham cracker instead of cookie and frozen cool whip instead of ice cream)
| drink | white sangria
ever been to the canadian or pacific national exhibition?  we like to call it the CNE here in toronto and PNE in vancouver.
complete with fair rides, livestock, and ring toss games – marisa’s dinner was inspired by the fair!  i simply must get her recipe for the corn dogs, they were stellar and would teach me to get over my fear of deep-frying.
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learn by doing – popcorn in a brown paper bag.

WELL GOSH DARN IT!

IT WORKED!  IT ACTUALLY WORKED!

i have to admit that my jaw did drop.  more than a little.  same with mohawk.  same with the friend i had over.

it just seemed a little… to simple to actually work.  i mean, have you seen those microwave bags you get at the grocery store?  i would need scissors to break into it at times if those handle side pull tabs didn’t work so well.

and the butter.  lots of it.

or fake butter.

even if it says real butter… we know.

there’s just WAY TO MUCH OF IT!  let’s cut down a little on all the fake crap shall we?

– SO –

the paper bags. (forget how much they cost, not much)  the plain popcorn kernels. (3.99, at my local sobeys)

i carefully opened up the blog post in which i originally saw this.  the lovely kerry k. taylor over at squawk fox has taught me many a good trick.  this one seemed too good to be true.  but i went for it.  How to Microwave Gourmet Popcorn in a Brown Paper Bag.

just as kerry laid out ever so carefully step by step – wouldn’t you believe it – i had the same results!  (my paper bag did start standing up like hers did, by the end of the microwaving it had fallen on its side, no big deal)

only thing i may change next time would be to splurge and see if the orville kernels taste better than grocery store brand kernels.

i urge you – go do it now.  or don’t forget to leave yourself a little reminder for the next time you’re in the grocery store.

now you can have whatever flavour you want!  and you can recycle the bag afterwards!  how much did i put into the bag you ask?  a half a cup!  that’s it, that’s all!

my greatest do-it-yourself popcorn go-to seasoning is

– butter
– honey
– salt & pepper

mix and pour over popcorn – yum yum yum!!!!!!  salty and sweet!  so good!

thanks kerry k taylor over at squawkfox!  i will never buy packaged popcorn again!  go check out her blog, she has other yummy flavour topping ideas.

© Becky Siddall and littlesiddallstudios 2012.