On Sunday, December 15, 2013 4:14:24 AM UTC-6, Ophelia wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> > My mom wanted to try the lemon popcorn so I took her the box with the
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> > remaining packet. She popped it and ate it while we were out. Said it
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> > was really good. She put in half of the oil (based on my telling her that
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> > the whole packet made it too oily) but both of the salt packets which she
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> > thought made it too lemony. And I was like... Uh... There were SALT
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> > PACKETS?
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> > I thought I had looked through the box well. It did say to put as much or
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> > as little seasoning as you wanted but I thought all of the seasoning was
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> > in with the oil since I didn't see anything else. So...
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> > To make matters even more stupid, my mom said there had been a little
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> > popcorn left but she threw it away so I couldn't taste it. Then when I
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> > got home, I called her to tell her I had been back to Central Market where
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> > the popcorn was now on sale and I got 3 more boxes of lemon plus 2 of
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> > maple. I might not like the maple but Angela and my mom like sweet
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> > popcorn. And guess what my mom said? "Oh, oops! I thought I threw the
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> > popcorn away but then I found it on the counter. So you could come back
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> > over here and try it!" Um... No. Not gonna drive 9 miles each way for a
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> > bite of popcorn.
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> > So, I am stupid. And I falsely accused the popcorn of not tasting lemony
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> > or salty. I will make another bag tonight and do it right. But I will
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> > also try to make my own. Because even on sale, this stuff isn't cheap.
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> Why is that stupid? So you missed the packets! <shrug> Doing this just
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> gives the nasties a free ride
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There are folks here who are too stupid to even realize that they're stupid.
They do say that acknowledging the problem is the first step.

-B