"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 14 Jan 2016 20:10:27 -0800, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
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>>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>> Kellogg's Corn Pops are not popcorn. They're made from milled corn
>>> (corn flour).
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Pops
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>>And a lot more unhealthy than popped corn for breakfast.
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>>Cheri
>
> Actually popped corn is not unhealthful... depending how prepared
> popped corn can be a very healthful food... that horrid nuked popcorn
> will shorten your life, plus it literally stinks, but air popped corn
> is very healthful, it's a whole grain food with nothing added. I
> prepare a huge batch in my Wearever Popcorn Pumper at least once a
> week, I fill a 24 cup bowl, drizzle with about three Tbls of melted
> real butter and sprinkle with a couple three pinches salt... no pop
> corn is better... well okay, I used to love Cracker Jacks but they
> changed the recipe, doubled the price, halved the box size, and
> eliminated the good toys... a large box used to cost a nickle, and I
> still use a little plastic magnifier from more than 65 years ago. Oh,
> and Cracker Jacks used to contain a generous amount of peanuts, an
> excellent source of protein... last time I bought a box, some ten
> years ago, not one peanut... and the toy was a stupid bit of paper no
> better than from a Chinese fortune cookie. I don't know how Cracker
> Jacks stays in business. I can buy a two pound bag of generic popping
> corn for less than a dollar, look for it in the produce section.

You obviously didn't read the post, I said Corn Pop cereal was a lot more
unhealthy than popcorn eaten for breakfast. I have 2 TBS of popcorn, popped
dry in a frying pan a couple of times a week. It's a good snack.

Cheri