popcorn follies

[strangeanimal]

... note to self from last night: when heating microwave popcorn for the first time in a microwave, watch it like a hawk. *cough* *cough*

so yeah, there were popcorn issues last night. see, I had the popcorn down to a science in Dracut... just long enough to leave very few kernels unpopped, but not long enough to burn. but that microwave was built-in, so it obviously stayed when we moved out.

fast-forward to the new microwave. you know how they say the popcorn should be ready when the popping is a few seconds apart? there was already a bit of smoke coming out of the bag at that point. :p

so yeah, I'm thinking a few unpopped kernels will be the strategy from here on out... not a big fan of blackened popcorn, y'know?

Comments

[newschick.livejournal.com]

Ugh, there's just about no worse smell in the world than burnt popcorn.
Gah.

[strangeanimal.livejournal.com]

yeah, it definitely wasn't fun in there. thankfully I was able to air things out some, you can actually breathe in the kitchen now.

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[rdcf.livejournal.com]

I could smell it outside the front door when I got home last night - which was hours after it happened.

And then of course I realized this morning that a small piece of bagel is stuck in the bottom of the toaster, so when I heated up my poptart this morning, it started to burn and smell.

Our kitchen is just a plethora of bad smells lately! It's quite sad really.

What's that smell?

[b-spider.livejournal.com]

But at least the smoke detector works right? 8-)

My toaster is one of those antique ones like this.
(http://www.antiqbuyer.com/images/toaters/toast2.jpg)

If I don't stand over it, the bread can go from toasted to on fire in a few seconds. Don't get me started on what it can do to poptarts.

Re: What's that smell?

[strangeanimal.livejournal.com]

one of my old CEGEP buddies had one of those toasters... yeah, you had to watch 'em close.