Posted on March 18, 2010.
Ideas bulk popcorn? I bought two large bags of popcorn from the pre-Smart & Final work and have half left bag. Any ideas for crafts or recipes to avoid it vanishes? That butter flavored.
Then do a differnet flavor popcorn.
Chile-Parmesan Popcorn
3 / 4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 1 / 2 tsp teaspoon sugar
1 tsp teaspoon chili powder
1 / 2 c. cayenne pepper Tea
1 / 2 c. teaspoon table salt
12 cups microwave popcorn light arises
cheese, sugar, chili powder, pepper and salt in a small bowl, mix with popcorn. Makes about 1 cup 1 / 2 per serving.
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Parmesan Popcorn Garlic
2 1 / 2 quarts popped popcorn
1 / 4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 tsp teaspoon dried parsley
1 / 2 c. tsp dill
Place popcorn in large bowl and mist a nonstick cooking spray. In a small bowl, combine Parmesan cheese, garlic powder, parsley and dill; Sprinkle popcorn and toss lightly.
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Caramel Popcorn
1 tablespoon margarine
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 / 4 cup water
6 cups of popcorn in hot air
Melt margarine in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar and water and stir until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil, cover and cook 3 minutes.
Check out the skillet and continue cooking to soft-crack stage mixture (275 ° F candy thermometer). Do not overcook. Pour hot mixture over popcorn; stir with a wooden spoon.
Spread popcorn in a single layer on a sheet of aluminum foil to cool. Cool and break.
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For every 4 cups of popcorn, add 1 tablespoon tablespoons melted butter or margarine. Then add additional seasonings for each type of popcorn below.
Cheese Corn - Stir 1 / 4 to 1 / 2 cup (1-2 ounces) finely shredded cheddar cheese (room temperature).
Corn Curry - Add a dimension with a thin layer Indian curry powder, add 1 / 2-3 / 4 teaspoon per 4 cups popcorn.
Curry Mix - 1 teaspoon curry powder, 3 / 4 teaspoon turmeric, 3 / 4 c. tea, ginger and a pinch of cayenne pepper for 4 cups buttered popcorn.
Hot Corn - For a real fire-eaters, stir 1 / 2 teaspoon chili powder and 1 / 4 c. teaspoon dried red pepper flakes over 4 cups of butter, salted popcorn. Make sure you have plenty of water handy!
Italian Popcorn - Add 2 tablespoons melted butter 4 cups popcorn. Stir 1 / 4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 1 tablespoon dried whole oregano, and 1 / 2 teaspoon garlic salt. Mix well.
Nutcorn - Mix about 1 cup of your favorite nuts in 4 cups buttered popcorn. Any variety of nuts 1 cup works well.
Pizza corn - 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, 1 tablespoon tsp Italian seasoning, crushed 1 / 2 teaspoon onion powder and powder 1 / 2 teaspoon garlic 4 cups popcorn.
Sweet Corn - Mix 2 tablespoons teaspoon sugar and 1 / 4 c. teaspoon ground cinnamon, and mix with buttered popcorn.
Vanilla Corn - Mix 1 / 2 teaspoon vanilla extract in a melted butter before throwing it with 4 cups popcorn. Then mix popcorn with the mixture of vanilla and butter. For variation, can use peppermint extract, rum flavoring, or maple flavoring instead of vanilla.
Cajun
teaspoon seasoning mix 2 teaspoons paprika 1 / 2 teaspoon red pepper, 1 / 2 teaspoon white pepper 1 / 2 teaspoon black pepper, 2 teaspoons onion powder, 1 / 4 c. tsp oregano, 1 / 4 teaspoon thyme and 1 / 8 celery seed. This makes about 6 teaspoons of seasoning mix. To use, add 1 teaspoon of the mixture to 4 cups of butter popcorn.
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