Day 300: Movie night! Mom loved caramel corn, but she did NOT like biting down on the Old Maids - you know, the popcorn kernels that didn’t pop. Her solution? Two large bowls, and your hands. After the popcorn has been popped, place it all in one bowl. Shake it gently up and down to encourage the unpopped kernels to go to the bottom. Then lightly run your fingers through the popcorn as you grab handfuls and place them in the second bowl. The couple of extra minutes it takes is well worth it when there aren’t any Old Maids left to break your teeth.
And just to be clear, both Mom and I think that Old Maid is a really dumb name for a kernel of popcorn. Don’t you?
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