{"id":68672,"date":"2025-03-13T02:06:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T06:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=68672"},"modified":"2025-03-16T02:18:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T06:18:33","slug":"mar-13-25-popcorn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=68672","title":{"rendered":"MAR 13, 25 ( 2 \/ 2 ).. POPCORN.."},"content":{"rendered":"

POPCORN..<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Patti and I love POPCORN. We purchase these super gigantic bags of popcorn at Sam’s Club and at Costco. We get plain popcorn and we get White Cheddar Cheese popcorn.<\/p>\n

We also use our Chinese Wok with its lid to pop Orville Redenbacher popcorn in olive oil, that we purchase at Costco, when we are back home up in Anchorage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We do NOT EVER eat micro-wave popcorn! We used to. Then one day we read the label and did not like the contents.<\/p>\n

So?<\/p>\n

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Patti and I “qualify” as legitimate “Popcorn Lover’s”.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Popcorn Lover\u2019s Day, is celebrated on the second Thursday in March. <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

This day is a dream come true for all popcorn fans. Do you want to know why? Because you get to eat your favorite snack all day! This means you can choose any taste you want. Salted popcorn, buttered popcorn, caramel corn, and even kettle corn are examples of this. The goal is to consume anything and everything that appeals to you. So, what are you holding out for? Begin popping your favorite snack with friends and family and start nibbling right away. Make sure that the day is one you will remember for years to come.<\/p>\n

Popcorn is a snack that has been around for thousands of years. It may be traced back to the Native Americans since the oldest popcorn discovered is over 4000 years old. Around 1948, the oldest popcorn was discovered in a bat cave in West-Central New Mexico. However, popcorn served numerous functions at the time. Due to their cultural worth, they were ingested, used to decorate headdresses and deity images, and were even discovered in South American burial sites in Chile. Some Native Americans thought that spirits resided among popcorn kernels, became enraged when roasted, and then fled. It\u2019s safe to say, the \u2018popping\u2019 sound is responsible for the narrated superstition.<\/p>\n

When the region was colonized, popcorn was known as \u2018parching corn,\u2019 \u2018rice corn,\u2019 and \u2018popped corn.\u2019 In the 1820s, the term popcorn was devised. It was not only eaten but it was also used to decorate the Christmas tree. While organically cooked popcorn had its advantages, it did not gain popularity or develop a distinct flavor until it was marketed.<\/p>\n

Cracker Jack began selling popcorn in 1896, and it quickly became a staple at all baseball games. Following that, the mobile popcorn machine was invented. Popcorn became a mainstay at fairs, parks, and streets as a result of the innovation. Popcorn was also quite cheap, and people could buy it even during difficult times like the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

In the early 1950s, as television became more popular, fewer people went to the theaters, and less popcorn was consumed. Percy Spencer found that microwave popcorn could be made, and by the early 1980s, numerous companies were making microwave popcorn. Golden Valley Foods was one of the first to make it in 1971.<\/p>\n

The Orville Redenbacher brand of popcorn was launched in 1970 because an advertising agency advised him to use his own name as the brand name.<\/p>\n

In 1976, Redenbacher sold the company to Hunt-Wesson\u00a0 Foods.<\/p>\n

Eating popcorn has several health advantages. Popcorn includes phenolic acids, a form of antioxidant, in addition to being high in fiber. Popcorn is also a whole grain, a type of food that has been linked to a lower risk of diabetes, heart disease, and hypertension in humans.<\/p>\n

Popcorn is completely free of all major allergens.<\/p>\n

Nebraska produces the most popcorn out of all the states.<\/p>\n

The name was derived because of the noise made when they burst open.<\/p>\n

There you have it.<\/p>\n

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Thanks to .. Taa Daa .. NATIONAL<\/span> TODAY \/ NATIONAL DAY CALENDAR..<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll bet you all forgot that back on January the 19th, 2025, we featured the below “Holiday”.<\/p>\n

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Big smiles..\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cap and Patti..<\/p>\n

– – – – – – – –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday we “survived” climbing up 22 steps to the second floor in our Medical Office Building because the elevator is broken all of this week.<\/p>\n

More importantly! We survived coming back down the above 22 steps.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday morning, I went to our Medical Office Building and walked up the steps. I was absolutely positive Patti would do OK because the “steps are VERY friendly”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Oh Captain what on earth are “friendly steps”? Friendly steps have a very short “rise” of maybe four to five inches (I’ll measure them tomorrow). And there is a very nice small “landing” to rest upon.<\/p>\n

Further, young women were carrying strollers with babies in them up and down and several other senior citizens were carrying walkers up and down.<\/p>\n

Lastly. Our nurse practitioner came with us to the steps and “taught Patti” the professionally recommended way to go down stairs if you have balance issues. Further she went all the way down with Patti. I will take photos of this to show you all one day soon.<\/p>\n

Here it is in words. Both hands are free. You face the handrail. Facing the handrail, you grasp the handrail with both hands. You then, holding the handrail with both hands, go sideways down one step with your two feet. And down you go.<\/p>\n

Nice and safe with NO DRAMA such as falling down the stairs to a painful death from head injuries.<\/p>\n

March the 15th we published a Post on Google Blogspot showing detailed photos of the above “safe stair process”.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/bobbacaps.blogspot.com\/2025\/03\/mar-15-25-safely-descending-stairs.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Over And Out.<\/p>\n

It’s after 11pm and we want to read Dalton Ross and his Survivor Show re-cap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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