The Popcorn Experiment (The Sequel)
REPRISE
As posted earlier, I substituted Extra Light Olive Oil on popcorn,
instead of the usual butter. I also used my usual butter-flavored
popcorn salt. The result was delicious.
It's desirable to get at least some oil and some salt on every piece
of popcorn. I did pretty well--with the right bottle, it's possible to
pour the oil in a very thin stream. I don't really have a very good
idea how much oil I used.
Since part of the goal is to cut down on oil consumption (as well
as substituting "good" oil for butter), I determined to continue my
experiments with spray oil. I left that as a cliffhanger....
SEQUEL
The results are now in. Of course, like any good scientist, I hope
other scientists will attempt to replicate my results, and publish.
Anyway:
Experiment #2: Spray olive oil.
Result: Flavor wasn't too bad, but the smell put me off. It smelled
too much like olive oil spray. Partly that was the olive oil smell
(which is okay in smaller amounts) that sort of overwhelmed
the popcorn; partly it smelled canned, if you know what I mean.
Experiments #3 and #4. Spray canola oil.
Result: Better. While olive oil is good for you and butter is bad
for you, canola oil is somewhere in between. It's basically
neutral and essentially flavorless. That also kind of describes
the popcorn.
Experiment #5: Acme Natural Flavor Buttery Spray (Canola).
Result: Nearly as good as with my first attempt (extra light
olive oil from a bottle). Very good flavor.
However --
These days, if I eat movie theater popcorn with butter-flavored
motor oil, I feel uncomfortable afterward; like I've been drinking
motor oil or something. I felt a bit that way after this experiment.
There is also a Crisco brand of butter-flavored spray canola oil.
I didn't get it because it had some random silicone compound
in it to prevent foaming. (The Ajax brand does "foam" a tiny
amount--I don't see why this is a problem.)
Clearly, more research is needed.
OTHER BURNING QUESTIONS
When I enter my "mood" as "experimental," why does XJournal
think the closest match is "exanimate"?
Isn't a sequel a programming language?
What is the meaning of life, the universe, and--oh, never mind.
As posted earlier, I substituted Extra Light Olive Oil on popcorn,
instead of the usual butter. I also used my usual butter-flavored
popcorn salt. The result was delicious.
It's desirable to get at least some oil and some salt on every piece
of popcorn. I did pretty well--with the right bottle, it's possible to
pour the oil in a very thin stream. I don't really have a very good
idea how much oil I used.
Since part of the goal is to cut down on oil consumption (as well
as substituting "good" oil for butter), I determined to continue my
experiments with spray oil. I left that as a cliffhanger....
SEQUEL
The results are now in. Of course, like any good scientist, I hope
other scientists will attempt to replicate my results, and publish.
Anyway:
Experiment #2: Spray olive oil.
Result: Flavor wasn't too bad, but the smell put me off. It smelled
too much like olive oil spray. Partly that was the olive oil smell
(which is okay in smaller amounts) that sort of overwhelmed
the popcorn; partly it smelled canned, if you know what I mean.
Experiments #3 and #4. Spray canola oil.
Result: Better. While olive oil is good for you and butter is bad
for you, canola oil is somewhere in between. It's basically
neutral and essentially flavorless. That also kind of describes
the popcorn.
Experiment #5: Acme Natural Flavor Buttery Spray (Canola).
Result: Nearly as good as with my first attempt (extra light
olive oil from a bottle). Very good flavor.
However --
These days, if I eat movie theater popcorn with butter-flavored
motor oil, I feel uncomfortable afterward; like I've been drinking
motor oil or something. I felt a bit that way after this experiment.
There is also a Crisco brand of butter-flavored spray canola oil.
I didn't get it because it had some random silicone compound
in it to prevent foaming. (The Ajax brand does "foam" a tiny
amount--I don't see why this is a problem.)
Clearly, more research is needed.
OTHER BURNING QUESTIONS
When I enter my "mood" as "experimental," why does XJournal
think the closest match is "exanimate"?
Isn't a sequel a programming language?
What is the meaning of life, the universe, and--oh, never mind.