popcorn: i love and need you

I love and need popcorn.  There is a large pot on the stove that I use to pop my kernels. Did you know that the odor in microwave popcorn is harmful? It can give you cancer (over a long period of time, but still).  Throw out your compressed packets of micro-pop.  Coat the bottom of a large pot with olive oil.  Turn stove on high.  Sprinkle kernels on bottom surface of pot. Cover with lid (but leave a little opening for air), and wait! Listen!  Do you hear the popcorn popping? The kernels exploding out of their shells like manic caterpillars bursting into butterflies? It is rapid fire and you need to pay close attention.

Now, when the popping slows down to 2-3 seconds between pops, turn off the heat...unless you love burnt popcorn.  Get me? Salt and butter popcorn to desired tastes.  Do not burn butter! Burnt buttercan ruin a perfectly good pot of popcorn.

Transfer popcorn (or peeks as I affectionately call it) to a bowl.

Throw in Season 2, 3rd disc, of 6 Feet Under, munch on peeks, and contemplate how short and wasteful our lives are.