PrintPopcorn Eating Technique from an Asian Mom
Here's a possible popcorn eating technique—good for those times when your popcorn is extra buttery—from My Mom Is a Fob (FAQ in case that title makes no sense to you). Definitely more refined than my technique, which is to shovel bulging handfuls of popcorn into my mouth.
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14 Comments:
This technique was really handy this past weekend when I had a popcorn craving in the middle of grading lab reports. My students might already be disgusted by their grades, let alone finding grease stains on their papers.
It also works well for portion control since I only ate about 3/4ths of what I normally consume.
tina_eats at 10:25AM on 11/12/08
Good god, I used to hate getting my homework back w/ grease stains. UGH!!
Cassaendra at 11:36AM on 11/12/08
This is a great idea actually...nice to avoid the salty-buttery-hand thing.
cakespy at 12:27PM on 11/12/08
This is exactly how my teen daughter eats popcorn -- her hands don't get oily while she's using her laptop!
etirv at 12:46PM on 11/12/08
My family has eaten popcorn this way for years -- started by my mother. It's my favorite way to eat it.
Jen Maiser at 1:07PM on 11/12/08
Oh, dang. I just grab a greasy handful, cram as many popped kernels into my mouth as possible without crushing them and repeat, repeatedly. Then I walk over to the sink and wash my hands. No room for multitasking when buttered popcorn is near.
JustNancy at 2:16PM on 11/12/08
@JustNancy: That's what I do, too. It has earned me the nickname "Popcorn Maw" from a certain unnamed source.
Adam Kuban at 3:34PM on 11/12/08
Ack! I have those chopsticks!
missvenuz at 3:35PM on 11/12/08
Although I hate Cheetos, cheese puffs, and various other artificial cheese snacks, a friend of mine ate them with chopsticks to avoid having the fluorescent orange dust get all over his fingers, books, computer, etc.
I also once saw a girl get a takeout salad only to find that no fork was included. She took two pencils and used them as ersatz chopsticks with nary a blink.
Benitowine at 4:20PM on 11/12/08
Love the idea but I don't know how to use chopsticks. I can't even handle the kiddie ones! So embarrasing!!!
ddvierra68 at 4:33PM on 11/12/08
What a great idea--especially since my husband is helpless in the chopstick department. The buttery goodness is all mine!
Apple at 5:40PM on 11/12/08
Eating snacks with chopsticks would slow the rate at which you are eating those snacks. No more handfuls for every bite. Good for dieting!
My Mom is a FOB- great title!
winkyj at 8:18PM on 11/12/08
I think Bruce Lee Roy from The Last Dragon patented this technique =P
johnnytakes5 at 9:07PM on 11/12/08
That's how I first learned to eat with chopsticks. Excellent training wheels, so to speak.
jboylan at 6:53PM on 11/14/08