I tend to be one of those people who likes to do things the easy way.  I buy Ziploc bags and put my chip bags into them instead of buying ties or bag clips.  I buy ice cream and relish - I don't make something that is already out there on the market.  And, until recently, I always bought already made bags of microwave popcorn. It just didn't dawn on me to do things any other way.  Well, my husband and I were shopping together recently and he threw a bag of popcorn kernels into the cart.  I just stopped and stared, and then I started to laugh at him. What in the world was he planning to do with those?  He looked back on me with that, "You've got to be kidding" expression.  I honestly had never dealt with popcorn kernels and had no idea what to do with them.

After laughing at me for a very, very long time, my husband taught me the art of cooking popcorn. Now, you know I must not be that much of a chef if I say "art" and "popcorn" in the same sentence.  I promise I really am a very good cook - just not a popcorn cook.  I couldn't' believe how easy it was.  And I also couldn't believe that, in the past, I've spent so much money buying popcorn bags!  So, now I know how to make popcorn from "scratch" if you will, and then I can put my own amount of salt and butter on it.  What a great invention!