Microwave popcorn came out when? In the 80's? I know it was around at least as early as 1990, because I was in high school. That was before microwaves came with a "popcorn" button. The instructions were pretty simple and direct. "THIS SIDE UP" was pretty clear.
1. Center bag on turntable.
2. Set power on HIGH for 4 minutes.
3. LISTEN.
4. Stop microwave when popping slows to 1-2 pops per second.
5. Bag is HOT!!!
Pretty simple. Any dummy can do it.
Except Phyllis*. I work with her. She's believes that machines are perfect and remove the necessity of using your brain. She hits the "popcorn" button and walks away and every day we are treated to the smell of burnt popcorn wafting through the office and her complaints about "that stupid microwave."
Stupid microwave?
Pot, meet Kettle!
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You know I was watching a movie not to long ago and it was setin the late seventies and they were making microwave popcorn.
Yeh, I think they had microwave popcorn on Tron!
From an actual bag of microwave popcorn from my pantry:
"Listen to the pop to know when to stop"
Duh. ;)
I've noticed recently that most of the popcorn I buy suggests you DON'T use the 'popcorn' button anymore anyhow!
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