Popcorn Testing

Big Guy has offered to help me cull through my grandmother’s recipe box. He has been typing, and scanning like a mad man, trying to make sense of her chicken scratch on old paper with faded writing. I know I will have much testing to do over the years to try and replicate her recipes.

One recipe I have been making for years is her caramel popcorn. As I was typing, Big Guy sent me the recipe for review. I opened the document and immediately said the recipe was wrong. He walked over to me and showed me the recipe. I noted the measurements were all wrong. What just happened here?

Full disclosure will tell you there was a tense moment between two individuals feeling right in the moment. Then it hit me. I have not made a single batch of caramel popcorn for over ten years, so I forgot that the measurement would be less for a single batch. Doh! Cue the laugh track for this Carondelet Kitchen sitcom!