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there's all different kind of popcorns
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that you can buy out there you can buy
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it already bagged up pre-cooked but i
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just love doing it the old-timey way
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this really brings back some nice
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memories i'm gonna put just enough oil
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slightly slightly cover our pan
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of popcorn in the pot and you can see
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when i shake it up that makes like a
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single layer we don't want to overfill
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our pot because when it starts popping
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we could have a big mess naturally i had
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when i poured in the oil you can hear
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popcorn sizzling in that oil
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this is dangerous because
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we don't know when one of those kernels
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are going to come flying up
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i remember that my mother had a
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popcorn pot that she used on top of the
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stove and it had a clear lid so we could
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watch it as it popped but i don't think
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they make those anymore but maybe i
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i can't eat it fast enough
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don't do that at home kitties i'm just
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you can hear it popping
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and we're just going to shake that pan
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because if i just left that pan sitting
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there there's a good chance that the
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popcorn might burn and we don't want
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there's all different popcorns now that
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you can use instead of popping your own
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all different brands but i would
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recommend an unsalted popcorn for this
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okay the pot is quiet
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so i think all the kernels have popped
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and hopefully there's no burned popcorn
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burned kernel in our pot
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now while our popcorn is cooling
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we're gonna come over here and we're
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gonna make our chocolate coating that's
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gonna just make these luscious
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chocolate filled popcorn balls and we're
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with a half a stick of butter
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doesn't it seem like forever when you're
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draining corn syrup out of a bottle
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we've got all of our ingredients in here
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now we're just going to bring them to a
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and that shouldn't take very very long
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you know i remember my grandmother paul
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making these for the young children in
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i tried not to call on my grandmother
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very often to keep my children because i
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felt like she had already done her job
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with her children and i hated to pawn
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her great-grandchildren off on her
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but when i had to call on her she would
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make sure she had these popcorn balls as
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a snack for my children and everything
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she was a wonderful grandmother in fact
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both of my grandmothers were just the
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i had one that i swear that walked
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around with a halo over her head
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and then i had another one that was
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spicy and i think it sometimes she had
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little horns coming out of hers so i had
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a nice variety i was most lucky
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the feisty grandmother's name was irene
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and she was the one that i spent many
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many years in the kitchen with and the
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other grandmother was nellie lou
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and i have fun fond memories
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of irene and little nelly lou this has
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come to a boil and the sugar's dissolved
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so now we're gonna add eight cups of
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a heaping one for good luck
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oh these are looking so good
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and if you wanted to you know you could
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some chopped peanuts or
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it'd almost make it like a chocolate
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cracker jack wouldn't it
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i know those two little boys of mine
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so i think tonight while we're watching
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the movie there'll be other little
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children around that'll love them just
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as much as mine did so we're going to
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let this cool for a minute
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and then i'm going to just mold them
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coating on our popcorn now i'm just
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and let it cool for a minute
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so that i can touch it because it's
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my granddaddy was aggravate me i was 15
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and i ran to her and i said grandma he
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won't leave me alone and i remember her
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walking in and she had a sofa that sat
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out in the middle that floated and
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granddaddy was happened to be standing
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behind the sofa she walked out there
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with her hands on her hips
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and she said johnny i told you to leave
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her alone and he said i'm not bothering
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he aggravates me some more i run back
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and this time when she comes back into
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the room she said i told you john paul
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to leave that child alone and i mean it
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and she balled up her left fist
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knocked him for a loop
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sent him and the sofa flying over
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and i walked around the sofa and i
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looked down and i said i told you to
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she was a sport my grandma
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like i said i adored both of my
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grandmothers they were just so entirely
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and i have people say oh you're just
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and then i'll have people say oh my god
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you're just like irene
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and these are heavenly
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even if you think you might be sinning
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cause you know popcorn it's a vegetable
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how bad can it be for you not not that
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and we all know air ain't fattening
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these are actually fun to do
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and after they cool off the children can
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help do this they'd have a ball doing it
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they're ready for the movie well i've
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got all of our snacks ready all i have
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to do now is get changed and then we're
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