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Recipe: Butterless Popcorn Substitute

By Howard Charles Best, June 27, 2009

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Want something to munch on while watching your latest movie download? Tired of popcorn? Here’s a recipe that’s a delicious substitute. It only uses 3 main ingredients: American style cheese, milk, and “cold” cereal.

Let’s minimize the number of dirty dishes. Two is all that you need, a bowl and a spoon! In order to accomplish this you are going to need a kitchen scale. I got mine from Walmart.™ If I stick a big heavy bowl on top of it, I can zero it in seconds. It costs about US$9.50. The brand is Mainstays™, and it has a 7 pound weighing capacity:

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Do not get an electronic scale. They automatically turn off too quickly, and are therefore useless for the method described below.

Makes 1 serving

1. Add ½ teaspoon of salt to a 4 cup (1 quart) microwavable bowl .

2. Add ¼ teaspoon of asafeotida (available from East Indian grocery stores). (optional)

3. Add ½ teaspoon of ginger powder.

4. Add 2 teaspoons of curry powder.*

5. Rock the bowl from side to side so as to distribute the salt and spices somewhat evenly.

6. Put the bowl on top of your kitchen scale and zero it.

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7. Using your fingers, break off small pieces from a solid block of American style cheese, such as Kraft™ Velveeta,™ until 4 ounces have been added (1 cup).

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8. Zero the scale.

9. Add milk until 2⅔ ounces have been added (⅓ cup).

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10. Microwave until the mixture comes to a vigorous boil. (Microwave for 1 minute. Then microwave in 30 second intervals while watching very closely lest the mixture boil over.)

11. Quickly stir, scraping the bottom so that all of the salt/spices get thoroughly mixed in, until the cheese is completely liquefied. (Now you have a delicious cheese dip which could also be used as a condiment for raw celery, etc.)

12. Fill the bowl to the top with a crunchy cereal such as Rice Chex.™

13. Push the cereal down into the cheese mixture.

14. Again, fill the bowl to the top with more cereal.

15. Using a spoon, eat directly from the bowl, mixing the cereal with the cheese as you eat.

16. Enjoy the movie!

* If you don’t have any curry powder, then you can make your own: 3 parts ground coriander, 1 part ground turmeric, 1 part ground cumin, 1 part ground fenugreek and 1 part ground red chili beans.

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