Tonight was the first night of American Idol, a show our family enjoys watching. We especially enjoy the audition nights, because of the umm…array of talent…that’s out there. We record the show so that the kids watch the first hour and then, since it’s a school night, they have to go to bed and we watch the second hour at another time. Since it was a somewhat special night, being the first night of the show, we decided to christen another one of our Christmas gifts, this one was from my aunt and uncle:
This was one of our popcorn themed-gifts this Christmas and we tried it out tonight.
My aunt and uncle also gave us some popcorn accessories to go with it:
These are the other accessories that were given to us to go with the popcorn maker.
Since we’ve never had a popcorn popper before, we were very curious as to how it would work and we thought tonight would be a fun night to try it out.
Here’s what it looks like out of the box:
It's a pretty cool piece of equipment.
Once out of the box, the popcorn maker has to be seasoned with oil. After that, we followed the directions, putting oil in the bottom of the pot and a half cup of popcorn. As it heats up, you turn the handle until the popcorn is done. It cooked up very quickly and the entire pot was full. We decided to try the Kettle Corn flavoring. Well, more honestly, I decided that we were trying the Kettle Corn flavoring. They wanted Nacho Chip flavor, but somehow I won them over and we tried Kettle Corn. It was a combination of sweet and salty.
Last year we got the coolest popcorn bowl at our dollar store...for one dollar, perfect for tonight's treat.
Finally, to top it all off, the gift came with one-time use individual popcorn cups as well, so everyone got their own. It was an especially fun way to start off the season of American Idol this year. We found the Whirley-Pop popcorn maker very easy to use and we can’t wait to try out the other flavors of popcorn.
Here's to another season of American Idol!
The Whole bag of Chips 
How Fun! We love popcorn around here! =)
Oh, almost forgot I got my scrabble game yesterday!! Thanks again!! =)