Popcorn lung. Read all about it here. Popcorn lung?!? Popcorn is our favorite snack. Bill eats the movie theater butter while I usually scarf down the 94% fat free. I give the kids a mix of the two. We probably make 3 bags of microwave popcorn per day. PER DAY! We are going to die. Of popcorn lung.
We went several years without a microwave oven, or death ray as I like to call it. Bill finally wore me down with his relentless begging, so I caved and bought a new microwave. And I have fallen prey to it's Siren song of effortless popcorn. I am going back to my old stove top ways. Maybe.
Can you believe there is actually an organization with the name "The Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association." Is Clark Griswold a member?
Off to breath some fresh, non popcorn polluted air,
Wendy
YOu know, they should have named it something other than Popcorn Lung. That sounds so silly!
I love Clark Griswold! We watch that movie every Christmas, it is one of our faves!
Posted by: Randi | September 05, 2007 at 09:54 AM
I have named my microwave "Scratch" as in "oh yeah, I made this meal from scratch."
Posted by: Chucker | September 05, 2007 at 10:17 AM
From the article: "...we have no other plausible explanation...". What a specious argument. So, he has a lung disease the source of which we can't determine; Buttered flavoring supposedly causes some kind of lung disease; well, obviously that's the cause! As Digory was fond of saying, "What are they teaching them in schools these days?" Bah, maybe I'm just getting cranky with age...
Posted by: Gene Smith | September 05, 2007 at 02:21 PM