File this under under “the things of earth.”

I don’t do much cooking, but I know how to make delicious popcorn. I’ve done this hundreds of times.

This popcorn is far healthier and tastier than microwave popcorn.

Tools and Ingredients

1. Stove
2. Popcorn popper (We use this one. It’s not heavy-duty—we’re on our third one—but it does the job.)
3. Olive oil (We use this.)
4. Popcorn kernels (We’ve used this for our last several rounds.)
5. 1/2 measuring cup
6. Popcorn salt (We use this.)
7. Big bowl

Steps

1. Pour olive oil into the popcorn popper. I pour in enough to cover the bottom of the popper with a thin layer. (This really helps the popcorn taste good.)
2. Place the popper on the stove, and turn the stove burner to medium-high. (I let the stove start to warm up the oil as I prepare for the next step.)
3. Pour a half-cup of popcorn kernels into the popper. (We like to store our popcorn kernels in a glass jar with a lid and then keep the rest of them fresh in a large airtight bin.)
4. Stir the popcorn in the olive oil by slowly turning the crank on the popper:
   1. Start turning the crank when the kernels to start to pop, which may take a few minutes from the time you pour the kernels into the popper.
   2. Don’t stop (slowly) turning the crank on the popper or else you might burn the popcorn.
   3. The kernels will start popping rapidly. Just a few seconds after the popping noticeably slows down, take the popper off the stove. If you leave it on the stove too long, you will burn the popcorn.
5. Turn off the stove, and dump the popcorn into a big bowl.
6. Apply the popcorn salt.
7. Rinse the popper with water, and then place it up-side-down with the lid half-propped open so that extra olive oil can drip out (e.g., in the sink or on a paper towel on the counter).
8. Enjoy delicious popcorn to the glory of God! So good. Thank you, Lord, for popcorn and for giving us taste buds to enjoy it!