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I like this idea—popping popcorn with herbs in the pot. I'm about to settle in for a long night of election results. What better than a nice big bowl of popcorn with an added twist? Passion for Eating, where the photo above comes from, has the instructions....Judge Rejects Man’s Lawsuit Against Movie Theater for Popcorn Tooth Injury
Photograph from karen2754 on Flickr When Steve Kaplan of New York City fractured his tooth after biting on an unpopped popcorn kernel at an Upper West Side movie theater, he demanded that the theater pay his $1,250 dental bill. Civil Court Judge Matthew Cooper denied the claim, saying that unpopped kernels were unavoidable: Until such time as the same bio-engineers who brought us seedless watermelon are able to develop a new strain of popping corn where every kernel is guaranteed to pop, we will just have to accept partially popped popcorn as part and parcel of the popcorn popping process. To prevent potential tooth fractures, Cooper suggested eating the popcorn one by one or avoiding popcorn and just eating candy....In Videos: Cell Phone Popcorn Hoax: How It Actually Worked
You can finally get some sleep tonight. Someone figured out how those popcorn kernels were mysteriously popping without a nearby microwave. Oh wait, there was a microwave involved! The magnetron, or the power-generator inside the machine, was hiding underneath the table. According to the video's step-by-step instructions, the process seems fairly simple: just dismember the microwave, connect a few extension cords and hook up that magnetron. BUT WE DO NOT ENDORSE TRYING THIS AT HOME. Watch the video after the jump....Medium Popcorn Could Contain More Than Large Size
©iStockphoto.com/hidesy Movie theaters already make the list of places that rip you off, but they could enter a whole new swindling category. According to UC Irvine professor Richard McKenzie in his new Freakonomics-esque book Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies, And Other Pricing Puzzles, there's a more than 50 percent chance that medium bag with flexible sides is a better bang for your buck than the large tub with constricting, rigged sides. McKenzie points out that this excludes the free refills caveat included with the large portion. He argues that at least half of people don't take advantage of this bottomless popcorn perk, and if you do, you're safe. The popcorn-scooping clerk is also a factor here,...Cell Phone Popcorn Hoax Videos Revealed as a Marketing Campaign for Bluetooth Headsets
Those videos of cellphones popping popcorn? Turns out it was a viral marketing scheme for bluetooth headsets made by the company Cardo Systems. Their website (pictured below) runs the slogan "Making popcorn with a cellphone only happens in the movies," and a disclaimer that reads "The contents of these videos are fictitious and humorous optical illusions..." Indeed. The Cardo website. Previously: Videos of cellphones popping popcorn Popcorn videos debunked Good Morning America tries to pop popcorn with cellphones, and failed....'Good Morning America' Tries to Pop Popcorn With Cellphones, Fails
This morning, Good Morning America put their Mythbusters hats on and tried to pop popcorn with their cellphones. The hoax has hit mainstream television. Not bad. Video after the jump....Viral Videos of Cellphones Popping Popcorn Kernels: Debunked!
Have you seen the cellphones popping popcorn kernel videos? They've been viewed more than a million times since they were uploaded last week. If not, here's a summary of the captivating 45 seconds: three friends encircle several popcorn kernels with their cells, the phones receive calls and the kernels do their popcorn thing, popping away. Lest you get overly excited, Wired bursts your bubble and debunks it. University of Virginia physics professor and How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary author Louis Bloomfield told Wired that the trick is a physical impossibility....In Videos: Cell Phones Pop Popcorn Kernels
No microwaves or ovens nearby? Videos coming out of France, Japan, and the USA show a feature most cell phone manufacturers are not likely to promote: when they ring, cell phones pop popcorn kernels. And we put these things next to our heads? Is this a hoax? Update: The videos have been debunked! Update #2: Good Morning America tried to pop popcorn with cellphones, and failed. Videos after the jump....Rising Popcorn Costs Increase Movie Ticket Prices
©iStockphoto.com/hidesy Are you sick of rising movie ticket prices? Do you hate getting ripped off for a bag of popcorn at the movie theater? Well, it's only going to get worse. Due to the increasing costs of popcorn, the price of movie tickets is expected to skyrocket by as much as 30 percent this year. Why is the price of popcorn going up? Reasons include the increasing demand for ethanol, the low yields of this year's popcorn crop, the rising cost in coconut oil for popping corn, and the increasing cost of producing paper popcorn tubs. Since "roughly 25 percent of the price of admission is subsidized by popcorn, soda, and candy sales," either snacks will get more expensive...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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