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Vintage Popcorn Recipes

Vintage popcorn recipes discovered in old recipe boxes, handwritten on papers, and other cool places from the cookin days of the 1950's and 60's. FYI -  I find popcorn and clowns very scary. I love to discover old recipes from the 40's, 50's, and 60's. Remember yesterday?  Evening twilight falling like a fuzzy blanket, fireflies floating above fresh cut grass, cricket's songs, and games lke "tag-your-it" in full swing.

Right about then, that old wooden screen door would swing open with mom calling you in.  It was Friday night and that meant tv. Mom would let us help make scrumptious treats.  We would laugh and talk while fixing snacks. Homemade pizzas and popcorns were my favorite.  See back then there were no pizza deliveries, no mircrowave popcorn, you did it yourself.  Mom would pull out the biggest pan she had, pour in Crisco oil till the bottom was covered, then in went popcorn from a bag!  A bag!  I still remember the "pat-a-pat" sound little curnels made when hitting bottom. As soon as the first kernal popped, we each got a turn, shaking the pan back and forth over the stove's burner. I would like to share popcorn recipes with you from those evenings long ago.  Maybe you can create a few memories with your family.  As usual, these recipes were found in recipe boxes found at fleamarkets, estate auctions, and the like.  I will give credit when I can.  Each is written exactly at the card or letter states.

Caramel Popcorn by Lucille Teilmann Use 6 quarts of freshly popped corn.  Caramel - Melt in heavy skillet 1 cube margarine or butter and 2 1/2 cups of sugar until light brown in color, Add 1/3 tsp. soda and pour at once over pepped corn, Mix well.  NEVER STICKY Maple Syrup 1 cup white sugar                     1 cup Karo 1 cup brown sugar                    1 cup water Boil 3 mins. remove from fire, Add small teaspoon of mapleine.

Read, "The Story of the Missing Cookie Jar" by PenVampyre.  A delightful little Christmas story with mouthwatering warm tasty recipes for the most wonderful time of the year!     Read "Santa and the Magic Key", plus recipes for your holidays.  A story by PenVampyre

Popcorn Wreaths by unknown Lady.  Her recipe box was filled with the most interesting recipes.  Some newspaper recipes in the box were dated 1973.  That gives you an idea of the time frame. For each wreath, make a quart of popcorn or enough to fill a ring mold to the depth of 2 inches.  Prepare the syrup by combining 1 cup light corn syrup, 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water, and 1 tsp. vinegar in a sauce pan.  Add several drops food coloring.  Cook over medium heat stirring only until sugar dissolves.  Continue cooking syrup until candy thermometer registers 260 degrees.  Hard ball stage. Stir in 2 tbsp. butter and 1 tsp. vanilla.  Set aside 1/4 cup syrup for topping.  Pour remaining syrup over popcorn, in a large bowl.  Stir mixture quickly so that all popcorn pieces are coated with syrup.  Pour mixture into a well greased ring mold.  Let set a few minutes until syrup adheres, but is still sticky.  Remove wreath from mold and place on sheet of plastic wrap.  Decorate - Warm the reserved glaze and pour over wreath to secure decoration.  Let wreath set until firm.

Quick Popcorn Balls 1/4 cup Mazola Corn Oil 1/2 cup popcorn 1/2 cup Karo Syrup, Blue 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 t salt Heat Mazola in a 4 quart kettle over medium heat for 3 minutes.  Add popcorn.  Cover, leaving small air space at edge of cover.  Shake frequently over medium heat until popping stops.  Meanwhile mix together Karo syrup, sugar, and sat.  Add to popped corn in kettle and stir and toss constantly over medium heat 3 to 50 minutes. or until sugar is dissolved and corn is evenly and completely coated with mixture.  Remove and form into balls.  Use butter on hands.  Makes 6 balls about 2 1/2 inches.

A lost photo has finally found a home.  Who were they? Where did they live?  No matter, they live here now.  I'll bet one thing, popcorn was never turned down by these two summer luv birds!  This is one of my favorite photos.

This recipe come from Floyd Cydrus.  The index card is dated January 10th, 1973.  This was his recipe I found in my cousins recipe box. Popcorn Balls 2 Cups sugar 2/3 Cup Karo 2/3 Cup Water Salt 1/2 Cube Butter Cook at 270 degrees Take off stove. Add vanilla, then add popped popcorn, shape into balls and put on wax paper to cool. Careful or you will burn your hands.

I will add more recipes as I find them.

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