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2007-06-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Israel Won't Intervene as PA Civil War Claims More Lives

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Posted by gromgoru 2007-06-13 03:02|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top

#1 Is popcorn kosher?

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-06-13 08:02|| 2007-06-13 08:02|| Front Page Top

#2 So long as, if it's tossed with melted butter, it isn't sprinkled with crumbled bacon, you should be all right, Spot. One mustn't mix meat and milk in the same meal, you see. ;-)

Just teasing. So long as the packaging facility is certified as meeting the cleanliness standards of kashrut (the rules of kosher), which are stricter than the FDA, and there's no chance of contamination from non-kosher things, there's no issue. I just made up a big bowl of the stuff -- would you like some? Although I don't keep kosher in my own kitchen, most Israelis don't, either.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-13 08:26|| 2007-06-13 08:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Popcorn in butter? Yuck. Oil, Olive oil. That is the answer. And better for cardiovascular system.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-06-13 08:49|| 2007-06-13 08:49|| Front Page Top

#4 That sounds interesting, JFM -- I'll have to try it. Melted butter and salt is the standard American presentation, or alternatively caramel. Or that horrible orange cheesy powder, but we won't discuss that, if you don't mind.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-13 09:31|| 2007-06-13 09:31|| Front Page Top

#5 I grew in Spain so I tend to use olive oil for nearly everything, a tiny island of civilzation in an ocean of cooking barbarity (Northern France). You could find oilve oil's taste overpowering and prefer another oil. However I confess I hadn't even considered using a low temeprature grease like butter for popcorn.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-06-13 09:45|| 2007-06-13 09:45|| Front Page Top

#6 Olive oil is quite pricey. I confess I hadn't even considered using an expensive, exotic ingredient when a common one is readily available.

Movie theaters don't use butter, they use flavored cooking oil.

Posted by gromky 2007-06-13 10:03|| 2007-06-13 10:03|| Front Page Top

#7 JFM, no one is suggesting you pop the corn in butter but rather you butter it later after it is popped. Best to use canola oil to pop it. But no one actually pops corn in oil broilers anymore - they nuke it at home.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-06-13 10:10|| 2007-06-13 10:10|| Front Page Top

#8 In a pitched gun battle in ~~Bahgdad~~ Gaza on Tuesday night at least 21 members of rival ~~Sunni and Shia~~ Arab militias were killed. ~~President Bush~~ Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that ~~the United States~~ Israel was not going to get involved in the ~~Iraqi~~ Palestinian Authority's civil war, which he described as being "between pragmatic and extremist ~~Iraqi~~ Palestinian forces."

Posted by Besoeker 2007-06-13 10:12|| 2007-06-13 10:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Why interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake?

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-06-13 10:37|| 2007-06-13 10:37|| Front Page Top

#10 "Intervene? What're you, meshuggah?"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-06-13 10:49|| 2007-06-13 10:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Olive oil is quite pricey. I confess I hadn't even considered using an expensive, exotic ingredient when a common one is readily available.

I don't know about the pricey part but exotic? The Mayflower pilgrims had several barrels olive oil as their only cooking oil. Unless that the ill fated Croatoan expedition had something else then olive oil is the first oil brought to America's soil. Far from being exotic, olive oil is more American than apple pie.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-06-13 11:39|| 2007-06-13 11:39|| Front Page Top

#12 But, are the women and children safe ?

Ouch, due to internet problems, I've deleted my cookies, so I get tagged with this Tung7000 thingy. I don't think it fits.

Posted by Shiling tse Tung7000 2007-06-13 11:40|| 2007-06-13 11:40|| Front Page Top

#13 Does this mean the cease fire is over?

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-06-13 12:57|| 2007-06-13 12:57|| Front Page Top

#14 try adding the candy "dots" to your popcorn, a nice combo of tastes ;)

Posted by Jan 2007-06-13 12:59|| 2007-06-13 12:59|| Front Page Top

#15 JFM, well, virgin cold pressed olive oil(that is the only one worth using) is a bit pricey, but buying in =< 1l will get the price down. Else, I agree with you, and use it practically for everything where oil is used, as well. I don't mind well buttered popcorn, though. ;-)

Jan, one word: "Yuck!"

Posted by twobyfour 2007-06-13 22:01|| 2007-06-13 22:01|| Front Page Top

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