Friday Film Night Popcorn

We like nothing better than to all snuggle down on the sofa on a Friday night and 

watch a film - making some bowls of popcorn, with the children's help, is all part of the ritual....

Here are two of our favourite flavours.......

Caramel Popcorn

Large bowl popped popcorn
4oz  sugar
1 tablespoon syrup
1 tablespoon water
2 tablespoon butter
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon vanilla

First off make some ...... Plain Popcorn

Cover the bottom of a large pan with a thin layer of vegetable oil (don’t use butter, it will burn).

Place 3 kernels of popcorn in the pan, cover with a loose lid that allows steam to escape, and heat.

When the kernels pop, pour in enough popcorn to cover the bottom of the pan, one kernel deep, cover the pan and shake to evenly spread the oil.

Shake as popcorn continues to pop.

When the popping begins to slow to a few seconds apart, remove the pan from the stovetop.

The heated oil will still pop the remaining kernels.
Sprinkle lightly with popcorn salt, if desired, and store in an airtight container. 

Caramel Popcorn

Line a large baking sheet with lightly buttered foil.

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, corn syrup and water and bring to a boil.

Cook the syrup over medium heat, without stirring, until it becomes amber in colour; about 6 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in butter and salt until blended.

Stir in popcorn until coated. Spread the caramel corn in a single layer onto buttered foil.

Allow to cool before breaking into pieces. Store in an airtight container until serving time

Seussville

If you and your children love green ham and eggs; one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish; and (our absolute all time favourite) the sleep book - I think we can recite the whole book by heart!

You are all going to love this site - it's a gentle celebration of all things 'cat-in-the-hat'

There are loads of things to do here from printables to colour-in, learning and fun activities to do along with games to play and recipes to try.

Even if your child isn't quite old enough to fully interact with the site all the colours and animation will fascinate and entertain them.

We all love this site it's fabulous......

Check it out - here's the link.......

I couldn't write about Dr Seuss with out a few quotes........ 

• Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

–      The Lorax

• A yawn is quite catching, you see like a cough, it just takes one yawn to start other yawns off. 

–      The Sleep Book

• It is fun to have fun but you have to know how.

–      The Cat in the Hat

• Don’t give up! I believe in you all! A person’s a person, no matter how small!

–      Horton Hears a Who

• A host has to put up with all kinds of pests, for a host, above all, must be nice to his guests.

–      Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose

• So be sure when you step, step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

–      Oh, the Places You’ll Go!