February 24, 2016

Gourmet popcorn shop hits Amsterdam high street

Filed under: Dutch first,Food & Drink by Orangemaster @ 7:48 pm

Popcorn-machine

I’ve recently noticed an increase in popcorn flavours besides salty and sweet at my local supermarket, such as fancy popcorn with cheese and chives and what not from the UK as well as Dutch attempts at making popcorn that reminds me of American Cracker Jack.

This time Italians are bringing the popcorn to downtown Amsterdam, with the opening of FOL Gourmet Popcorn, the first ever popcorn shop of the country. Flavours will include bacon, chili pepper and white chocolate with pretzel. You can also sit down and have a beverage with your popcorn.

I love popcorn and every time I reach for some I say ‘popcorn!’ and picture of James Brown getting down.

(Links: nieuws.nl, www.vastgoedmarkt.nl, Photo: Popcorn Monsoon by Dutch designer Jolene Carlier)

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February 13, 2015

Design popcorn machine is fun to watch

Filed under: Design,Food & Drink by Orangemaster @ 9:43 am

Popcorn-machine

The Popcorn Monsoon by Dutch designer Jolene Carlier consists of a pair of small yellow bowls placed on a wooden base: one heats to pop the corn while the other collects it, a design inspired by the 1971 film ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’. A curving glass tube fixed to the larger of the two receptacles delivers the popped corn into the small serving bowl.

Popcorn is a blast to listen to when it’s being made, or maybe that’s just because I still make it on the oven and the sound is the only thing to guide you. I had a twentysomething person over once who had never seen popcorn made on the oven before, as he thought it could only be made in a microwave.

I like this design a lot, with the exception of the popcorn flying out of the bowl.

(Link: www.dezeen.com)

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