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Microwave Popcorn

Don't be a slave to consumer ignorance! Cook up the last of that microwave popcorn (if you can stomach the artificial ingredients), and make your own.

Needed ingredients:

* A bowl
* Something to cover the bowl 
* Loose popcorn kernels
* Butter
* Salt

Put some butter (or other oil) in a bowl, put some kernels in the bowl, cover, microwave until the popping slows down again.

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Nikon D40, 1/60s . f/1.8 . ISO 1600 . 35 mm

Season, shake, eat.

I really like how this shot of the popcorn cooking turned out. I had to manually focus and between the multiple levels of glass, the metal screen in the microwave's door, the low lighting, and the movement from the turntable, it obviously didn't focus very well. Still, it has an interesting feel to it.