The phrase
"burnt popcorn" refers to popcorn that has been cooked for too long and turned black and unpleasant tasting. It's used to describe a situation or experience that has gone wrong or turned out poorly.
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It doesn't matter if your old
coworkers burned popcorn in the break room every day, if your manager made immoral purchase order decisions or if the workplace environment was absolutely toxic.
Massage in trimmed curly kale Bake at 425 for 5 - 8 minutes, watch carefully, burnt kale smells like burnt popcorn!!
It's a good system, and means that I almost
never burn popcorn on the stove (I can't say the same for in the microwave), but it's still good to give the pot a little jiggle every now and again.
I already knew that I would start going into anaphylaxis if
someone burned popcorn around me and my throat would start itching and burning if someone was cooking popcorn.
If you've worked in different office settings already, you know that there are a few types of difficult co-workers that pop up again and again, regardless of where you're working — and I'm not just talking about the guy who repeatedly stinks up the office
by burning his popcorn in the break room microwave.
For a long time I loved this product but the last two times I ordered it stunk
like burnt popcorn.
You are cooking them with the fish anyway... Well, it turned out very good, although the cooked seeds smelled a bit like
burned popcorn.
I fry it until it smells like
burnt popcorn, stirring regularly so it all gets «burnt».
For a long time I loved this product but the last two times I ordered it stunk like
burnt popcorn.
Your power steering fluid should be changed when it degrades (it will start to smell like
burnt popcorn and get very dark).
Next time you sear tuna or
burn popcorn, you'll be glad you have a Halo + smart smoke detector in your kitchen.
Burnt popcorn, shower singing and tap water in champagne flutes, Corinne Mills gives her view on week 4 of The Apprentice.