No Jiffy Pop in China?
Everyday there is a new discovery of a difference in cultures. I found Jiffy Pop at “Big C” (as expensive as it was, it was comforting to have, so I bought them out). Li, my next door neighbor and frequent dinner guest from China, loves popcorn and always buys the kettle corn from the markets. She had never heard of Jiffy Pop! So I took her home, started it up in the microwave, and she pulled up a chair. For the 3 minutes it took to pop, she sat there watching transfixed on the rising bag rotating in the microwave (I feel like she needed popcorn in front of her…like watching a new movie). She used the adjectives beautiful and amazing while she watched this simple snack cook, that I am so used to having. I will now always think of Li when I pop popcorn.
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kimmiejean
ah, the simple pleasures of life! sounds like you have a great friendship with li