Smith Family Weblog

I had been thinking about doing a “Christmas by the numbers” post—you know, something like this:

6 – Number of family gatherings this holiday

706 – Miles to travel roundtrip

But, as I thought about it a bit more, I knew I’d have to add:

12,450 – Calories likely consumed between Christmas and New Year’s

And, for honesty’s sake, I couldn’t really leave out:

1 – Number of meltdowns at 1:30 am as I finished….

75 – Cups of caramel corn to place into…

24 – Tins for coworkers, friends and neighbors.

And really, the last two lines are all I needed to share. So, I scrapped that idea and just decided to post this great recipe for butter-crunch popcorn. I made a couple of edits—one inadvertent (I forgot to add the baking soda…twice) and one calculated—I substituted peanuts for macadamia nuts, so  I didn’t have to note:

87 – number of dollars paid for 16 cups of macadamia nuts.