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By Mariette Mifflin, About.com Guide to Housewares / Appliances since 2005

Popcorn Anyone?

Saturday July 11, 2009
There's just something about the smell of corn popping - it stirs the inner child and gets us drooling. A hardware retailer has a similar popcorn maker right in the store, popping away - filling the place with that sweet, hard-to-ignore aroma, so guests can have free corn while they shop. What a crowd pleaser. I don't know if it makes you buy more, but it sure keeps a person hanging around the store longer and everyone you see in there, is smiling and eating. Makes me want to find an excuse to go back there.

This particular model is made by Waring Pro and it can pop 12 cups of corn in less than 3 minutes. It has a heat lamp to keep the corn warm, that is, if there's any left. Pop a batch and watch the kids come running in. This crowd pleaser appliance would be a great theater room accessory during the winter, but I think it would make the summer backyard staycation a big hit. A pitcher of lemonaide or iced tea would go along nicely too.

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