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Title: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: Smokin Don on March 21, 2014, 12:43:22 AM

Mar 20 2014

Awhile back my wife’s cousin gave me a jar of Israeli Za’atar mix. One taste led to a good pinch and probably could have eaten the whole jar, delicious. Right away I thought it would be good on my favorite snack, popcorn. Za’atar is actually a plant in the thyme family and grows wild and is cultivated.

The Sindyanna Za’atar mix I used is made of Za’atar leaves and other spices such as sesame seeds, thyme, marjoram, sumac and more. I could not pick out one definitive spice, just one savory flavor with the nutty flavor from the toasted sesame seeds. I ordered some Lebanese style from Amazon that will be here tomorrow and anxious to taste it.

I looked for ways to use it on popcorn and one was just olive oil over the popcorn and the Za’atar mix. I popped my favorite corn, Amish lady finger in my stove top Whirlypopper. I used 1 Tbs. olive oil and one Tbs. butter with a half cup of popcorn. I mixed up 1 Tbs. olive oil, 1 Tbs. melted butter and a teaspoon of white truffle oil to pore over. Then I added the Za’atar mix and stirred until well coated.

After supper we watched Andrew Zimmeran in Montreal, Canada. That was a great show and made me ready for our snack so I made it up. We both had a bowl and then finished what was left. All I can say is delicious!

No place to post snacks so it's here. Can you believe the forecast for here tomorrow, am snow showers and a high of 61 deg.?

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Smokin Don

Title: Re: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: africanmeat on March 21, 2014, 03:50:34 AM

Great idea .never tried it with za'atar .

Title: Re: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: HighOnSmoke on March 21, 2014, 04:11:44 AM

Never tried that either, but I have the same popper. That looks real tasty Don!

Title: Re: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: sliding_billy on March 21, 2014, 04:57:09 AM

Sounds interesting.  If only I had some Za’atar...

Title: Re: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: muebe on March 21, 2014, 07:08:10 AM

Sounds good Don! You have me intrigued about this Za'atar seasoning.

I love to put jalapeño salt from Big Poppa's on popcorn myself.

Title: Re: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: CDN Smoker on March 21, 2014, 09:20:57 AM

Cool idea ;D

Title: Re: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on March 21, 2014, 10:20:45 AM

Quote from: sliding_billy on March 21, 2014, 04:57:09 AM

Sounds interesting.  If only I had some Za’atar...

Same here.  :-\

Title: Re: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: Pam Gould on March 21, 2014, 10:36:36 AM

here is what it looks like..I sprayed painted some chalk board paint on some puter labels, to mark my bottles and they are changeable.   .☆´¯`•.¸¸. ི♥ྀ.

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Title: Re: Za'atar popcorn
Post by: pz on March 21, 2014, 10:35:17 PM

I sure could use a snack like that right now, Don - looks great!