# I cannot be the only one afraid of the Pillsbury pop **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605 "2013-12-18T00:55:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/21 "2013-12-18T02:34:28Z")
Isn’t the pop one of the major attractions of the Pillsbury dough products? O.O ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/22 "2013-12-18T02:54:01Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I assume everyone knows about using the crescent roll dough to make pigs-in-a-blanket? Yep – with cheese. Use 2 crescents, press on dotted line to make a rectangle. Top with a thin slice of ham and some grated cheese, add horseradish mustard if you feel adventurous. Roll up, slice horizontally and bake. Very popular midwest 60’s appetizer. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/23 "2013-12-18T03:09:59Z")
I am required to do the tube-popping in our house. They scare my wife. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/24 "2013-12-18T03:17:38Z")
I can’t understand being afraid of the popping noise. It’s fun, as is the sudden expansion in the dough. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/25 "2013-12-18T03:28:09Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Oh yeah! I use the mini wieners and cut the crescent roll dough sections in half lengthwise for piglets in blankets. OK, being ultra cheap and all, I find a package of Hillshire Farms Li’l Weiners or Li’l Smokies can be wrapped using one package of crescent rolls. Cut EACH triangle into five strips (it doesn’t have to be evenly triangular, even a scrap of dough can be wound around a teeny dog). It works out perfectly even. ---
**Author:** ![Happyasaclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Happyasaclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyasaclam)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/26 "2013-12-18T03:34:06Z")
Just let my little one pop the tube for some pigs in a blanket… It’s cold here!!! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/27 "2013-12-18T03:56:28Z")
Reference to the item and the effects being discussed. [![](https://i.imgur.com/DzqIVGg.gif) ](https://i.imgur.com/DzqIVGg.gif) 🙂 > **[CRACKED.com](https://cracked.tumblr.com/post/65799711537/we-meet-again-doughboy-4-everyday-activities)** > > We meet again, Doughboy. > 4 Everyday Activities that Are Way Scarier than You Expect > \#3. Opening a Tube of Biscuits > In order to obtain the wonders hidden within a Pillsbury can of bread rolls or... ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/28 "2013-12-18T04:22:57Z")
You can wrap a thin layer of dough over a campfire stick and cook it over the fire. Have a bunch of cinnamon sugar and butter around. It’s a fun way for kids to make their own camping treats. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/29 "2013-12-18T05:37:29Z")
If you can toss with accuracy, peel back the paper and stand way back in the kitchen. Pitch the tube across the kitchen so it lands in the sink. Walk over to the sink and remove your now popped biscuits. Caution: Be sure to empty and clean your sink prior to this action. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/30 "2013-12-18T06:05:56Z")
Terrified. I’m also afraid of latex balloons, which - like dough canisters - can pop any moment. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/31 "2013-12-18T07:31:32Z")
Argh, it drives me nuts when someone slowly and timidly tries to tear it open. They invariably end up standing in the middle of the kitchen with e denuded tube fearfully tapping it against the countertop. Grab and rip, people, grab and rip! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/32 "2013-12-18T12:56:38Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Reference to the item and the effects being discussed. > > [Baking is not for the faint of heart. - GIF on Imgur](http://i.imgur.com/DzqIVGg.gif) > > 🙂 > [CRACKED.com, We meet again, Doughboy. 4 Everyday Activities...](http://cracked.tumblr.com/post/65799711537/we-meet-again-doughboy-4-everyday-activities) Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![ghostman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@ghostman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ghostman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/33 "2013-12-18T13:50:38Z")
Just wanted to add: I’m a grown man, who has no problem running into burning buildings for free, but those rip-n-pop things scare the ever-living-bejeezus out of me. Too damn bad that Pillsbury flaky layers are the best-thing-evar invented. I really should try to make them from scratch instead I suppose… ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/34 "2013-12-18T14:09:52Z")
When I’m doing this, it’s for the cinnamon rolls. They remind me of snow Sunday mornings growing up. Yum. That said, I hate the pop. My face tenses up and squints away and my muscle clench until it’s over. I found the one way to mitigate it is to grip the tube with both hands and use my thumb to apply pressure at the seam. Usually the result is just a “pffffffffffffff” instead of a pop. That said, there’s no stopping the eager tube that pops when remove the initial paper. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/35 "2013-12-18T14:29:53Z")
Add me to the “hate that pop” section. I do NOT like sudden loud banging noises, especially when it’s happening in my hand. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/36 "2013-12-18T14:34:50Z")
I like the rip and pop or the rip and whack ones. But being fat American gluttons, we like the bigger biscuits, and when you’re holding that much lard and compressive power in your hands, you have to do the press with a spoon thing, and those are…disconcerting. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/37 "2013-12-18T15:37:54Z")
I just used a tube of them to make pizza dough. Is it a coincidence that there was exactly the right amount of dough in the tube . . . or did they know it would be used this way? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/38 "2013-12-18T16:27:09Z")
Get a couple of [red bean paste candy lumps](http://eastxmidwest.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/candy-red-bean-paste.jpg), cut into smaller cubes, wrap in a grand, roll in sesame seeds and deep fry. Not as good as the official ones from a chinese restaurant, but decent if you don’t have a can of red bean paste, or want to make red bean paste from scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/39 "2013-12-18T16:30:01Z")
I thought everybody loved Whompem Biscuits. It’s so much fun to whomp 'em on the edge of the counter to pop them open. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605/40 "2013-12-18T16:32:29Z")
I have to take a moment and steel my nerves before opening one. I also lean \*way \*back when I open it … it makes no sense, but if you could see me in the kitchen, I’m sure I look like an idiot. For a variation on the pigs in the blanket, roll up pepperoni slices and shredded cheese in the crescent rolls. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cannot-be-the-only-one-afraid-of-the-pillsbury-pop/676605.md?page=3)