# Simple at home pleasures **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-at-home-pleasures/1019445 "2025-06-11T02:29:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-at-home-pleasures/1019445/41 "2025-06-12T19:46:35Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I enjoy making movie theater popcorn at home. There’s one ‘secret’ ingredient you won’t find at the grocery store and that’s [Flavacol](https://www.amazon.com/Gold-Medal-Prod-Flavacol-Seasoning/dp/B004W8LT10?th=1). It’s the special seasoning salt that movie theaters and carnivals have used the past 60+ years. Make a batch of popcorn at home and you’ll instantly recognize the familiar taste. I We got a gift box of popcorn, and it came with a small shaker- like 2oz of that stuff, and it has lasted years. We sprinkle it on instead of salt. > [@zimaane](#): > > A nicely shaped glass will concentrate the aroma of the wine in a way that, say, a Red Solo Cup just won’t do. Good point! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-at-home-pleasures/1019445/42 "2025-06-12T21:16:39Z")
A recliner chair; a soft drink and a decent series on TV. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-at-home-pleasures/1019445/43 "2025-06-13T00:26:21Z")
Good choice. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-at-home-pleasures/1019445/44 "2025-06-13T02:01:22Z")
Petting a critter, whether feline oe canine. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-at-home-pleasures/1019445/45 "2025-06-14T12:17:50Z")
> [@Reply](#): > > They’re explicitly labeled crumpets, though I don’t know how authentic they are. And — my bad — they’re made in the US _in the British style_, not actually imported. > > The packaging looks like this: Thanks for the patient vectors. I did find those at my local TJ’s. $2.99 for 6, so $0.50 each. Significantly cheaper than grocery store EMs, but about the same price as TJ’s EMs. The taste test went well too. AFAIK crumpets are supposed to be sort of soft and spongy, more akin to a thick pancake than to the toothsome nature of EMs. These are certainly that. And very absorbent of butter. If @Ulfreida lives near a TJ’s that might be her solution. I’m not remembering where she lives now versus previously. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-at-home-pleasures/1019445/46 "2025-06-14T16:46:35Z")
> [@Tokushizu](#): > > I’d sit in bed and watch the clouds pass by You should have been born earlier. In Vegas you could watch the mushroom cloud from nuclear tests on the horizon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-at-home-pleasures/1019445.md?page=2)