Jees, They’re Buyin’ This Stuff!
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006So the stuff is selling like….kettle corn! We’re starting to see the same faces each week. It seems we’ve now become a staple food for the people of Springfield. We’ve been selling more bags each week. (We’re now up to 125 bags per week!) Most people don’t even want the free sample we give out, they just go: “seal the bag up and let me get out of here.”
What usually happens is someone will walk up and go: “what’s in kettle corn? Sugar? I don’t know if I’ll like it.” [crunch] [crunch] [crunch] They’re hooked. A little evil trick we’ve learned is to make it a point of giving free samples to every little kid in the parking lot. What kid ISN’T going to like kettle corn? “MOMMY! MOMMY! WE WANT SOME KETTLE CORN!” 
I’ve painted a sign that says ‘kettle corn’ with a big arrow pointing into the farmers market and have now started leaving that on the street. I call it our “kettle corn hot light” after the Krispy Kreme donut hot light. Definately getting the hang of popping the stuff. It’s weird when the weather changes or a storm is starting to come in, you can tell that the barometer has dropped because the batches don’t pop as vigorously. Weird.
