Will she or won’t she? I thought to myself.

I continued assembling my flute and arranging my music on a stand for our concert. The aroma and sound of popcorn filled the room.

As the concert attendees enjoyed their boxes of the fluffy white kernels, I noted a person at a table near me dropped several kernels on the floor, not too far from my feet.

She scooped them up and placed them on the table.

Will she eat the popcorn from the floor or not? She continued to eat from the box.

After our first musical piece, I glanced up. The stray popcorn kernels were gone. The empty box was on its side.

When you write a weekly food column, inspiration can happen at any time or place. Many people are firm believers in the 5-second rule.

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