Popcorn perplexity

[Evil Queen]

Now when you say "sweet" popcorn do you mean like caramel popcorn? Because caramel popcorn during a movie would be great.

Why the hell have I not thought of it before?

Okay, I could forgive the lack of buttered popcorn if I had caramel corn. Yum!

[calulu]

Just don't do like I did when I was working as a projectionist for a few years. I had a few too many to drink one night and laced up one of the damn Batman movies too tightly and did a number on the sprockets. They never let me live that one down.

Don't know at your cinema but where I worked you could not PAY me to eat the butter on the popcorn. Everyone there routinely got diarrhea from that crap, it was never cleaned or turned off, just more goop added every few days.

[Becks]

I prefer butter and salt, though I did just get one of those new Orville Reddenbacher flavors which is salt and cracked pepper. Haven't tried it yet.

Aside from when Bella and/or Mommy make homemade popcorn, my favorite is Pop Secret Homestyle.

Please do tell me if the one you got is good. I might have to try it.

[cinema guy]

I guess our bags of toffee popcorn would be similar to caramel popcorn - it is very sweet and crunchy.

Our sweet popcorn is softer and just slightly sweetened.

[CaroPhoenix]

When I'm making popcorn at home, I'm not too picky about what brand I use. I always melt some butter in a bowl in the microwave, drip it all over my bowl and then add garlic salt. Yummy!

[wagegoth]

Our sweet popcorn is softer and just slightly sweetened.

That sounds like what they call kettle corn here. It has some salt, but also sugar on it.

I don't care for it, but some people love it.

[Andara Bledin]

Speed Racer bombed? Hmm...I was on the fence about seeing that.

Yeah, I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to see it - I'm only half-assed interested in it.

HUH i wanna see speed racer cause im agraphics whore and i was waiting til next week to do so cause of well... work...

From what I was able to pick up Saturday while waiting for 10pm to roll around to go see Iron Man, Speed Racer is actually fairly decent. Light on plot, but with seriously spectacular visuals that don't quite get to be too much. So claimed the two or three early reviews I found.

Otherwise, I'm quite glad that I caught Iron Man at a first run theater, even if the prices are completely outrageous.

^-.-^

[Pagan]

I got excited when I first heard they were making a "Speed Racer" movie....until I saw the trailers. Sorry, but doesn't resemble the cartoon I remember at all. If I went, I'd be the one yelling, "Go, Speed, go!" through the whole damn movie!

And now it looks like "Land of the Lost" is going to get ruined in its big screen treatment. Will Farrell is starring as Rick Marshall, which, to me says they're going to try to turn it into a comedy. And, sorry, but I can take only about 5 minutes of Will Farrell.

I looked up the recipes for both sweet popcorn and kettle corn and yep, they're the same thing! It's ok, but I prefer salt and (lots of) real butter on mine.

[digilight]

Took the wife and kids to see Speed Racer on Sunday and we loved it. My son was mezmerized thru the whole thing. I loved the parts I saw (had to take the girl to the damn bathroom 7 times). It did give my wife a migrane with the effects though, so if you get migranes from that type of thing I would consider this a warning. I would also think that it could cause siezures from the graphics/effects.

All in all though, I would definantly see it again.

[LifeCarnie]

Speed Racer bombed? Hmm...I was on the fence about seeing that.

From the trailers I've seen I have two thoughts:

1.) What a craptastic spectacle.

2.) This movie not safe for people prone to seizures.

[Brightglaive]

Hey, Becks, I was thinking kettle corn, too. I prefer butter and salt, though I did just get one of those new Orville Reddenbacher flavors which is salt and cracked pepper. Haven't tried it yet.

Yeah I just tried the garlic flavored orville redenbacher microwave popcorn....MMMMMMMM!!!!! NUMMY!!!!


Popcorn in general seems to have been around for thousands of years. It's attributed to the american aboriginals (so, it's basically the original american invention that spread around the world). The early pilgrim settlers actually ate theirs with sugar and cream. kettlecorn, on the other hand was a more recent invention. It seems in the 1700s that making popcorn was a farmer tradition using fat from pigs to pop the corn and drizzling it with molasses or honey or sprinkling with brown sugar. It is referenced in the diaries of Dutch Settlers in Pennsylvania circa 1776. It was a special treat often consumed at fairs or other festive occasions. The corn is popped in iron kettles and then sweetened with sugar, honey, and sometimes molasses before adding salt.

It fell out of popularity in the 1900s but has recently made a comeback in the USA.

Kettlecorn and caramel corn are totally different. Caramel (or toffee) corn tends to be VERY sweet. Kettlecorn is (very) lightly sweet with a bit of saltiness.

[karl hungus]

Speed Racer, which has bombed. So not the toughest night of work ever.

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Yep, it's bombing at ours too. Big time.
Oh, and popcorn? Big bags of tard.

[Canarr]

In Germany, sugared popcorn is the norm. Order popcorn in any cinema, you'll get sugared. Most places have a small quantity of salted on stock, but you have to ask for it specifically. No butter or caramel.

[Pagan]

The early pilgrim settlers actually ate theirs with sugar and cream.

Huh. I was watching Alton Brown the other night, the subject was popcorn. He said if you have left over (plain) to try it with milk and sugar for breakfast. Well, I had some left over, but with butter and salt, but I tried it anyway. That is delish!