I can still remember how appalled I was the first time I went to buy popcorn in a British movie theater (or theatre, I suppose) and was asked, "Sweet or salty?"
I never had salty popcorn until I came to the Unitec States. When I was growing up, "popcorn" meant the sweet stuff, similar to Cracker Jack or Fiddle Faddle (without the peanuts). I had also never seen corn on the cob before I arrived here either. Talk about a deprived childhood!
I'm with Jeff on the salty vs. sweet, but popcorn at movies? NO, THANKS! It smells like stale butter, tastes like cardboard (with stale butter). It's red vines for me, thanks.
I haven't had popcorn - or anything else, for that matter - at the movies in years. We used to get the large one where you got free refills but we can fatten ourselves up enough outside the movies and don't need to pay the overinflated prices they charge to do it.
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I can still remember how appalled I was the first time I went to buy popcorn in a British movie theater (or theatre, I suppose) and was asked, "Sweet or salty?"
Sweet popcorn? Eww.
Jeff
Hmmm. Don't you ever eat Cracker Jack or Caramel Popcorn?
I never had salty popcorn until I came to the Unitec States. When I was growing up, "popcorn" meant the sweet stuff, similar to Cracker Jack or Fiddle Faddle (without the peanuts). I had also never seen corn on the cob before I arrived here either. Talk about a deprived childhood!
Rick, yes. I don't like it. I always prefer salty (pretzels, chips) to sweet.
Jeff
I'm with Jeff on the salty vs. sweet, but popcorn at movies? NO, THANKS! It smells like stale butter, tastes like cardboard (with stale butter). It's red vines for me, thanks.
I haven't had popcorn - or anything else, for that matter - at the movies in years. We used to get the large one where you got free refills but we can fatten ourselves up enough outside the movies and don't need to pay the overinflated prices they charge to do it.
Jeff
I've been to, perhaps, six movies in the past 10 years, but I always get popcorn.
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