Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Why Is Popcorn the Default Movie Theater Snack?

Why Is Popcorn the Default Movie Theater Snack?

7 comments:

Jeff Meyerson said...

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

Rick said...

Hmmm. Don't you ever eat Cracker Jack or Caramel Popcorn?

Deb said...

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!

Jeff Meyerson said...

Rick, yes. I don't like it. I always prefer salty (pretzels, chips) to sweet.


Jeff

Rick Robinson said...

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.

Jeff Meyerson said...

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

Cap'n Bob said...

I've been to, perhaps, six movies in the past 10 years, but I always get popcorn.