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submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Sweet?!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

You need to try kettle corn. Sweet and salty heaven.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I've seen them in shop and tested out. It feels wrong

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

It's the best. Caramelized or just with sugar.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Huh. TIL.

To me popcorn goes in the same category as potato chips, salty. Always salty. But apparently it lands with candy for a part of the world? I had no idea.

Do you sweet popcorn people get some other salty snack? Or are all your movie snacks sugary?

To me the ultimate combo is salty popcorn (maybe even buttery) and a sweet drink.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Even in the US sweet popcorn is a thing. We have kettle corn, or those tins with caramel popcorn. Salty/buttery is definitely the most popular though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah, but usually that’s not at the movies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'm sure I can find some if I look here too.

I'm curious about what people eat together with them, because to me salty+savory snacks go with sweet+sour soda.

Do people in these countries go sweet+sweet, or is there more to this?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In Germany, all cinemas I visited had a salty option, the most common being nachos with some dip. But I don't remember ever seeing salty popcorn offered here, even outside cinemas it is rare.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Rare indeed. The first time I came across salty popcorn as a kid, I felt the kind of betrayal that leads to a livelong grudge.

I still think salty popcorn is disappointing and weird.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I didn't even know salty popcorn existed

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

That's so interesting. I love caramelized popcorn, but when I think of default popcorn, it's always salty!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Don't try it, it feels wrong

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

It's kind of funny that there is another comment that says that sweet popcorn is wrong. It seems it mostly depends on what you are used to.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No. Everyone else is always wrong. Yes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

No. Everyone ~~else~~ is always wrong. Yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I'm not going to admit that I was inspired by that one because it would give them legitimacy. Popcorn is supposed to be sweet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I was thinking of moving to Germany but I just can't now. Sweet popcorn? In a theater? Half the reason I even go to theaters is so I can eat enough buttery topping with some popcorn mixed in to feel sick. The absolute madness of putting sugar on popcorn, I'd sooner eat a bowl of unpopped kernels

But for real all you salty/savory popcorn lovers out there: If you haven't tried it yet put some powdered brewers yeast on your popcorn. That stuff is magical. Goes weirdly well on pizza too

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Most cinemas also offer salty popcorn. It's nice that they accommodate weirdos like you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I just learned that Western Europe are my enemies. If I find out they support pineapple on pizza, we're going to war.

/s obviously, for those of you who are dumb fucks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Indirectly confirm through putting marmite in tomato sauce that a yeasty flavour on pizza is exceptionally good

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

I was at the cinema in Germany and asked if the popcorn was sweet or not, and of course it was, just wanted to make sure. So I asked for some candy instead. The clerk was soooo confused. "But... These are sweet too...?". Yeah, but I expect candy to be sweet.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If this seems strange don't even ask what they're doing in Texas....

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What are they doing in Texas? Just handfuls of bullets served in a cowboy hat?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is the fork included or do you need to bring your own?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

You probably get the pickle in a bag.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Popcorn at the cinema is always salty (or more accurately, fake buttery). Popcorn anywhere else is...eh, salty, sweet, anything.

Personally I don't like sweet (kettle or caramel) but that's just personal. My grandmother adored both kettle and caramel.

I suppose I didn't mind chocolate covered Halloween style popcorn though!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Ooh, I've only come across sweet popcorn in China and thought it's their specialty. Then again I've never been to movies in either Germany of France.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I always try to get salty popcorn whenever possible. Never did I imagine it was standard in so many countries!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Lithuania is either just go to any cinema and store and you will get that conclusion