Comments on: What You Don’t Know About That Movie Theater Popcorn

By: Charlie@PaylessForFood.com

Charlie@PaylessForFood.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:23:56 +0000

@Nancy
@Debbie

Shhhh, I sneak my own candy and drink in as well. Maybe if they didn’t charge so much people might purchase more items at the concession stands =)

By: DebbieQ

DebbieQ — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:48:27 +0000

I will admit that I make my own popcorn at home and then sneak it in. Shhhhh, don’t say anything. I also bring my own water since it just galls me to pay $4 for a bottle of water. I feel guilt doing this….

But not that much guilt.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:05:12 +0000

My hubby can’t do a movie w/out his popcorn. Fortunately we don’t go all that often. My movie snack of choice is Milk Duds and I bring my own…ssshh, don’t tell.

At home I use coconut oil to make our popcorn but no butter required. Just a dash of sea salt and it is delish. I use about 2 tsp of oil per 1/3 c. of corn.

By: Charlie@PayLessForFood.com

Charlie@PayLessForFood.com — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:18:03 +0000

@Krista – Thanks for stopping by. I’ve always thought working at a movie theater would be one of the coolest jobs, especially the idea of free movies.

@Betty – “The “butter” looks like yellow Crisco and after one cleaning I was cured of my craving for popcorn.” Yes that mental picture of butter looking like Crisco is disgusting. I think I’ll stick to my hot air popped popcorn =)

By: Betty Kincaid

Betty Kincaid — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:04:22 +0000

Like Kristia I also worked at a movie theater in college where I had the lovely job of cleaning the popcorn machine at the end of the day. The “butter” looks like yellow Crisco and after one cleaning I was cured of my craving for popcorn. To this day (30 years later) I still can’t eat popcorn at the movie theater.

Thanks for the info.

Betty

By: Kristia @Family Balance Sheet

Kristia @Family Balance Sheet — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:00:53 +0000

The summer after my senior year of college, I worked at a movie theater. My job was to make the popcorn. What more could an 18 year old want – free movies, popcorn and soda. I lived on popcorn and soda that summer and now the thought of that makes me queasy. I don’t even like movie theater popcorn – too greasy and salty, but my husband can’t go to a movie without indulging. Fortunately we don’t go to movies very often.