Are you going to give butter flavor microwave popcorn a rest?

[Micro Dot]

The major microwave buttery popcorn brands are going to be "reformulated within a year" because of recent news reports about diacetyl additive (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20620395/)

I'm not one to panic, but at the same time I eat so little of the stuff, and hate the butter varieties, that I'm willing to wait for the new versions.

I think I'll just use the stove top kind for a year.
Do you think your own popcorn habits will change?

[Telemark]

No.

[cochrane]

Mine won't, as I prefer "kettle corn" varieties of microwaved popcorn to the buttery ones.

Actually, I'm waiting for someone to come out with popcorn flavored with bacon salt.

[AuntiePam]

No. We only have it about once a month.

Besides, it'd be silly for me to keep smoking and give up microwave popcorn. :)

[Micro Dot]

Maybe they need to make a "smoky kettle" variety. Then you could use it to wean off the sticks ;)

[D_Odds]

For the most part, this is already being discussed over here: How much microwave popcorn do you eat? (http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435415)

[Harmonious Discord]

This be thread #5 for microwave popcorn in the last week.

[jharvey963]

I almost never eat microwave popcorn because of the fat and calories, but I do eat a lot of popcorn.

I make it with a hot air popper then spray it with "Pam" and salt it. The Pam makes the salt stick and is allegedly low or no calories.

I don't remember where I first heard of this, well, "recipe", but it works for me.

J.

[ASAKMOTSD]

My wife reacted to the news by pitching our 5-6 packets of microwave popcorn in the trash. If she had not said anything it would probably have been months before I noticed.