Most definately.
Thank you, that was exactly why I was asking. Considering some of the bizarre animal products that I’ve discovered in some foods, I no longer consider anything a wild leap.
More, what exactly constitutes a meat or dairy product is not always clear. Some rabbis consider gelatin a meat product. Some don’t. I’ve read arguments from both sides. In some cases the rabbi has a chem degree. I’m not even sure what calcium stearoyl lactylate is. But, it seems to fall in the dairy category.
Harkin’s, the more locally-owned of the two big chains here (AMC is the other) has a deal at the beginning of the year where you shell out $3.75 for their souvenir (sp?) cup and $10 for a T-shirt. Thereafter, refills on the cup (32 oz) are a buck, and you get a popcorn free for wearing the shirt. The popcorn isn’t huge, but it’s more than I generally eat in the course of a movie. Since DesertRoomie works there I can get into 'most anything on passes. I think I shelled out money for tickets about four times last year going to about sixty movies. That works out to about 20¢ a popcorn, $1.05 for the soda. DR often has to have a candy-fix, though, which adds about four bucks to the total.
DD
:smack: I was not aware. Well, the stuff I said before still stands. Our corn (and I’m assuming most others) is popped in coconut oil, which says on the box that it’s “pure” coconut oil, so you should be safe there. And I checked on the salt and it’s basically an arseload of chemicals, sodium chloride and a bunch of artificial colors and flavors, but not iodine, for some reason. So as far as Regal Cinemas popcorn goes, you’re fine. If you’re not sure what kind of oil your movie theater uses to pop, ask a concession person or a manager, if they don’t know, they should be able to check rather easily.
In other mildly-related news, our Gummi Bears are “Packed by young adults with disabilities.” Isn’t that nice? 
just so i have this correct, if they don’t have the 12 ounce courtesy cup that costs .01, they won't give you the 16 ounce cola cup that costs .04?
This is no way is a defense of concession stand prices, but on the rare occassions that I do purchase things from them I am happy of one thing that they do right…
EVENLY ROUNDED OFF PRICES.
If the popcorn says $3.50 on the menu, it’s $3.50 - you give them a five and get a dollar and two quarters back. I don’t know if the stuff is tax-free (which I doubt) or if the actual price is $3.27, and with tax it’s $3.50 but I appreciate not getting an armload of change at the counter. YMMV, of course, but I wish more places would do this.
See, this is why I love going to the movies when I visit my brother. It shows current movies (like last week, it has Bruce Almight), a ticket is $4.00, popcorn is 50 cents and pop is 50 cents.
Unfortunately, I had to choose between going to the movie or watching my niece’s birth day video when I was up there. I chose the video, because she’s a lot cuter than Jim Carrey.
I agree concessions at movie theaters are too expensive–but I’m lazy, so I pay the price. What irks me the most is waiting in line. I usually get stuck behind mouth-breathing, knuckle dragging, nose picking idiots who look at the menu for the first time when the concession person asks them what they want. They fuss about the prices, the sizes, the freshness , etc. Then after the food and drinks are delivered, they open their wallet to pay. They search the bottom of their purse for change, and they send back large sodas for mediums, etc. Why don’t the managers open up more registers so that customers can finish within 5 minutes?
Friend Across Town and I went to a Dodger game the other night. I was fully prepared to deny myself any concessions, because I knew what the prices would be, but when I saw that a $5 order of fries came in a minature batting helmet, I caved. I could justify that expense, because now I have the batting helmet, and it’s sturdy enough to eat ice cream out of!
But I refused to pay $4.50 for a 12-oz. soft drink. I got water from the fountain. Warm and icky, but it kept me from dehydration. If I can’t afford to pay for something, then I don’t buy it.
psychomonkey and Antares, I feel your pain. I was working in a cinema when the (in)famous report about “one small movie popcorn = six Big Macs” was released. And I had to hear about it and hear about it and hear about it, since every patron seemed to think they were the only one who had seen that news item. :rolleyes:
When I lived in Taiwan, the theaters had no problem with us walking in with Shish-kebabs and six-packs.
Them was good movies …
Maybe from a kosher POV, but not from a health standpont. Coconut oil? DAMN, I always buy a small popcorn at the movies (I go to a Regal theatre in Arlington, VA) and now I find it’s popped in a saturated oil that will clog my arteries in nothing flat?
Well, that’s why I said you shoudl be more worried about the “unsavory fat content”… ::shrug:: I don’t eat the popcorn. I don’t know if I will ever eat popcorn again. You want something non-fatty, I’d suggest the nachos, or if you’re at a Regal, check out the pretzel bites over in the cafe. Those are yummy, and fat-free. It’s a little more price, (at ours, a small nachos or pretzels is a dollar more than a small popcorn) but, hey, it’s your arteries.
It’s been a long day at work. i don’t want to think about popcorn right now…
Reading this thread last night I had to stop and not only microwave some popcorn but pour two cans of Sprite into a large glass and add ice so it would melt and water down the drink to get that proper cinema taste.
Can we do a pit thread about cleaning up the house, because I seem to be very suggestible right now and damn, it could use it.