# How do you eat popcorn? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 24, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474 "2005-01-24T21:40:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/21 "2005-01-25T01:46:50Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > I start out like a human being: one or two pieces at a time. But almost immediately I’m stuffing fistfulls into my mouth…one at a time, of course. I have no idea why, and it makes a hell of a mess. Ditto, except for the “start out like a human being” part. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/22 "2005-01-25T02:01:42Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#): > > \Favorite way: Make caramel corn from popcorn, wait to cool slightly and stuff handfuls in mouth as fast a possible. At this point you may as well tie a ziplock around my head as my own personal nosebag. mmmmmm! Salted, buttered microwave popcorn makes **the best** caramel popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/23 "2005-01-25T02:07:09Z")
Hoover. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/24 "2005-01-25T02:10:18Z")
_ **looks around, makes sure the Mango isn’t watching** _ I pick up a piece in my beak, climb on top of the handle of my basket with it, then hold it with my foot and take bites off of it until it’s too small to hold, drop what’s left, climb back down the handle of my basket and repeat the process with a fresh piece. —Shamus _ **debates whether to use the Mango’s sig line, decides to go for it** _ ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/25 "2005-01-25T02:12:46Z")
Fistfuls. Then, I eat the unpopped kernels, usually by crushing them between my molars. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/26 "2005-01-25T02:48:07Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > Salted, buttered microwave popcorn makes **the best** caramel popcorn. I’ll try it. Normally I use the air-pop for caramel corn. ---
**Author:** ![pipper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c2a13f/32.png) [@pipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipper)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/27 "2005-01-25T14:56:11Z")
Try this one: 1/2 tablespoon powdered ginger 1/2 tablespoon wasabi powder 3 tablespoons powdered sugar Mix and sift over one bag of microwaved popcorn. Belly up to trough and inhale… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/28 "2005-01-25T15:33:49Z")
I alternate between picking up a small handful and nabbing each piece with my tongue, or just getting two or three at a time and tossing them back the ol’ food hatch. ---
**Author:** ![Fanny\_May](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3be4f8/32.png) [@Fanny\_May](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fanny_May)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/29 "2005-01-25T18:23:59Z")
Chugging food is a key way to get fat. Or so I’ve been told by Jenny Craig. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/30 "2005-01-25T18:34:25Z")
> [@Inigo Montoya](#): > > I start out like a human being: one or two pieces at a time. But almost immediately I’m stuffing fistfulls into my mouth…one at a time, of course. I have no idea why, and it makes a hell of a mess. > > What do you do? This is me, too, except for the human being part. I never eat popcorn in public, or rarely, I should say. I won’t eat it in the theatre, it distracts me. Other people eating it doesn’t distract me, unless they’re throwing it on me when they stand up, but I can’t myself. I’ve told this story before, but my sweetheart bird (which I had to give away ☹ ) used to LOVE popcorn and ate it so cutely, one kernel in her claw at a time, holding it up to her mouth. She’d scream if we ate and didn’t give her any. I wonder if her new owners feed her popcorn? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/31 "2005-01-25T19:51:44Z")
With chocolate on it. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/32 "2005-01-25T20:18:03Z")
A big bowl of freshly oil-popped popcorn + a light sprinkling of salt + a BIG glass of ice-cold whole milk[I use skim otherwise] = Heaven, bliss, the Elysian Fields, fill in with the _ultima thule_ of your choice. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/33 "2005-01-25T20:28:08Z")
> [@lee](#): > > potted meat Speaking for the vegitarians in the crowd - \*WHAT ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH IS POTTED MEAT?!?!?!?! 😕😕😕 \*. Ahem. I usually eat about 10 or so pieces, then I get sick of it. It’s sort of like coffee - it smells much better than it tastes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/34 "2005-01-25T20:44:06Z")
Two or three pieces at a time, to savor the experience. Though I seldom finish a whole bag – either I get stuffed and don’t want any more, or I run out of the soda that’s _de rigeuor_ to accompany it. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/35 "2005-01-25T20:45:32Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Speaking for the vegitarians in the crowd - \*WHAT ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH IS POTTED MEAT?!?!?!?! 😕😕😕 \*. Speaking for the omnivores in the crowd - you don’t want to [know](http://www.pottedmeatmuseum.com/). It is literally the antithesis of God’s Green Earth. (Where’s that barfey smiley when you need it?) ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/36 "2005-01-25T20:48:44Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Speaking for the vegitarians in the crowd - \*WHAT ON GOD’S GREEN EARTH IS POTTED MEAT?!?!?!?! 😕😕😕 \* You don’t really want to know. Even most meat eaters don’t want to know. Trust me on this. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/37 "2005-01-25T20:51:41Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I wonder if her new owners feed her popcorn? ☹ They probably do, assuming they figured out screaming = give _me_ some! ---
**Author:** ![Verminary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/71e660/32.png) [@Verminary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Verminary)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/38 "2005-01-25T20:55:12Z")
> [@DeVena](#): > > At home: In milk… with a spoon. Why yes, I am weird. Milk and popcorn is mahvelous. Mouthful of popcorn, mouthful of milk, mush everything around for a bit, swallow, repeat. If they sold milk at the movies I’d be a happy lady. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/39 "2005-01-25T20:58:25Z")
By the handful. I’m about as carnivorous as you can get, and was also going to ask Lee what “potted meat” is. Never heard of it. Vegetables? Vegetables aren’t food. Vegetables are what food _eats_. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474/40 "2005-01-25T21:14:28Z")
I eat popcorn in the normal way (After I’ve made it, Mrs. Butler can’t seem to figure it out, even though I use her father’s method)… huge handfuls. Mrs. Butler eats it one kernel at a time, she bites the “crown” end off, leaving the round nub, which she places in a smaller bowl, and eats last. Again one at a time. She’s not quite right… :rolleyes: Though she also eats french fries with mayonaise. :smack: -Butler [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-eat-popcorn/286474.md?page=3)