# I love burnt popcorn--am I alone?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 28, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872 "2005-09-28T16:32:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/41 "2016-02-06T15:22:03Z")

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> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> I just read a thread where someone complained about the smell of burnt popcorn.
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> I don’t make popcorn at work, but when I make it at home, I love it when about half of the kernels are in that weird, indeterminate state between normal and burnt. Greyish brown and powdery, with a touch of farm-fresh butter!
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> So, am I alone in this?

Yes. On behalf of your coworkers I thank you for not doing this at work.

It’s a little known fact that burnt popcorn was the REAL cause of WW-I. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated because he left Jiffy Pop on the stove too long.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/42 "2016-02-06T15:49:18Z")

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Burnt popcorn also tastes better after moldering for 10 long years in the graaaave!! 🙂

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**Author:** ![WF\_Tomba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d9b06d/32.png) [@WF\_Tomba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WF_Tomba)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-burnt-popcorn-am-i-alone/323872/43 "2016-02-06T17:08:37Z")

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I liked burnt popcorn when I was a kid, but now I’m afraid it’ll give me cancer.

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