# non american dopers do you butter your popcorn? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2019, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158 "2019-02-25T04:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/41 "2019-02-26T05:01:27Z")
Hold on, is this actually about popcorn? I assumed that “buttering your popcorn” was a euphemism for… well, I don’t know really. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/42 "2019-02-26T05:42:50Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > …I don’t find stovetop popcorn at all difficult or lacking in tastiness, so I have no motive to switch. “Air poppers” are definitely not happenin’ - more frikkin gadgets crowding up my kitchen I use a cast iron frying pan, with a lid that happens to fit. Two of my large pots came with lids the same size as my cast iron frying pan. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/43 "2019-02-26T05:46:33Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Now, all that said makes me wonder: these people unfamiliar with buttered popcorn, do they not have microwavable popcorn in your far far away lands? Because if you do, you can do the science in the comfort of your own home if you wonder about the stuff. German microwave popcorn is exactly like German movie theatre popcorn: it comes in salty and sweet varieties, and neither one has butter flavour. We always buy the salty variety and then add our own melted butter on top. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/44 "2019-02-26T05:46:39Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > You need to visit better movie theatres, then. Your profile says you’re in Toronto; have you been to the Bloor Cinema? They always put real butter on their popcorn back when I was living in Toronto. I’m confused. Are you saying that real melted butter doesn’t make popcorn soggy? Or that their unbuttered popcorn isn’t yellow-ish? I think I’ve had popcorn at the Bloor Theatre before (this would have been at least 10 years ago), and I don’t remember the non-buttered popcorn being particularly different from any other theatre. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/45 "2019-02-26T07:44:28Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I’m confused. Are you saying that real melted butter doesn’t make popcorn soggy? Or that their unbuttered popcorn isn’t yellow-ish? I think I’ve had popcorn at the Bloor Theatre before (this would have been at least 10 years ago), and I don’t remember the non-buttered popcorn being particularly different from any other theatre. Yes, in my experience Bloor’s popcorn didn’t have that fake(?) yellowish tinge and flavour, and it wasn’t quite so soggy, perhaps because butter has a lot more dissolved solids than the clear oily goop they use in other theatres, or because they don’t need to put quite so much of it on in order to get any flavour. Of course, things might have changed in the last 15 years. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/46 "2019-02-26T08:32:27Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Now, all that said makes me wonder: these people unfamiliar with buttered popcorn, do they not have microwavable popcorn in your far far away lands? Because if you do, you can do the science in the comfort of your own home if you wonder about the stuff. We do indeed have microwaveable popcorn - I should add that I only know this because I googled a [well known supermarket chain](https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/shop/food-cupboard/crisps-snacks-and-popcorn/popcorn/microwave-popcorn) for the answer. I personally never buy snack foods, and can’t speak for its popularity amongst the kids. I also don’t have a microwave anymore, but that’s another story. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/47 "2019-02-26T11:10:49Z")
In Aus, according to personal experience and according to the wholesale ads. movie popcorn is treated with “butter flavour salt” In the shops, you can buy with and without butter flavour. Does that, or does that not count as butter? I’ve not eaten popcorn in Europe. I don’t know what they do. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/48 "2019-02-26T14:21:49Z")
I prefer a hybrid of butter and lemon olive oil on my popcorn. The lemon gives it some brightness and the olive oil lets me fool myself into thinking it’s healthier than just melted butter. I’ve taken this mixture to a theater, also. It has the advantage of not congealing, as the oil keeps it in liquid state. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/49 "2019-02-26T14:51:38Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I’m an American Doper and I don’t butter my popcorn. Salt and parmesan cheese…mmmm. I’m American and I don’t butter my popcorn. I don’t like butter on much of anything except crusty bread. Also not a great cheese lover. On my popcorn, I put salt, lemon pepper, a pinch of sugar (1/4 tsp for a whole bowlful) and a similarly tiny amount of “sour salt”/citric acid. And yeah, it doesn’t stick well to the popcorn (but well enough), so I lick my finger and mop up the seasonings from the bottom of the bowl after it’s empty. Ok. Now I want popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/50 "2019-02-27T13:28:47Z")
I don’t like popcorn because of the little husks that get stuck in my throat - is that just me or is that a universal hazard? ---
**Author:** ![SantaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@SantaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SantaMan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/51 "2019-02-27T14:44:36Z")
How about the salt? Do you all use “popcorn salt” ultra fine granulation, more like a powder ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/52 "2019-02-27T14:55:10Z")
> [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Not only did I put butter on my popcorn, I “layer” it by loading up a few inches of popcorn, then drizzling the butter on it, then adding another layer of popcorn, more butter, and so on until the container is filled. At our local [theater chain](https://www.harkins.com/), the three answers to, “Would you like butter flavoring” on your popcorn are, “Yes,” “No,” and “Layered, please.” If it’s the last, they will dose the stuff with two internal layers and then top it off like the “Yes” answer gets. **DesertRoomie** gets hers that way, I get mine dry as I find enough flavoring from the kettle it was popped in. At the condiment station they have butter dosers so you can put on exactly the amount you want but, of course, layering is problematic then. They also have shaker cans with six different powders in them, some sweet and some salty, On occasion I will shake some white cheddar onto mine, enough for the top quarter or so to get dosed so it fades out as the movie progresses and I’m left with plain popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/53 "2019-02-27T17:45:48Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > I don’t like popcorn because of the little husks that get stuck in my throat - is that just me or is that a universal hazard? There is “hulless” popcorn out there. It still has hulls, but far fewer. I prefer Bob’s Red Mill popcorn. Theater popcorn is usually the worst for having hulls. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/54 "2019-02-28T05:31:11Z")
I figure, the hulls count as fiber. Therefore, their presence makes the popcorn healthier, and even can negates any bad health effects from pouring on either melted real butter, or the “butter” at theatres. Right? Speaking of … does anyone know a source for individuals to buy the fake movie theatre “butter” ourselves? Hopefully slightly smaller than wholesale sizes, as I cannot be trusted without adult supervision around the stuff. I’m serious. It’s the only reason I see anything in a theater anymore vs. at home for free. Love that stuff, absolutely don’t care how bad for me it might be. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158/55 "2019-02-28T05:36:48Z")
my mom is one of the reasons you dont have to have a ticket in a cinemark theatre to go 8n the lobby …shed go there to specifically buy the popcorn but she knew the management at one so theyd give her the unsold popcorn just to get rid of it in a full 30 gal bag …it makes the best caramel corn [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-dopers-do-you-butter-your-popcorn/830158.md?page=2)