Party Poppers (Oops, I Mean Poopers)
A movie without popcorn is just no fun.
The food police were at it again this week. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) decided to tell us that movie theater popcorn is fattening. The calorie content is high in all of the theater popcorns that were tested, although the saturated fat is worse in some because of the type of oil used in the popping.
Okay, let’s all pause for a loud, group, DUH. Why did you think movie theater popcorn was so good and addictive? Why did you think it was so much more interesting than the air popped variety all the diet plans tell us to make at home for a healthy snack? Because of the oil, the butter, and the salt.
Trust me, I know there’s a danger here. I know that if I had access to this popcorn on a daily basis, I would grow a few pants sizes in a month. I love it that much. But I don’t. In fact, we do make a healthy, microwave version of popcorn that needs no fat to pop (although we add a little melted butter for taste and to make the salt stick). And we make that version of popcorn at home quite often because my popcorn addiction has transferred to my daughter Annie.
All that this “new” information from the CSPI accomplishes is to make me feel a little guiltier about something I already knew. But we are going to go see “New Moon” this weekend, and maybe even “This Is It”, and you can bet we’ll be getting our requisite tub of that crunchy, crispy, buttery, salty snack. Because a movie without popcorn, just isn’t right.
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Enjoy the movies and make sure to get that extra large soda with your popcorn to make it a perfect night.
Tee Hee. Just back from the movie. OMG. New Moon was like just awesoooome. Oops, ‘scuse me, the crowd kind of rubbed off on me for a sec. Enjoyed every crunch of that popcorn. I passed on the soda – just not my guilty pleasure.