Sweet Popcorn in Malta?

  

   Please Pass the Salt, for G-d’s Sake!

 

This was a real first for me:  going to a big movie theatre (or cinema, as they say in Europe) and having to eat sweet popcorn because they didn’t have salted popcorn.  They ran out.  That’s like going to the cinema and getting told that they ran out of the movie.

This is something I can’t accept.  (Actually, I’m not back in Malta  yet. Still in England where they’re having the worst snowstorm in 30 years-again.  I hope I get back to my beloved Malta tomorrow.)

But today we went to the movies and saw Sherlock Holmes which was not really about Sherlock Holmes—and ate popcorn that wasn’t really popcorn because it had no salt on it.

I missed my lips feeling all dry and shriveled from the salt. I missed the salt on my fingertips.

What’s with this sweet popcorn, anyway?

 

 

Comments

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Jacques--Interesting what you say about the cinemas outside Malta.  We never had intermissions in the US unless it was a very long movie like Gone With the Wind.  But it is a good idea. Cant wait to have salty popcorn again.  Sometimes I even go see a movie because I want the popcorn--Ilene

[Jacques René Zammit]

It's crazy this sweet popcorn business. I'm a Maltese expat living in Luxembourg and the cinemas here give priority to sweet popcorn. The little portion of the salty popcorn they make does not sell as fast so most times you have to eat it cold ... not good for Maltese brought up on freshly popped salty (and expensive) popcorn. (Not to mention the fact that we are brought up with "Intermissions" the break in the middle of the movie at cinemas to stock up on food and drink - I always wonder why this does not happen elsewhere too... it makes too much sense!)

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Mike--thanks for the salt-of-the-earth advice xx Ilene

[Mike Owen]

You should have know. You have to take a thermos flask full of Margaritas to the cinema. That way, you get the salt fix.

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Alex--you said it, girl! xxx Ilene

[Alexandra Claes]

Oh from a savoury girl---please pass the salt !!!

It is imperative that the action of "osmosis" occur whilst one is masticating the "pop of the corn" during a cinematic experience. This is simply outrageous !

...a little dob of butter would be nice too thank you :)

[Sennuwy (an ancient Egyptian name)]

Hi Lynne--The popcorn just tasted sweet--thats all I can say. Not like Cracker Jacks--but just sweet--no salty taste that you would expect--xxx Ilene

[Lynne]

I thought of you when I heard that movie came out - what ever happened to your book about him?

Sorry about the sweet popcorn - though it doesn't sound all that bad to me - did it taste like the popcorn balls that I remember from long ago? Or did they just sprinkle sugar on it instead of salt - that would NOT be to my liking either!