Butter on Popcorn in Cinemas

syklops

Does anyone know why you can't get butter on popcorn in cinemas anymore? I used to love getting the stuff all of my popcorn. Now I have to bring my own which is a pain in the t1ts.

Why take away this lovely condiment? Could it be that it was starting to cost them too much money? Ideas anyone?

taidghbaby

coolock cinema does it!!

SRFC90

so does tallaght

FunkZ

****in' hell, I'd never get popcorn without the butter. What's teh point!

Though I haven't gotten cinema popcorn on yonks.

BrokenArrows

id say the main reason they dont do it anymore is just that its messy. they dont want to be getting butter all over the place.

joejoem

I've asked about this before, its a health issue apparently.

andrewie

Still do butter popcorn in Blanch.

Xavi6

UCI is the only place that still does it I think?

LOVE butter on my popcorn. Bleedin delish.

DonkeyStyle \o/

It smells like diarrhea, good riddance.

seamus

Butter is a complete pain in the arse to get off a tiled floor.

There were a couple of incidents where someone spilled their buttered popcorn onto the floor after getting it, then a bod comes along, picks up the popcorn, and while he goes off to get the cleaning stuff, someone comes along and falls on their arse.

Most cinemas pretty much stopped doing it at the same time.

It's not really butter they give you anyway, more flavoured oil. And as you know, oil + tile = super slide. It's horribel stuff altogether.

syklops

taidghbaby wrote: »

coolock cinema does it!!

Seriously? Cool Ill go there next time.

Thanks!

copeyhagen

they dont sell it cuz its meant to be dodgy butter that ****s up your arteries(spelling).
was in coolock last night and had popcorn..with butter of course!!

syklops

joejoem wrote: »

I've asked about this before, its a health issue apparently.

A health issue? And asking for a small coke and getting over a litre of it is not a health issue?

Piste

How do you bring your OWN butter? Like those little sachets you get in cafés? Popcorn cinema doesn't tend to be hot enough to melt butter anyway so would it not just sit in lumps?

Quazzie

syklops wrote: »

A health issue? And asking for a small coke and getting over a litre of it is not a health issue?

ah but thats special "sods-stream" coke

faceman

Never liked butter on me popcorn. Greasy fingers!

taidghbaby

faceman wrote: »

Never liked butter on me popcorn. Greasy fingers!

that not make it easier......in the cinema :pac:

miju

I remember when the Omni cinema in Santry got done up they stopped doing butter. When I asked why the said because of costs.

Suffice to say that simple little cost has lost them even more money as me , my missus nor the sprog have gone to that place in over 2 years and drive the extra bit to Coolock instead.

In case you can't tell I love my butter

dr.bollocko

Too right.
It's a load of ****.
What is the point in paying 500 euro for a small car sized chunk of popcorn and the ****ers cant even put butter on it.
Rip off I tells ya.

Adam

Most cinemas actually now use a product called Flavacol. This is a powder substance, that's added to the kernels and oil at the start of the cooking process, and adds both a salt and butter taste to the popcorn.

Obviously peoples opinion of the authenticity of the taste is a factor, but that's just how it is.

And yes, butter on the floor = very dangerous, so that's the reason a lot of places don't do it any more.

syklops

Piste wrote: »

How do you bring your OWN butter? Like those little sachets you get in cafés? Popcorn cinema doesn't tend to be hot enough to melt butter anyway so would it not just sit in lumps?

I melt it before I go, put it into a plastic bottle and when I sit down, I pour it all over my popcorn. You have to remember to get non-salted popcorn because if it is already salted, you will be dying for thirst afterwards.

Blisterman

Bringing your own butter to the cinema...
I don't know whether to consider that ridiculous or ingenius.

marti101

I remember my fella having butter on his popcorn he put it on his trousers and when he stood up it looked like he had pissed himself.

Overheal

not only can you still get butter popcorn in the states but Regal Cinemas even have 3 different bottles of shake-on seasonings you can buy for $1.50 :rolleyes:

kraggy

Blisterman wrote: »

Bringing your own butter to the cinema...
I don't know whether to consider that ridiculous or ingenius.

Ingenius I'd say.

andrewie

marti101 wrote: »

I remember my fella having butter on his popcorn he put it on his trousers and when he stood up it looked like he had pissed himself.

I know someone who this happened to. They have since remembered to put lots of napkins under the bag!

Raoul

kraggy wrote: »

Ingenius I'd say.

Quite ingenius.

Was actually having this discussion last night.

Has anyone heard the rumour that it was never actually real butter but.............DUN DUN DUN.......Margarine:eek:!

Peteee

Mirror wrote: »

Most cinemas actually now use a product called Flavacol. This is a powder substance, that's added to the kernels and oil at the start of the cooking process, and adds both a salt and butter taste to the popcorn.

Sometimes if your lucky, the cinema staff will have played games while making the popcorn, and have double dosed on this flavacol and doubled up the oil too.

The result is the most delicious stuff known to man, but only in small quantities. I reckon a large popcorn eaten with this stuff added in such quantities would kill a small child!

DavyD_83

Blisterman wrote: »

Bringing your own butter to the cinema...
I don't know whether to consider that ridiculous or ingenius.

Ridiculously ingenius??

Meh, I'm just going with ridiculous myself. I'm not buying this plastic bottle full o melted butter story.

phasers

Buttered popcorn is manky anyway, stinks up the cinema too

Munya

Omg I miss it so bad, I'm heading to blanch.

Charlie

The States is king when it comes to buttered popcorn. They have self serve dispensers, and free refills on large buckets.

Would love some now with a bag of Malteasers lobbed in them.

Overheal

We dont have malteasers though we have whoppers

Charlie

Overheal wrote: »

We dont have malteasers though we have whoppers

Ah yeah, good ol Whoopers will do. Loved the massive big milk carton box you can get.

Overheal

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Ah yeah, good ol Whoopers will do. Loved the massive big milk carton box you can get.

stop it youre gonna make me walk to the store :pac:

Charlie

Overheal wrote: »

stop it youre gonna make me walk to the store :pac:

While your there pick me up some mike n' ikes, a bag of Tostitos, a Big Gulp, and a copy of Razzle.

Epic Tissue

prob because the popcorn you take has been sitting there for about 20/30 mins in the bags and maybe a few hours before that in the containers. It's made a day or two before. When would they put the butter on?

andrewie

They don't put the butter on until they ask if you want butter or not.

Overheal

you could always BYOB

darkskol

going to cinema tonight now just to get buttered popcorn :pac:

Ruu_Old

Wavebox for the victory.

Sam Vimes

copeyhagen wrote: »

they dont sell it cuz its meant to be dodgy butter that ****s up your arteries(spelling).
was in coolock last night and had popcorn..with butter of course!!

could they not just get different butter?

seamus wrote: »

Butter is a complete pain in the arse to get off a tiled floor.

There were a couple of incidents where someone spilled their buttered popcorn onto the floor after getting it, then a bod comes along, picks up the popcorn, and while he goes off to get the cleaning stuff, someone comes along and falls on their arse.

the ucis have carpets. A pain in the hole to clean butter off but better than cleaning blood off tiles

DEmeant0r

Jaysus, you're all heart attacks waiting to happen. The popcorn in Galway are pre-salted anyways, don't want or need more flavour...

lezizi

Its the obese kids ruining it for everyone.

Overheal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6j6GcP3-uQ

cornbb

joejoem wrote: »

I've asked about this before, its a health issue apparently.

I was told the same. "Health and safety". Wtf??

kraggy

DEmeant0r wrote: »

Jaysus, you're all heart attacks waiting to happen. The popcorn in Galway are pre-salted anyways, don't want or need more flavour...

Popcorn in both cinemas in Galway is shte.

Omni used to do butter but heard that story bout someone slipping.

Think it's an urban myth started to justify not doing it. It's just hard to clean up.

kraggy

cornbb wrote: »

I was told the same. "Health and safety". Wtf??

It's to do with all the cardiac arrests people were having when they tasted it. Shocked, dropping their boxes to the floor, grabbing their hair, falling to their knees in disbelief and squealing "I can't believe it's not butter!..."

Naos

I once seen someone bring a bag of manhattan popcorn and a tub of flora into the cinema.

dr.bollocko

flora is not butter!
And butter never killed anyone!
BRING BACK BUTTER!!!!!

miju

Naos wrote: »

I once seen someone bring a bag of manhattan popcorn and a tub of flora into the cinema.

don't ya know theres recession on. thats the kinda stuff you gots to be doing these days to save a few bob