Popcorn :O

ntlbell

I noticed liffey valley's popcorn is gone to sh|t, very dry and they don't offer butter :rolleyes:

What cinema in Dublin does the tasties popcorn, butter is a must!!

That_Guy

I don't think any cinema does butter anymore. I haven't seen butter on popcorn in years.

Galvasean

UCI Coolock still do it. Had it recently. Made me feel ill.

senordingdong

It's not butter.
It's butter flavoured oil.

ntlbell

senordingdong wrote: »

It's not butter.
It's butter flavoured oil.

Few malteasers thrown in and who cares

senordingdong

That's nasty.

That_Guy

senordingdong wrote: »

That's nasty.

No... Not nasty.... GENIUS.

ntlbell

senordingdong wrote: »

That's nasty.

You haven't lived brother.

Galvasean

senordingdong wrote: »

It's not butter.
It's butter flavoured oil.

Sounds about right. its a weird browny, yellow grey colour.

krudler

As a former cinema employee, I wont eat popcorn unless its been made fresh, if they take it out of the glass cases on the counter I wont take it, only out of the machine, any popcorn that isnt used at the end of the night is bagged up, then reheated the next day, we used to keep it in a binbag under the stairs only to stick it into the glass counter the enxt day and the lights would reheat it again, yuck, also the pick and mix has had at least 3 employess hands in it at any one stage, we used to grab handfuls and eat them while restocking the pick n mix counters, ah the things you learn in these jobs

JJ

Movies just aren't the same without popcorn. I have a friend who's such a nazi about keeping quiet during a film that she believes popcorn should be banned. That's a bit extreme.

uncleoswald

senordingdong wrote: »

It's not butter.
It's butter flavoured oil.

The Dublin cinema I worked in used butter flavoured salt. Luminous yellow it was.

Most of the cinemas that offered butter to pour on your popcorn apparently used margarine.

nix

Yeah i dont how or why it is, but once a cinema is on the scene for a few years its popcorn supply goes to ****.

The only popcorn i enjoy these days is dundrum, so so tastey and fresh


I was only thinkin the other night in daybreakers tha liffey valley popcorn has gone to **** and will most likely never make a comeback and that i should stop wasting my money on it

TheDoc

The popcorn in swords if sucking muck.

Its always broken little pieces, and just horrid.

Only buy it cause it makes sense with a large drink.

And buying a medium drink and popcorn, or medium popcorn and large drink, is more expensive then the large popcorn and drink.

But its awfully woeful, I think I'll just bring two bottle sof a soft drink in with me and some munchies next time i go cinema.

lucianot

I can't eat salted popcorn, I am used to the sweet one, some sugar, vanilla and even some light caramel on top...can't be found in Ireland!
I know it sounds weird but that's they way is done in Argentina

davenewt

lucianot wrote: »

I can't eat salted popcorn, I am used to the sweet one, some sugar, vanilla and even some light caramel on top...can't be found in Ireland!
I know it sounds weird but that's they way is done in Argentina

I hear that! Never totally got used to the salted stuff... in the UK I always used to have sweet popcorn (sugar)... but was never able to find it here...

...until...

I went to cineworld in Dublin the other day and saw a bag on the counter which had "SWEET" written on it... one of the medium sized purple bags, just sitting there empty... when quizzed, I was told they didn't have any left. Not that they didn't have any... that they didn't have any left. Which makes me think they might actually have it.

Can anyone confirm or deny? Is this a mean trick? I will be going back to investigate, as it's clearly a matter of urgency that we establish a supply of tasty SWEET popcorn in Ireland.

They can use the salted stuff on the roads... :pac:

senordingdong

I expect Cineworld Dublin don't stock sweet popcorn.

davenewt

Take that back! :eek:

Dancor

I think all UCI's have butter for popcorn, Blanchardstown do anyways. I think they start charging extra recently for it.

event

i know newry Cinema does have sweet popcorn, or did last time i checked

the_syco

ntlbell wrote: »

I noticed liffey valley's popcorn is gone to sh|t, very dry and they don't offer butter :rolleyes:

They haven't done butter in 5 years... As for the dryness, meh. Depends on who makes it. When I worked there, I did a good mix.

krudler wrote: »

As a former cinema employee, I wont eat popcorn unless its been made fresh, if they take it out of the glass cases on the counter I wont take it, only out of the machine, any popcorn that isnt used at the end of the night is bagged up, then reheated the next day

Agreed. In Vue, they'd make a few bags near the end, so that there'd be at least 6 bags for the morning - no-one comes in the morning, so no use putting the popcorn machine on until 14:00 midweek.

Saying that, I eat the cheese popcorn that you get in the blue bags in Boots. MMMMMMmmmmmm Still thinking of bringing in melted butter in a thermos flask for the fun, one of these days.

JJ

There's something about "sweet" popcorn that seems like...blasphemy. Popcorn is supposed to have salt and/or butter on it. I can never get a drink when I'm going to the cinema because I'll then need to make a run to the loo at some point during the movie and I hate missing any part of a movie. I usually bring gum in for when I've finished my popcorn.

D-Generate

JJ wrote: »

... because I'll then need to make a run to the loo at some point during the movie and I hate missing any part of a movie. I usually bring gum in for when I've finished my popcorn.

Don't bring in gum, bring in a man's sized bladder!

Buttered popcorn, with Maltezers is the business. Every handful can lead to a new suprise of chocolate, salty, buttered goodness!