What?! No salted popcorn?!?
November 18th 2007 20:51
My boyfriend took me to an ice hockey game in Cologne on Friday night. It was fun and everything was going well until the moment when a craving for popcorn took over me. All these other people in the audience had large boxes of popcorn and I just couldn't resist.
So down, down, down I went... Down ten million little steps (since we were seated near the top of that giant stadium). Then I walked the entire length of the bottom corridor to find the one and only popcorn stand in the whole building. The glorious moment was nigh.
But then... shock! Horror! From close-up, the popcorn looked suspiciously glazed, and I straight away recognised that it had some sweet coating on it. So I asked the boy behind the counter if they sold any salted popcorn. He said "No, only sweet." I was very, very disappointed.
The worst thing is, this was NOT an isolated incident. Fellow salty popcorn lovers, I am warning you: Germany is not the best place to find your favourite cinema snack. The sweet variety is far more popular in this country, which I personally find bizarre, coming from Australia where popcorn is almost always sold nice and salty.
Visualise the following. I once went to a cinema in Bonn and bought a nice serving of popcorn to enjoy during my film. I did not have any suspicions whatsoever, because I just assumed that that all cinema popcorn in this world is salty by default. So I took a nice big handful, put a few in my mouth, and... Bitter disappointment. Or should I say sweet disappointment (ha ha).
The moral of this story is surprisingly very deep and meaningful: don't assume ANYTHING when you're in a foreign country. It might present you with surprises you never even thought were possible. Oh, and always scrutinise what you're about to eat.
So down, down, down I went... Down ten million little steps (since we were seated near the top of that giant stadium). Then I walked the entire length of the bottom corridor to find the one and only popcorn stand in the whole building. The glorious moment was nigh.
But then... shock! Horror! From close-up, the popcorn looked suspiciously glazed, and I straight away recognised that it had some sweet coating on it. So I asked the boy behind the counter if they sold any salted popcorn. He said "No, only sweet." I was very, very disappointed.
The worst thing is, this was NOT an isolated incident. Fellow salty popcorn lovers, I am warning you: Germany is not the best place to find your favourite cinema snack. The sweet variety is far more popular in this country, which I personally find bizarre, coming from Australia where popcorn is almost always sold nice and salty.
Visualise the following. I once went to a cinema in Bonn and bought a nice serving of popcorn to enjoy during my film. I did not have any suspicions whatsoever, because I just assumed that that all cinema popcorn in this world is salty by default. So I took a nice big handful, put a few in my mouth, and... Bitter disappointment. Or should I say sweet disappointment (ha ha).
The moral of this story is surprisingly very deep and meaningful: don't assume ANYTHING when you're in a foreign country. It might present you with surprises you never even thought were possible. Oh, and always scrutinise what you're about to eat.
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