MULTIZ321
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Why Do We Eat Popcorn at the Movies? - by Natasha Geiling/ Food & Think/ Food & Travel/ SmithsonianMag.com
"Movie theater popcorn is a concession stand staple whose scent has spawned marketing ploys and copycat recipes, but movie theaters haven’t always been saturated with the tempting smell of salt and butter. The history of popcorn is vast, and it intersects with movies in the relatively recent past–a symbiosis of taste and place created to save the fledgling movie theater industry from near collapse during the Great Depression..."
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Popcorn wasn’t always a movie theater staple. Image via Flickr user Joakim Wahlander.
One of the veterans that I worked with a few years ago, developed the paper popcorn bag that did not stain from butter and oil that was used making the popcorn. It was a huge-seller and he made a lot money from that development.
A street vendor sells popcorn to children in 1912 Illinois. Image by © Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis
Richard
"Movie theater popcorn is a concession stand staple whose scent has spawned marketing ploys and copycat recipes, but movie theaters haven’t always been saturated with the tempting smell of salt and butter. The history of popcorn is vast, and it intersects with movies in the relatively recent past–a symbiosis of taste and place created to save the fledgling movie theater industry from near collapse during the Great Depression..."
Popcorn wasn’t always a movie theater staple. Image via Flickr user Joakim Wahlander.
One of the veterans that I worked with a few years ago, developed the paper popcorn bag that did not stain from butter and oil that was used making the popcorn. It was a huge-seller and he made a lot money from that development.
A street vendor sells popcorn to children in 1912 Illinois. Image by © Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis
Richard
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