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I usually buy the cheap (for us) 2.79 CAD bag of 1kg popping corn. the 850g Orville Redenbacher is 5.79.

However, they were out of the cheap stuff so I was forced to get the ol' Orville's stuff. And I found it there were less kernels unpopped, the popcorn was fluffier and weirdly, it sounded louder too. (same stove, pot and everything)

So my question is why is there such a quality difference? Is there a difference in how it's prepared before shipping? Anyone know?

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[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Movie theatre popcorn uses a different variety of corn than home popcorn does.

Source? Because:

I'm pretty sure there are subtypes as well

Doesn't make you sound like an expert on the subject.

Not doubting that supply chain issues are totally a thing, btw. Just the unsaleability of movie popcorn in consumer markets sounds a bit weird to me. Wouldn't there be a niche for a brand selling the stuff as original movie popcorn?

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

A theater here was selling their popped popcorn to take home. I still couldn't conscion paying movie theater prices for popcorn at home, but it does agree with the idea that they were oversupplied and trying to get rid of it.

Is anyone else familiar with the word conscion? I looked it up to get the spelling right and apparently it's not a real word but I've been using it my whole life. Not sure where I picked it up. Anyway I think the meaning is clear from the context.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think the phrase you're looking for is "in good conscience"

Ex: The cookies looked delicious, but since it was a Trump fundraiser, I couldn't, in good conscience, buy any.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)