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I eat popcorn fairly often and I was wondering if I can improve on the taste with minimal effort. Do you guys know any good mix I could use instead of salt alone?

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[–] NV43@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tajin or ranch powder work pretty well too

[–] Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ranch powder is a clever idea. Probably much cheaper than the popcorn flavoring mixes they sell. ETA: And Taijin sounds a lot simpler than squeezing out solids from spicy oil.

[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Consider olive oil instead of butter just in general. We just do olive oil and salt but love some of the other ideas here.

[–] blahaj@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I always like to mix in some butter and sriracha

[–] eweb@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Nutritional yeast, garlic powder, msg, and salt is my go to. I mix it up with other spices too but the nutch and msg reminds me of cheese puffs. Have to start with plain popcorn though, I don't like nutch with buttered popcorn.
Coconut oil and salt is also amazing.

[–] CrashEchoes@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To get the movie theatre experience you can use oil and butter-salt (the yellow powder they use). Try peanut oil for cooking in a pot, then butter-salt, and top with drizzle of real melted butter. Obviously not a healthy choice but it’s great.

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[–] argentcorvid@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like Old Bay. But really, any seasoning blend works pretty good. If you have a spice grinder, you might consider grinding it finer so it distributes better.

I have a WhirleyPop so making kettle corn is pretty easy, since you stir the whole time.

[–] ShanJezi@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] ArtZuron@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not a big popcorn guy, but have a garlic/salt/pepper mix that I put on almost everything I can. I bet it'd be good on popcorn.

You could probably go with garlic salt though for something similar, if you don't like pepper. Maybe some parmesian, since that's salty too.

[–] offthecrossbar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a big fan of the Cheesy Seasoning Blend at Trader Joe's!

[–] chocoladisco@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

With an spice grinder it becomes a lot easier:

  1. Salt, msg, chili and citric acid
  2. Salt, dried out parmiggiano reggiano and black truffle
  3. Salt and msg
  4. Salt and nutritional yeast for that "fake cheesy" flavor
[–] skip0110@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Flavacol :) (https://whatthepopcorn.com/what-is-flavacol/) Basically, it's "movie popcorn flavor"

[–] kherge@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have never tried this myself, but I am curious to know how well furikake works with popcorn.

[–] kevindotcool@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Can confirm is excellent.

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