Mad Love For New Product From Makers of Bacon Salt
If there's anything I love as much as salt, it's vinegar. My collection isn't as large because I go through it so quickly.
Imagine how tickled I was when I heard the Bacon Salt guys came out with a new product that combines salt and vinegar. Malt Salt was the result of a brainstorm between Justin Esch and Dave Lefkow, the duo that believes "Everything should taste like bacon." They were looking to branch out just a little, intrigued by the idea of a seasoning that could be sprinkled on fish and chips without making the crisp go soggy.
While I haven't yet tested that theory, I think I might have come up with my favorite way to eat popcorn.
A light dusting of Malt Salt and everyone's go-to movie snack takes on an exotic quality. A tang that seems to cry: "Draw me a pint, bartender!"
Can you imagine popcorn without salt? No, me neither.
When I was a kid, my mother and stepfather ran a movie theater and I occasionally made popcorn. This was pre-fake butter days. The hard kernels were cooked in something orange, something called KobyPop. Couldn't have been good for you. The salt was straight-up table.
Lately, I've noticed more theaters adding flavored salts for popcorn-loving patrons. Maybe they need to check out Malt Salt.
What's your preferred popcorn topping?
Alex Carr on June 09, 2010 at 11:56 AM
Love it. Just ordered Malt Salt for Father's Day, as my dad is a big fan of all things malty. Hope it's as delicious as it sounds.
MJ on June 09, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Mmmm. My favorite popcorn topping is Parmesan cheese--the pre-grated kind in the plastic can.
Carl H on June 09, 2010 at 12:19 PM
The orange popcorn 'stuff' was probably coconut oil or a blend thereof. Medium chain triglycerides rule!
sefton on June 09, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Coconut oil is used at most movie theaters(it will take very high heat before it smokes and is very aromatic) along with a finely ground orange salt mixture called Savoral. That's why it is soooo yellow.
Tom Armstrong on June 09, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Top it with lightly browned butter with rosemary in it. Then microwave each serving for a few seconds with some shredded (NOT grated) parmesan over the top; just enough to melt the parmesan. You'll never go back...
John on June 09, 2010 at 01:11 PM
Personally, I like Old Bay seasoning on popcorn. Ya gotta like it spicy, though.
Frank S. on June 09, 2010 at 01:12 PM
Enjoy it while you can... the Salt Police will be coming soon to confiscate it:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/04/20/salt.guidelines/index.html
Porkov on June 09, 2010 at 01:37 PM
Beside the stove was a metal can with a lid, and under the lid was a filter. We poured the bacon grease into the filter, and on Sunday nights we popped the corn in the bacon grease forked out of the can. Holding the tines of the fork flat against the side of the popping pan melted the the residual grease. The popped corn was topped off with table salt.