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Author Topic: Buttered Salt Ram Melegrito Film Handler Posts: 12 From: Mandaluyong City, Philippines Registered: Dec 2014 posted 02-19-2015 11:30 PM                     Hi guys, what is your opinion on butter salt? Does it really give better taste or can you match its flavor with just butter flavored oil and regular salt?  |  IP: Logged Tony Ratcliff Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Madison, IN, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 02-20-2015 03:24 PM                     Definitely use the butter salt when popping - makes a huge difference.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-20-2015 03:43 PM                        We use Flavacol butter flavored salt, and Odell's coconut oil. Can't seem to beat that combo! Same recipe for over 50 years.  |  IP: Logged Don Furr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 509 From: Sun City, Ca USA Registered: Nov 2002 posted 02-20-2015 09:33 PM                     Never used anything except Flavacol yellow salt and yellow coconut oil. I will say that I've been experimenting with pure white coconut oil and really digging the slightly different taste.  |  IP: Logged Tony Ratcliff Expert Film Handler Posts: 216 From: Madison, IN, USA Registered: Mar 2002 posted 02-21-2015 01:03 PM                     I swear by the Flavacol original yellow salt as well. Tried others but the taste was not near as good - not as good of a buttery/salt combo flavor. For oil I've been using LouAnn Pop-N-Lite for 20 years and everyone raves about how good our popcorn is, esp compared to the Regal in town. For corn, I use Weaver Gold. Again, I tried others but the taste just wasn't as good. If I can help it, I will never stray from this recipe.  |  IP: Logged Jarod Reddig Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 513 From: Hays, Ks Registered: Jun 2011 posted 02-21-2015 06:57 PM                     As said the Flavacol/coconut oil combo should be in the movie theater snack bar hall of fame. My all time favorite popcorn.  |  IP: Logged Ram Melegrito Film Handler Posts: 12 From: Mandaluyong City, Philippines Registered: Dec 2014 posted 02-21-2015 08:21 PM                     Thanks for the inputs! Messed around with the recipe also. Regular salt just not cuttting it. We're using vegetable oil BTW. Hoping to try coconut oil as suggested.  |  IP: Logged Marcel Birgelen Film God Posts: 3357 From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2012 posted 02-25-2015 05:33 PM                     Switching from vegetable oil to coconut oil will definitely be a step up the taste ladder. If it wasn't popped in coconut oil, I usually don't want it. Regular salt will just not sufficiently stick to your pop corn, that's why you want to use a finer, flakier salt using the Alberger process (like Flavacol). I prefer real butter above diacetyl based flavoring, but since that's not always really practical for mass production, I can live with it. There usually isn't really such a big difference in taste between real butter and artificial butter flavor. But there is that thing in your mind: artificial v.s. "real", you just can't beat "real" . Since movie popcorn is mostly consumed in the dark, I tend to leave out artificial coloring agents like those present in Flavacol. Also, since most places around here sell both sweet and salted popcorn, the lighter looking popcorn is a good way to differentiate it visually from the sweet variant, which will naturally be more yellowish.  |  IP: Logged

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