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More Than Just Popcorn

4/17/2016

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PictureMacaroon with my Mad Max? Yes, please!

So I have a plan today to go to the movies, and I must admit, my mouth is already watering thinking about the buttery popcorn and nachos I can get there. Movies and popcorn go together like peas and carrots or peanut butter and jelly, as evidenced by the seemingly interminable line at the concession stand every time I go. I recently discovered the history of this custom 
here. 

But sometimes, (just sometimes) I really wish there was something else to choose from. Something of substance, perhaps, or something even (gasp) a little bit healthy. So here is my list of things that might be nice to have. And to be clear, I know there are a vast number of theaters that have whole restaurants and bars inside them, so I'm not talking about those. I'm talking about the regular ol' concession stand movie theatre. Here goes.

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1. Cookies. I see very few cookies. And I love cookies.
​2. Pot-stickers. 
3. Apple slices
4. Cheese plates. Fruit and meat would be nice too.
5. Nuts.
6. Soup. Sometimes it's cold in those auditoriums, and you can drink it from a cup. Easy.
7. Shrimp cocktails Or really shrimp anything. Just shrimp.
8. Donut holes. Not donuts. Just the holes.
9. Funnel cake
10. Things wrapped in bacon on a toothpick. (i.e. shrimp, potatoes, dates, more bacon, whatever)
11. Spanikopita
12. Olives
13. Meatballs
14. Cheese straws
15. Crab cakes (little ones, with a dipping sauce)
16. Stuffed mushrooms
17. Deviled eggs
18. Sushi
19. Pigs in a blanket
20. Samosas
21. Empanadas
22. Potato Skins
23. Potato cakes
24. Jalapeño Poppers (seriously, why is this not already on the menu?)
25. Juices and other non-soda beverages
26. Hushpuppies (I'd really like to see these more in restaurants, too. People outside the South don't know what they're missing.)

I think that's a good start. What would you love to see on the menus? Gotta go, I have movie popcorn to eat!


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