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The internet is going wild for this salad with popcorn

The internet is going wild for this salad with popcorn

Say wine, snacks or haute cuisine and the gourmands at online food magazine FavorFlav know where to drink, how to eat it and what to cook. This time our cheffies serve you: popcorn salad.

Twitter is the platform where fierce political discussions abound and where other important world issues are extensively discussed. Among those important world issues, food occasionally falls. And indeed, when this woman shared her popcorn salad recipe, the world, again, no mercy.

Salads should not be in a pot, should not be soaked in a tasteless dressing and those whole cherry tomatoes and thick slices of cucumber are better off cut smaller before you throw them in the bowl. What does not belong in it, according to about 5 million people, is popcorn. And Molly has learned that.

Crunchy and delicious
In this video shows chef Molly Yeh making the salad, consisting of mayonnaise, popcorn, and finely chopped vegetables. Molly admits that when people hear popcorn in salad, most do not immediately start drooling, but that the end result is really worth it. For the salad, she first mixes the popcorn with mayo and then tosses in some lettuce leaves and strips of carrot. Crunchy and delicious, says Molly. But not everyone shares that opinion, as can be read in the comments.

Try before you die
Although the bags of popcorn are flying through here and popcorn in a dish like this popcorn falafel or salted caramel mousse is really very tasty, the misunderstanding is still understandable. Popcorn coated in a layer of mayo probably won't be as crunchy as Molly promises, and no one is waiting for soggy, limp popcorn. Still, I am curious, and under the motto ‘try it first, then judge’, there might just be a popcorn salad on the table during lunch next week...