Popcorn at the Olympia Film Society

I have died and gone to heaven. Olympia has a great film society that plays foreign films, short films and other non-box office films.

I’ve already gone to one of their films, “The Edukators,” at which I was introduced to their unique way of eating popcorn.

I asked for a large popcorn and the woman behind the counter filled the bag halfway, then asked me if I wanted it halfway so that I could put spices on it.

I had a totally blank look on my face. She patiently explained, as she put out a tray of various bottles, that they did not have butter. I thought to myself, ‘oh, great, what have I gotten myself into with no butter.’

She explained that in one bottle was tamari, and that there was garlic salt and various other spices in the other bottles.

I reluctantly sprayed tamari (a non-wheat version of soy sauce) and sprinkled some garlic on. She then filled my bag to the top with more popcorn and I repeated the process.

I thought to myself ‘well, at least I have soda so that I can wash it down if it tastes terrible. Man, no butter.”

But, as I sat down to watch “The Edukators,” a German movie in which these radical early 20s men break into rich peoples’ houses and rearrange the furniture, then leave a not saying ‘you have too much money’, I began to eat my popcorn and was pleasantly surprised. It tasted great!

Now, I am going to put soy sauce in a spray bottle for the popcorn I air pop a