is buying popcorn in a bag healthier???

  Back in the day, popcorn was hard to come by. Before enjoying it in theaters, we enjoyed popping an ear of popcorn kernel over a fire pit and enjoyed seeing the kernels pop into the dirt. Then came a handy tool to use at home, putting kernels in a handle and watching popped kernels at the fireplace pop.
   It was dangerous of course. Soon popcorn venders came out onto the streets and sold popcorn out on the streets that they made at home. It arrived cold, but soon a machine was built to make kernels of popcorn hot as when they arrived to the customer.

    They were never allowed in a movie theater fearing it would make a mess, but when the great depression hit in 1929, movie theaters were so desperate they sold popcorn to movie goers and it worked.
  They would add extra salt so people would buy soda.


Now people would be able to pop popcorn at homes thanks to the microwave. People would enjoy eating popcorn at home rather than going to theaters and having it there, but now there is something new that might take place of the microwave.

   Since the mid 90's popcorn has been coming popped in bags. Companies such as Herr's and Utz and even Wise, mostly chip companies started creating their own popped popcorn in a bag.

Now there are companies that are only there for making just popcorn in bags like Skinny Pop, Boom Chicka Pop Popcorn and Popcorn Indiana. Smartfoods was one of the first to start marketing popcorn in a bag, and now they have added flavors like cheddar, spice and low salt.

It got me thinking, is this the healthy way to snack. Pop Secret (which made microwave popcorn) has started putting their popped kernels in bags as well as Orville Redenbacher flavoring it as well.
   Marketing it everyone.

Popcorn use to be unheard of, and now, having it been known everywhere.

Is it healthy? A lot healthier than potato chips, but already popped and sealed in a bag? I don't know if it's healthier I think it might be lazier. I always love to hear the kernels popping in the microwave, so I really don't care to eat them out of a bag. It smells bad, and I just think the old way is better, plus I'm not a big fan of all the ingredients that are in it like extra butter. I love it plain and salty. I'm a purist when it comes to popcorn and if there is butter in it, I won't eat it.

  Popcorn in a bag will be the wave of the future but it will never replace the microwave brands at all. Till then, chow and enjoy your popcorn, because I know I will. Ciao Bloggers!