Mmmm, Bacon

I’m popcorn obsessed. I eat popcorn for dinner. I devour the stale morning-after stuff with a soda for breakfast. I eschew the dry, over-salted cinema stuff with fake butter and bring my own stash.

So I'm always on the lookout for my next popfix. And boy did I find it.

Naturally, being a purist, I turn up my nose at flavored popcorn. Caramel, kettle, cheese-topped— fuhgeddaboudit. If it isn’t cooked in a cast-iron skillet smothered in good olive oil, and drenched with Grade A, thigh-stickin’ butter, it isn’t real popcorn in my book.

Or, at least, it wasn’t... until The Grateful Palate came along. This bacon-of-the-month company now offers—wait for it—bacon popcorn. I had to try it.

When my shipment arrives, though, I have second thoughts. The tin includes a gallon of pre-popped corn and two packets of bacon bits. I sprinkle. I sniff. I stare. It looks weird.

But on my palate, it’s the perfect combination of salt and crunch. And pork. Even without the bacon bits, the corn bears a hint of smokiness. It’s sinfully addictive. I close my office door and gobble the rest. Not sharing.

PRICE: $33 for a one-gallon tin

CONTACT: 888.472.5283, gratefulpalate.com