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– Molly Yeh made a popcorn salad with mayonnaise in a video on the Food Network Facebook page and absolutely no one had a neutral feeling about it. The food blogger called it “one of those classic Midwestern dishes that you would often find in a pot in the basement of the church, which surprised quite a few people who participated in the potluck in the basement of the church. As commentator Cassie Marie said, “Am I the only one who has lived their entire life in the middle of the West and has never seen a popcorn salad?” Newsweek reports. Maybe home stay orders and social distance guidelines have home cooks eager for new ideas. Maybe the long time of the crouton is over and the American palaces are ready for something new. Regardless, some people have reacted to the idea of folding popcorn into a mayonnaise-based salad, which also contains carrots, peas and celery with an imperceptible positivity.
Penny Hafner commented, “I know it sounds weird, but it’s so delicious. You have to try it once.” Newsweek. It is true that putting mayonnaise on food turns it into a salad in the Midwest. And the popcorn salad recipes predate Yeh’s video, says Vice Munchies, who shares details about several, including one from the 1920s, which involved covering half a banana with mayonnaise and popcorn. In 1994, a community cookbook in North Dakota published a popcorn salad recipe, and other versions, a century old, are there. And then there are even older uses of the ingredient: the U.S. Department of Agriculture website makes a brief but interesting mention of Iroquois chefs taking out the corn and putting it in the soup. However, Yeh’s recipe has only earned 2.5 stars so far. (Read more popcorn stories.)