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Why is it that popcorn smells better than it tastes?

It is the only quote that my ex can be attributed with, but it does make a good question. Her quote is, "Popcorn, the only food that smells better than it tastes." But why is that? With such a great smell you would think that is would taste as good.

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  • Sonya
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    Because if you think about, salt & butter over little white air puffs doesn't taste so great; but it does smell wonderful.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Popcorn is just being popcorn! But sometimes when eat it and it was a long time since you ate popcore, then it is your luckey day!

    But if you keep eating it again, it taste like juck.

  • 1 decade ago

    I must be the exception, I loath the smell of popcorn. It literally makes me ill.

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  • 1 decade ago

    about 95% of the smell is the taste (according to health facts)

  • Grev
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Love the salty taste of something smothered in butter. Sometimes it is to much though.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    cause of the steam and the melting of the butter together

    i like the smell too

    but i also like the taste also

  • 1 decade ago

    You probably put too much butter or salt on it. I only use enough butter to pop it in, and I toss jalepeno peppers in it, it's great. If I don't have jalepenos, I put fresh ground black pepper on it.

  • Kaity
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    when u taste it u start getting tired of that taste and the pop corn starts getting nasty!

  • 1 decade ago

    UNLESS it burns! Ditto coffee. Ditto funnel cakes.

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