While SWR3Land was sitting on the grill last Sunday, the trendy US kitchen is seething at the other end of the North Atlantic: crispy popcorn salad with sugar peas is taking over the internet. What’s behind this controversial social media recipe?
We are talking about Molly Yehs Koch-Video, a food blogger for the US broadcaster Food Network. This video was shared on Twitter on Sunday with the flattering words “What the hell is this?” And received around three million views. The bizarre “salad” consists of popcorn, powdered cheese, carrots, snow peas, vinegar, onions and celery. The whole thing is crowned with a generous layer of rich mayo sauce. Molly Yeh says “The texture of the salad is so strangely delicious, I just can’t get enough of it!”
Video: Popcorn Salad – Top or Flop?
The controversial recipe was flooded with memes and funny comments on Twitter. For example, the salad was known as “wet mayo popcorn”. One user even wrote:
If you’ve looked at the popcorn salad and thought, ‘Hmm, that looks good,’ then I never want to hear from you again that you’re worried about what’s in the Covid vaccine.
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But there were also supporters on the Internet: “Popcorn salad is so delicious. I do mine a little differently. I know it sounds weird, but it’s so tasty. You only have to try it once. ”In fact, some believe that it is an innocent variation on“ coleslaw ”(coleslaw in German), a typical American side dish made from finely grated cabbage and mayonnaise.
Recipe: this is how the popcorn salad works
If you are now curious and want to form your own opinion, you can now try the recipe for yourself.
Ingredients:
- 1 pack of popcorn (preferably with cheese flavor)
- 100 grams of grated carrots
- 100 grams of chopped celery
- 1 yellow onion, chopped into small pieces
- 120 grams of sugar snap peas
- a handful of cress
- 2 TL Senf
- 6 EL Mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 3 tbsp sour cream
- Salt & pepper to taste
Preparation:
- Mix the mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard, sugar and apple cider vinegar in a salad bowl and season with a little salt and pepper
- Put the onion, carrots, celery, and sugar snap peas in the salad bowl and mix with the mayo sauce
- add the popcorn packet and mix well
- decorate the whole thing with cress –
and the curious popcorn salad is ready!
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