Buttered popcorn? Not at this cinema.
Try banana and pickle, maybe bacon and anchovy or one thing known as Vampire Slayer.
Strange flavours for the Strange Festival. As a part of the mid-winter arts occasion’s inaugural movie season Exhumed, pageant director Glenn Watson has unveiled 5 very uncommon popcorn seasonings to assist cinema-goers have a very unusual expertise.
Some flavours would possibly flip your abdomen greater than a gore-splattered slasher flick, whereas others are certain to tempt foodies chasing a very 3-D style sensation.
Watson collaborated together with his uncle Joe Camilleri, the chef behind barbecue rub maker Smokey Joe’s, on the unusual vary.
Camilleri urged 17 totally different flavour combos earlier than the pageant co-founder picked the 5 weirdest — bacon and anchovy, wasabi chocolate, seaweed habanero, banana and pickle, and beetroot and garlic, or Vampire Slayer.
“They all work surprisingly well,” Watson mentioned. “My favourite is the banana and dill pickle. It sounds like it shouldn’t work, but it really does.”
Watson mentioned he and his spouse, Strange co-founder Jess Oakley had mentioned their brainchild extending past artwork.
“Food and drink were the logical first options,” he defined. “With the inclusion of Exhumed cinema in our programming for this year, what better way to introduce food than popcorn.”
Watson mentioned Camilleri, who’s extra accustomed to making seasonings, loaded salts and sauces for barbecued meats, grasped the unusual idea instantly.
While Smokey Joe’s does make six totally different, largely candy popcorn seasonings similar to butter, gingerbread and salted caramel, Watson insisted on full-on flavour hits.
“If they’re popular enough, I may be able to convince Joe to add them to his regular range,” Watson laughed.
Exhumed runs on the Liberty Cinema within the metropolis till July 2. For particulars of screenings go to strangefestival.com.au
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
