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I made Molly Yeh’s popcorn salad, and it’s easier to swallow than all the Internet vitriol
A video from Food Network's Molly Yeh for popcorn salad elicits immense internet criticism that it didn't really deserve.
By Aaron HutchersonThe Washington Post
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Food Network's Molly Yeh faced internet criticism after a recipe video for popcorn salad went viral. Washington Post photo by Aaron Hutcherson.
Scrolling through Twitter on Sunday evening, as one is wont to do, I came across a video for popcorn salad. (Yes, you read that correctly.) Popcorn is tossed in a mayo-based dressing along with carrots, celery, sugar snap peas and other accoutrements. It gave me pause. With my eyebrows raised, I tweeted, “I have lots of questions about the popcorn salad, but the one at the forefront is: wouldn’t the mayo dressing make the popcorn soggy as it sits?” But then my mind went to all the coleslaws, egg salads, macaroni salads, potato salads, tuna salads and similar mayo-based salads I grew up eating and enjoy to this day. This time the star of the dish just happens to be popcorn, and what’s wrong with that?