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Hey everyone, it's Dan here. We're another sportful reheat for you. Now, our main episode

this week is a brand new one about the history of popcorn at the movies in the U.S.

and France. So I hope to check that one out. For today's reheat, we're sticking with that popcorn theme. This is a listener call-in show where I mediate a marital dispute about the optimal time to start eating popcorn at the movies. Do you eat it as soon as possible? Should you wait until the movie starts? We're tackling the big issues today. And hey, remember that if there's an episode of the Sporkful you want us to pull out of the deep freezer and reheat, send me an email or voice memo to hello atsporkful.com.

Tell me your first name, location, what episode you want us to reheat and why.

So grab a bucket of popcorn and enjoy.

Music So, grab a bucket of popcorn and enjoy. From WNYC Studios, this is the Sporkful. It's not for foodies, it's for eaters. I'm Dan

Pashman. Each week on our show, we obsess about the details of eating to uncover truths about food and people.

Today in the show, I'm taking your calls about family food disputes. But first, a quick reminder, you too can be a caller on the Sporkful. Do you have a big food debate you want me to settle? A great food-related story you want to share? Maybe you disagree with something you've heard on the show in the past, I want to hear from you. Drop me a line,

Dan at Sporkful.com. Now let's get to the phones. Hi, who's this? This is Emily from Reno, Nevada.

Okay, Emily, what's on your mind? My husband and I have a dispute about movie theater popcorn.

Oh, okay. All right, go on. Whenever we go to the movies, I wait until the movie starts, and he starts eating right away. And I think you should wait, and he thinks you

should eat right away. So it's every time it's a dispute, because there's never any popcorn

left over for me when I'm ready to eat it. Why do you think it's better to wait until the movie starts?

Well, it just, when you can see the movie or the big screen glistening off of the grease and the popcorn,

and you just know it's there and you know it's going to taste so good

and it's going to be so salty and buttery and crunchy and it's so much better when you wait because you're just you're just so

excited for it. You're married now, but how long you guys been together? We've been together for

about seven and a half years. Okay, and married for how long? We've been married for almost three.

Okay, tell me about the very first time that you guys went out to the movies together,

and what happened with the popcorn and the snacks?

He started eating before we even found a seat, and when we sat down,

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