On a tour of the Englewood neighborhood in Chicago, our group stopped at one of the few true grocery stores in the area, Go Green Community Fresh Market. Some of the friendliest staff you'll find at any store, grocery or otherwise. It is fairly small - it's not a supermarket - but I managed to find a novel salt & vinegar snack:
Yes! Popcorn. Not only that, cheese popcorn! The stuff is made by Richard's Super Premium Ice Cream, a black-owned business, down in Pullman. My mother and I stopped in after our Pullman tour and I enjoyed a dish of perhaps the oddest flavor of the frozen treat I've ever eaten: greens & cornbread. I know that the idea of greens in ice cream seems highly incongruous, to say the least, but trust me, it was good.
Onto the popcorn.
Richard's did not skimp on the artificial yellow dye #5 as the kernals were a brilliant orangey yellow. Taking a big sniff with my nose firmly planted inside the bag, I found that the nuggets of goodness smelled of cheese popcorn at first before a firm tanginess came up seemingly out of nowhere.
This stuff wasn't exactly the freshest popcorn so let's get that out of the way to start. It tasted like very cheesy popcorn with a not insignificant acidic tang. A very nice contrast between the smooth cheese powder and the lactic acid. Delicious!
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