11 minutes ago, BeeZee said:popcorn sprinkled with parmesan and washed down with V-8 juice was sometimes a meal.
During my dieting teens a treat lunch was V-8 amped up with Tabasco - warm from a thermos, and a baggie of popcorn to munch alongside sips. (school lunch but good anytime)
Anyone familiar with the Laura Ingalls Wilder books will recall popcorn as a family treat out on that lonely prairie - Probably learned from the Indigenous people.