Are you a foodie? (family)

[bpollen]

Originally Posted by Grlzrl

I was talking to this acquaintance last night and I just asked if she was a foodie and she said no. I noticed that she thought the wedding meal we were eating was really good, when I thought it was completely average. My Italian husband's family talks about the next meal when they are eating the current meal. They obsess about food. So I wonder how many people are really foodies?

I am not a foodie. I try to live a healthy lifestyle, so my eating is geared toward that mainly, although I choose foods I like, of course. But I usually consider the sodium, fat content, and sugar content of the foods, and am selective.

Still, there are times when I treat myself to some of my favorite things, like Mexican food, gumbo, favorite candies, Italian Cream Cake, etc. So I make some of my favorite foodie dishes occasionally. But I don't obsess over food or find it pleasurable to cook or enjoy talking about food a lot. I'm also not picky about how dishes are cooked, as long as it tastes good to me. Which I guess means I'd never make a good cook!

It also so happens that some of my favorite foods are not cooked at all, like fresh apples and mangos. So I've accepted that I'll never be a great cook, because I don't care enough and my favorite foods aren't even cooked!

I've had a glimpse of a foodie experience a few times, though, when I've had some dish that was particularly outstanding...to me. Recently I had lobster bisque for the first time in the middle of some awesome homemade big roll. It was heavenly and a real experience. I ate the whole thing, including the bread. Awesome. I suppose foodies are like that. But for me, that's a rare occurrence for me to react that way to a cooked dish. (although I have on occasion reacted that way to a perfect mango!)

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Nonchalance

No, because I loathe the term. I do, however, love food, cooking, and reading cookbooks.

You got here before I did. I think that the word gourmet turns some people off and gourmand isn't exactly a household word.

I don't eat sammies or veggies. I did wear jammies when I was little.

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by Gerania

You got here before I did. I think that the word gourmet turns some people off and gourmand isn't exactly a household word.

I don't eat sammies or veggies. I did wear jammies when I was little.

I used to think "veggies" was the worst abomination until "sammies" came along.

[kj1065]

It depends on the day and what definition we're using.

[Nonchalance]

Originally Posted by Gerania

You got here before I did. I think that the word gourmet turns some people off and gourmand isn't exactly a household word.

I don't eat sammies or veggies. I did wear jammies when I was little.

'Gourmand' is also associated with someone who habitually eats too much. Though that may apply to me of late, I wouldn't want it to stick.

[harry chickpea]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

I used to think "veggies" was the worst abomination until "sammies" came along.

butties.

[SonySegaTendo617]

I voted yes, at least in the sense that I'm VERY open to trying new kinds of food. Although I will say screw those fancy schmancy expensive Michelin star restaurants, since such places usually are too overpriced to bother eating at. If it's like a Bib Gourmand place(rated as a good place to eat for cheap), then I wouldn't mind at eating such a place. That said I do NOT seek out Michelin rated restaurants/bars, and more rely on good word of mouth or good online reviews from others before I decide which places to eat or drink at.

[Returning2USA]

Originally Posted by Grlzrl

So I wonder how many people are really foodies?

IMO, the term "foodie" has been so over-used that's it's largely become a misnomer for people who like food a lot or love food.

Many people do.

And many people like and even love to cook.

IMO, this does make one a foodie.

"Foodie" is people pretending that they are connoisseurs of food - of which they are not.

[tickyul]

I cook and eat 3 simple meals a day and leave it at that........anything more to do with food does not interest me that much.

[NORTY FLATZ]

Originally Posted by Cida

Your choice question doesn't really reflect your poll question.

As you say, being a foodie doesn't just mean loving food. Someone can be a fast-food addict and love all that, yet not be a foodie.

I agree, I thought the same.

So, I didn't vote, as they mean 2 different things.

(Not that my opinion means a hill of beans, anyway!)