How much of a foodie are you?

[belamyi]

 

[mikey3000]

Not much at all. I see food as simply a means to an end, just fuel my body needs. I wish I could appreciate fine foods more.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

I ate food from Spain.

 

[rareboy]

Gold card foodie here.

There are very few things that I will not try. But because there are still a few...I can't claim platinum.

 

[dpnice]

Depends what you mean by a foodie. I am an excellent cook, eat out in expensive restaurants but am not keen on Asian food etc.

 

[cityboy-stl]

No. I've met too many people who claim to be foodies when they're really just gluttons.

 

[unloadonme]

I think I'm probably too fussy to be a foodie.

 

[belamyi]

I always thought "foodie" meant a sybarite of food, not someone who can eat just about anything, like me... much less someone who simply would eat by the ton.

 

[Peloso]

Since my favorite food is pizza and chocolate milkshakes* I guess that disqualifies me.

I love chocolate milkshakes. It'a practically an emotional thing.

I've been known to cry at a really good chocolate milkshake.

Nevertheless, I eat to live, not the other way around.






*Never at the same time.

 

[cityboy-stl]

I always thought "foodie" meant a sybarite of food, not someone who can eat just about anything, like me... much less someone who simply would eat by the ton.

I believe you are correct. That is supposed to be the definition. But it is often abused.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Isn't this creature the one who stooped down over their ample belly to consume fresh dog excrement from the footpath?

 

[seven2go]

If you mean foodie as in an aficionado of Haute cuisine no.
I can't stand foods that are sauced to death and served in microscopic portions on platters.
If you mean really good down home cooking, at which I happen to be very good, then I'm a foodie.

 

[Peloso]

Isn't this creature the one who stooped down over their ample belly to consume fresh dog excrement from the footpath?

If you are referring to Babs Johnson, aka Divine, then yes.

 

[Alnitak]

I am deliberate about getting a wholesome diet, brightly colored fruits and vegetables, dairy, whole grains, and protein. Haute cuisine is nice once in a while for the experience, but then so is a nice fat pot roast.

 

[johaninsc]

If you mean foodie as in an aficionado of Haute cuisine no.
I can't stand foods that are sauced to death and served in microscopic portions on platters.
If you mean really good down home cooking, at which I happen to be very good, then I'm a foodie.

I tend to agree with you

fuck this...

I don't care if it has slices of a rare tasty fungus that only grows on a solitary yak farm in the Himalayas and been kissed with albino peacock farts


throw that shit out and bring me a sandwich

 

[zoltanspawn]

Too often when people describe themselves as foodies they're trying to eke out some elitist space for themselves. They may even have the credentials, but the aroma of narcissism that comes with the label is a bit silly.

When it just means that people love, and are passionate about food, that's nice.

Haute cuisine is nice once in a while for the experience, but then so is a nice fat pot roast.

I think most foodies appreciate peasant foods and fancy foods alike, happily.

 

[zoltanspawn]

I tend to agree with you

fuck this...

I don't care if it has slices of a rare tasty fungus that only grows on a solitary yak farm in the Himalayas and been kissed with albino peacock farts


throw that shit out and bring me a sandwich

But if it tastes good, it tastes good. Personally, I can overlook the elaborately fashionable selling points if a dish is genuinely delicious.

 

[Alnitak]

I don't care if it has slices of a rare tasty fungus

Don't tell the Italians that.

that only grows on a solitary yak farm in the Himalayas and been kissed with albino peacock farts

No that's funny

 

[johaninsc]

Don't tell the Italians that.

Yes. I was wrong and should be punished

for penance, I'll force myself to make a pizza from scratch w/ black olives, whole milk mozzarella...and mushrooms



actually it's to treat myself...A1C is 5.8 and yesterday I've been taken off of all insulin

 

[Alnitak]

Yes. I was wrong and should be punished

for penance, I'll force myself to make a pizza from scratch w/ black olives, whole milk mozzarella...and mushrooms



actually it's to treat myself...A1C is 5.8 and yesterday I've been taken off of all insulin

Well I just so happened to have found a choice truffle that will blow my monthly grocery budget.