Are you a Foodie?

Hammer89

I always thought the definition of a Foodie is someone who likes food. It's not. Browsing through Instagram recently, I've discovered that a Foodie is someone who orders the smallest, most ridiculous looking thing on the menu in a restaurant - and all in the name of posting a picture of it on IG and being a Foodie.

This morning, I come across a woman who snapped a picture of her pan-fried trout. You could slide this thing underneath a closed door - that's how skinnny it is. But then I saw chips resting on top of it and I thought, 'Alright well obviously she's not completely crazy.' But then I read the caption and it was actually apple matchsticks. Jesus tonight.

Then there were leaves on the side - actual leaves. I don't want to give the impression that they were the leaves which make a crunchy noise when you step on them at this time of the year, but they were still leaves. And, of course, no horrible picture of your meal would be complete without the #foodie.

And then there was last night, when Daniel lashed up a snap of his dinner. You'd want to see this thing. It was some sort of steak but it had the physical dimensions of a Nokia 3210. And his two perfectly-round dollops of mash potato looked like f*cking golf balls, covered with some sort of brown sauce. As far as presentation goes, top notch, but it's a meal first and foremost and as a meal it didn't look like it'd satisfy Victoria Beckham or Keira Knightley.

Am I being ignorant? Let me know because I don't get this Foodie thing. I don't get why there seems to be so much emphasis on the presentation of these so-called meals and not enough on the sustenance of which it provides. A lot of Irish people have a pretty unhealthy relationship with food at the moment, if the obesity figures are anything to go by, but there's something pretty unhealthy about what Foodies do as well in my view.

Tzardine

Sometimes I put cheese on my crisp sandwich.

That classes me as a foody round these parts.

mikhail

I recall seeing an Irish food critic decry the lack of really good restaurants here. He put it down to the hoi polloi just wantin' a plah'a dinner. I'm guessing you and he wouldn't get on.

Hammer89

Tzardine wrote: »

Sometimes I put cheese on my crisp sandwich.

That classes me as a foody round these parts.

Listen, I'd have that 101 times more than I'd have a pan-fried heap of sh*t with apple chips on the side.

Hammer89

mikhail wrote: »

I recall seeing an Irish food critic decry the lack of really good restaurants here. He put it down to the hoi polloi just wantin' a plah'a dinner. I'm guessing you and he wouldn't get on.

He probably knows what he's on about. I haven't got a clue, except from where I'm stood the whole Foodie movement is a bit hipster-ish.

gifted

Food...any kind of food...I love it...I'd eat the leg off a low flying duck...someone cooks it..I'll eat it...even my boss knows I need food otherwise I go quiet and look like I'm gonna start crying

Mr. FoggPatches

Hammer89 wrote: »

This morning, I come across a woman who snapped a picture of her pan-fried trout. .

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MilesMorales1

I eat a lot of food. Does that count?

Foodies say "forage" and "organic" a lot...

whoopsadoodles

I read a cv from someone last year who listed one of their hobbies and interests as "cuisine".

Food, you like eating food ya fat prick.

He didn't get an interview.

intheclouds

Deleted User wrote: »

Foodies say "forage" and "organic" a lot...

In fact a true foodie says its the "servants" who "forage" for the "organic" goodies.

Pinch Flat

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Foodies say "forage" and "organic" a lot...

Don't forget "gourmet", which translated means "over priced".

intheclouds

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Don't forget "gourmet", which translated means "over priced".

"Over priced" and "small". It's easy seeing which side of foodie land you lie on tsk tsk.

KungFuhrer

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

I read a cv from someone last year who listed one of their hobbies and interests as "cuisine".

Food, you like eating food ya fat prick.

He didn't get an interview.

What's so wrong about a genuine interest in food? Drop the inferiority complex, some people have notions, some are actually cultured, not everyone is automatically a "fat prick".

Mr. FoggPatches

KungFuhrer wrote: »

What's so wrong about a genuine interest in food? Drop the inferiority complex, some people have notions, some are actually cultured, not everyone is automatically a "fat prick".

How is looking down on someone that deserves to be scorned an inferiority complex?
Genuinely baffled

baldbear

Foody is code for ****#r.

Fox_In_Socks

A steak the size of a scallop. Some cress. Tea spoon of mashed potato. Few spatters of sauce like bird**** on a window.

Result.:P

whoopsadoodles

KungFuhrer wrote: »

What's so wrong about a genuine interest in food? Drop the inferiority complex, some people have notions, some are actually cultured, not everyone is automatically a "fat prick".

There's nothing wrong with having an interest in food ya lunatic :pac:

I feckin love food. I am very interested in eating it regularly!

Just say food, instead of "cuisine".

Maybe it was your cv I binned? :eek:

KungFuhrer

Mr. FoggPatches wrote: »

How is looking down on someone that deserves to be scorned an inferiority complex?
Genuinely baffled

That's the bit I don't get, what's so worthy of scorn there?

KungFuhrer

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with having an interest in food ya lunatic :pac:

I feckin love food. I am very interested in eating it regularly!

Just say food, instead of "cuisine".

Maybe it was your cv I binned? :eek:

Eh, pretty sure it wasn't mine ^^ Food and cuisine mean totally different things. Also, it may not be all about "eating"

El_Duderino 09

Hammer89 wrote:

Listen, I'd have that 101 times more than I'd have a pan-fried heap of sh*t with apple chips on the side.

Even though that you didn't taste it you're sure it was a heap of shyte? You didn't even mention the quality of the food in your post, plenty of references to quantity. Sometimes food is mostly to overcome hunger, sometimes to give nourishment and sometimes for taste.

whoopsadoodles wrote:

Food, you like eating food ya fat prick.

I get that you just trying to be insulting but there's more to cuisine than eating to excess. If someone was into ' motoring' they could be into the mechanics, the technology, history, driving, modern cars, classic cars, restoring, cars, trucks, motorbikes, etc.

Need to be careful what you out on a job application. Some ignorant people out there.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I like food. I'm not the most adventurous, or the best cook, or into taking photos of my dinner but the food I do eat, I love.

whoopsadoodles

You people need to lighten up and not take life so seriously!

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Even though that you didn't taste it you're sure it was a heap of shyte? You didn't even mention the quality of the food in your post, plenty of references to quantity. Sometimes food is mostly to overcome hunger, sometimes to give nourishment and sometimes for taste.



I get that you just trying to be insulting but there's more to cuisine than eating to excess. If someone was into ' motoring' they could be into the mechanics, the technology, history, driving, modern cars, classic cars, restoring, cars, trucks, motorbikes, etc.

Need to be careful what you out on a job application. Some ignorant people out there.

Are you the anti craic

El_Duderino 09

LexieOnRale wrote:

Are you the anti craic

Humbugger you

Mr. FoggPatches

KungFuhrer wrote: »

That's the bit I don't get, what's so worthy of scorn there?

Ah ignore me. I've not had my post Angelus sea grilled wheat bake with churned lactose* yet, so am a bit on edge.

* cheese on toast

Sue Pa Key Pa

It's not Jus, it's Gravy...........

Aongus Von Bismarck

Yes, I'd like to think so. Food is something that excites me. All aspects of it. I'm always on the look out for new and exciting places to eat.

When I'm travelling with work then I'll research the best places to eat in that city and make sure to visit there. I love wandering around markets and delicatessen looking for local produce. I love the simplicity of rustic local dishes, as well as the pomp and ceremony of fine dining.

Not exactly a disaster when things are getting hot and heavy in the kitchen either.

Hammer89

Have you guys tried Marco's on Dame St? Oh. My. God. The food....I swear. I got the 3' pizza which cost €72 but it was so worth it and I'm, like, so full now. Marco does this thing where he, like, uses Sicilian cheese, from Sicilia or something, and it's fab. Check it on my Instagram page FoodieWanker4Life. It's the one that looks like a CD.

Hammer89

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Even though that you didn't taste it you're sure it was a heap of shyte? You didn't even mention the quality of the food in your post, plenty of references to quantity. Sometimes food is mostly to overcome hunger, sometimes to give nourishment and sometimes for taste.

I wasn't staking my claim for a Pulitzer with the OP bro, so you will find flaws such as omitting the quality of Foodie foods. But yes, a Tayto and cheese sambo is far more appealing to me than a tiny little steak.

El_Duderino 09

Hammer89 wrote:

I wasn't staking my claim for a Pulitzer with the OP bro, so you will find flaws such as omitting the quality of Foodie foods. But yes, a Tayto and cheese sambo is far more appealing to me than a tiny little steak.

Eat what you like. Let others do likewise.

You didn't mention quality or flavour at all, Just quantity. Maybe you'd be happiest with big portions and not paying too much attention to other people's food. It's not obligatory to monitor other people's Instagram for this is that don't interest you.

So maybe leave the tiny steak to someone who would appreciate the quality and you enjoy a crisp butty.

biko

Hammer89 wrote: »

Jesus tonight.

This is a new expression for me, and a little disturbing.

HalloweenJack

I consider myself a foodie: I love eating food, I love cooking a nice meal or something different, I love coming up with my own combinations, I love trying new food, I love going out to restaurants, from fast food ones to Michelin star ones and anything in between.

Tasty food is tasty, regardless of where it's served or how it's presented. My ma makes a delicious moussaka, looks like a pile of slop but it's amazing. Taking a photo of your food and putting it on Instagram and putting #foodie beside it doesn't make you one, being someone who actually enjoys eating food would be my definition of the word.

Hammer89 wrote:

Have you guys tried Marco's on Dame St? Oh. My. God. The food....I swear. I got the 3' pizza which cost €72 but it was so worth it and I'm, like, so full now. Marco does this thing where he, like, uses Sicilian cheese, from Sicilia or something, and it's fab. Check it on my Instagram page FoodieWanker4Life. It's the one that looks like a CD.

With all due respect, I think you're confusing 'social media attention seeker' with 'foodie'. Or at least the idea you have of a foodie, which doesn't relate at all to my definition (see above).

OldGoat

Hammer89 wrote: »

...But yes, a Tayto and cheese sambo is far more appealing to me than a tiny little steak.

You've expressed an opinion on food. Foodie!!!1!

Hammer89

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

Eat what you like. Let others do likewise.

You didn't mention quality or flavour at all, Just quantity. Maybe you'd be happiest with big portions and not paying too much attention to other people's food. It's not obligatory to monitor other people's Instagram for this is that don't interest you.

Hammer89 wrote: »

He probably knows what he's on about. I haven't got a clue, except from where I'm stood the whole Foodie movement is a bit hipster-ish.

I have openly admitted that I don't have a clue what I'm talking about mate.

Cantona's Collars

According to ads on the radio Rosanna Davidson is now a foodie. Did she do a course or something to achieve this title?

HensVassal

These twonks in Instagram who take photographs of the types of dishes that you describe (microscopic lamb chop with a camembert "foam" and honey glazed button mushrooms) are not foodies. They are **** who think they are foodies. I, like HalloweenJack, would consider myself a foodie as in I guzzle with gusto anything from a Miami street burrito to Michelin star venison. It's about going into a little backstreet Italian family restaurant and just telling the owner "don't give me a menu just make me something great that you would serve your family on a Sunday evening. Big fuckoff carafe of Chianti to go with it, my man!"

The definition of a foodie is someone like Nigella Lawson ... constantly stuffing her beautiful face with pies, and pasta and pheasant.

Anyone who has ever experienced the kind of cuisine that one could call "pretentious" will understand that it really is about flavours, quality and presentation and the quantity is just enough.

But thinking that because you have ordered what looks like a salubrious dish because of its presentation makes you a foodie is laughable.


EDIT: Homage to the ultimate foodie:

https://www.nigella.com/recipes/sluts-spaghetti

endacl

I like me grub. I'm a grubbie.

foggy_lad

Hammer89 wrote: »

I wasn't staking my claim for a Pulitzer with the OP bro, so you will find flaws such as omitting the quality of Foodie foods. But yes, a Tayto and cheese sambo is far more appealing to me than a tiny little steak.

Until you get group of wonkers opening up one of them hipster one week shops/restaurants selling nothing but crisp sambos

El_Duderino 09

Hammer89 wrote:

I have openly admitted that I don't have a clue what I'm talking about mate.

Agreed.

whoopsadoodles

Despite my original post which was of course a lighthearted one, I probably would be a "foodie".

Love cooking - and can do so quite well.

Have every herb and spice you can think of. As many fresh herbs as I can keep alive, I'll buy as many spices in the middle east as I can.

Love baking and making things pretty.

Mostly though, I love eating.

Tomorrow I'm going for what's supposedly the best steak in Dublin. We shall see!

Hammer89

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Despite my original post which was of course a lighthearted one, I probably would be a "foodie".!

I will have to ask you to cut out the lightheartedness here. This is a very serious thread.

whoopsadoodles

Hammer89 wrote: »

I will have to ask you to cut out the lightheartedness here. This is a very serious thread.

Sorry but I'm starving and I get delusional when I'm hangry

Olishi4

I wouldn't say that I'm a foodie. I was very stubborn as a child and only ate very basic meals. In a roast, id have potatoes with no gravy, i still dont have gravy. I never even tried pizza until I was about 22 and i didnt even like steak. I do now though. I'm also a terrible cook.

My OH loves trying new food and he is quite a good cook. He will always order random things from the menu so if we are out, I usually try some of his. I've tried kangaroo, crocodile, pheasant, duck and crab. I never thought that I would like prawns but I love them now.

It's nice to get a good portion sometimes but I find in restaurants, it's better when you get smaller portions especially if getting a starter and what we think are small portions are actually just the right amount.

Dr Crayfish

Portions are way too big in Ireland in general hence why we have one of the worlds worst obesity rates

SEPT 23 1989

Can't cook won't cook

ambro25

"Garcon, this thread is very under-seasoned , it could do with some food porn"

If you'd rather spend a couple of hours (or longer) in the kitchen trying to reverse-engineer and recreate a dish which you clocked on last night's Great British Menu (this is 'cuisine', as a personal interest), rather than slouch in front of the box making your way into a series box set, you're highly likely to be a bona fide foodie, not a digital pretend foodie.

Bonus points if you've seen and enjoyed Burnt.

gramar

Just the term foodie makes my ears bleed.

gramar

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Taking a photo of your food and putting it on Instagram and putting #foodie beside it doesn't make you one,

Agreed...it makes you a cunt.

muckwarrior

Hammer89 wrote: »

Have you guys tried Marco's on Dame St? Oh. My. God. The food....I swear. I got the 3' pizza which cost €72 but it was so worth it and I'm, like, so full now. Marco does this thing where he, like, uses Sicilian cheese, from Sicilia or something, and it's fab. Check it on my Instagram page FoodieWanker4Life. It's the one that looks like a CD.

€72 is actually pretty good value for a 36 inch pizza. No wonder you were full after eating that.

mikhail

muckwarrior wrote: »

€72 is actually pretty good value for a 36 inch pizza. No wonder you were full after eating that.

That's the same amount of food as nine 12" pizzas. Tis no foodie. Tis a remorseless eatin' machine, arr.