Foodie for thought

Let’s discover a higher phrase to explain those that assist us have a good time the sense of style

Some years in the past, Bunny joined a web-based worldwide group devoted to creating and having fun with good delicacies, who name themselves foodies.

When Bunny joined the group, its membership stood at a number of hundred. Today it’s some 90 thousand, spanning the globe from America to Australia, India to China, and factors in between.

Members put up photos of meals they’ve made and loved, and are beneficiant in sharing their recipes with others. As a end result, Bunny and I can pattern a smorgasbord of culinary creations from Burmese Khao Suey to Kashmiri Rogan Josh, from Italian Ragu and Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, to Russian-French Stroganoff and Pakistani Nihari.
Bunny has additionally picked up helpful kitchen ideas, resembling blanching mushrooms earlier than cooking, and the key of searing scallops to boost texture and style.

Members of the mega-group present eating-out tips on locations which might be usually out of the way in which. Thanks to this we’ve found nice home-style eateries in addition to superb eating institutions in Goa, Britain, and Europe, and certainly in Gurgaon the place we stay.

In all, foodies are goodly people to know. The solely factor I disapprove of is the time period they use to explain themselves: Foodie.

The phrase conjures a picture of a gluttonous juvenile, mouth and face smeared with some gooey comestible of unidentifiable origin, however suggestive of one thing sugary and icky-sticky.

Why would those that actually embody good style make use of a descriptive time period for themselves which has such unappealing associations, extra evocative of grasping gourmands than fastidious gourmets?

An various appellation for foodies may be epicures, derived from the third century BCE Greek thinker, Epicurus, which now denotes alimentary aficionados. However, the phrase may be shortened to epics, creating confusion with the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, and the Iliad.

Perhaps aristologists can be apter, primarily based on the phrase aristology, or the artwork of eating nicely. And in shortened type it might turn out to be aristos, aristocrats of appetit most bon.

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