Comments on: Are You a Good Foodie, Or a Bad Foodie? http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 06:20:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Are You a Good Foodie, Or a Bad Foodie? by: Julie http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-6560 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:22:21 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-6560 If an obscession with food makes one a foodie then I guess all those children with bloated stomachs and flies bussing in their eyes are foodies too. If an obscession with food makes one a foodie then I guess all those children with bloated stomachs and flies bussing in their eyes are foodies too.

]]> Comment on Are You a Good Foodie, Or a Bad Foodie? by: mrs D http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-3030 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:23:04 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-3030 Great post, Barbara. Personally, I can't stand the term "foodie" and would never call myself one, and I would have to say that's entirely due to the snobby attitudes I see from "foodies" who take the narrow view; that one must have haute tastes and eschew plebian food or one is not a true food connoisseur. That notion frankly disgusts me. My husband's had some experience with the rich end of things -- like you he went to culinary school and was able to sample caviar, foie gras and $50 bottles of wine and the like -- but here at home, we're lucky if we can afford anything more elaborate than a plate of homemade spaghetti and a bottle of Carlo Rossi. Does that make us unworthy of being "foodies?" Is it possible to have a love of food and appreciate something that is well crafted and delicious and still be on a working class budget? Hell yes. (If I didn't think so, I never would have dared start a food blog!) Great post, Barbara. Personally, I can’t stand the term “foodie” and would never call myself one, and I would have to say that’s entirely due to the snobby attitudes I see from “foodies” who take the narrow view; that one must have haute tastes and eschew plebian food or one is not a true food connoisseur. That notion frankly disgusts me. My husband’s had some experience with the rich end of things — like you he went to culinary school and was able to sample caviar, foie gras and $50 bottles of wine and the like — but here at home, we’re lucky if we can afford anything more elaborate than a plate of homemade spaghetti and a bottle of Carlo Rossi. Does that make us unworthy of being “foodies?” Is it possible to have a love of food and appreciate something that is well crafted and delicious and still be on a working class budget? Hell yes. (If I didn’t think so, I never would have dared start a food blog!)

]]> Comment on Are You a Good Foodie, Or a Bad Foodie? by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-3023 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:45:37 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-3023 Hey, Ivonne--we posted at the same time. I'm just a girl who likes to eat, too. Which is probably why I am not skinny. But that is okay, because I am happy. (I used to be skinny, but I managed that by not eating at all, and exercising compulsively until I blew out my knees--this did not make me happy, so I stopped.) Hey, Ivonne–we posted at the same time.

I’m just a girl who likes to eat, too.

Which is probably why I am not skinny.

But that is okay, because I am happy.

(I used to be skinny, but I managed that by not eating at all, and exercising compulsively until I blew out my knees–this did not make me happy, so I stopped.)

]]> Comment on Are You a Good Foodie, Or a Bad Foodie? by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-3022 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:43:51 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-3022 Andy--I can get the deep discounts on the good ramen in Columbus, but not always in Athens. ;-) I like the peppered beef and the kimchee flavor best, too. Morganna likes the mushroom pork flavor a lot, but I think she is coming around on the kimchee.... You are welcome, Pamela, and thank you. Kady--Welcome, and I am glad you enjoyed the post. I am pretty unusual because I like all kinds of stuff, both humble and haute. I mean, the first time I had risotto with a white truffle shaved into it I thought I was going to float away on a cloud of happiness, it was so darned wonderful. And I loved my first bite of pate de foie gras, too. It was weird, for a while, after I got out of culinary school, some folks were really scared to cook for me. Like my Mom would put her pork pot roast with mashed potatoes and the -best- gravy in the world on the table and apologize for it because it wasn't fancy. Some friends wouldn't even cook for me--they thought I would be too critical. No way. My Mom would apologize and say, "Well, it isn't fancy, but here it is." I think that she stopped doing that after she saw that I ate just as much roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy after culinary school as I did before. To me, good food is good food, whether it is simple, or so fancy it is stacked three stories high and is full of ingredients I can't pronounce. If it is good, it is good, and I will eat it cheerfully, and talk about how good it is the whole time. And if I can, I'll get seconds. But you don't have to love everything like I do. I appreciate that you -try- stuff. Keep trying--you never know, you might find a version of meatloaf or stew or soup that you actually like. Wouldn't that be fun? Andy–I can get the deep discounts on the good ramen in Columbus, but not always in Athens. ;-) I like the peppered beef and the kimchee flavor best, too. Morganna likes the mushroom pork flavor a lot, but I think she is coming around on the kimchee….

You are welcome, Pamela, and thank you.

Kady–Welcome, and I am glad you enjoyed the post. I am pretty unusual because I like all kinds of stuff, both humble and haute. I mean, the first time I had risotto with a white truffle shaved into it I thought I was going to float away on a cloud of happiness, it was so darned wonderful. And I loved my first bite of pate de foie gras, too.

It was weird, for a while, after I got out of culinary school, some folks were really scared to cook for me. Like my Mom would put her pork pot roast with mashed potatoes and the -best- gravy in the world on the table and apologize for it because it wasn’t fancy. Some friends wouldn’t even cook for me–they thought I would be too critical.

No way.

My Mom would apologize and say, “Well, it isn’t fancy, but here it is.” I think that she stopped doing that after she saw that I ate just as much roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy after culinary school as I did before.

To me, good food is good food, whether it is simple, or so fancy it is stacked three stories high and is full of ingredients I can’t pronounce. If it is good, it is good, and I will eat it cheerfully, and talk about how good it is the whole time.

And if I can, I’ll get seconds.

But you don’t have to love everything like I do. I appreciate that you -try- stuff. Keep trying–you never know, you might find a version of meatloaf or stew or soup that you actually like.

Wouldn’t that be fun?

]]> Comment on Are You a Good Foodie, Or a Bad Foodie? by: Ivonne http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-3021 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 04:40:54 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/03/27/are-you-a-good-foodie-or-a-bad-foodie/#comment-3021 As always, Barbara, well stated! I don't see why we need labels to begin with. I take a great interest in the food I eat, the food I want to eat and the food that others eat. Call me whatever you like ... I'm just a girl who likes to eat! As always, Barbara, well stated! I don’t see why we need labels to begin with. I take a great interest in the food I eat, the food I want to eat and the food that others eat. Call me whatever you like … I’m just a girl who likes to eat!

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