Foodie...
I hate the word foodie. I don’t get it. I understand the connotation and definition but why can’t it simply be: I like food, or cooking shows, or baking, etc. If you like to travel you are not a travelie. If you like shopping you are not a shoppie. If you like films you are not a filimie. If you like to read you are not a readie. You get the point. In the real world you simply say, “I like (insert interest here).”
Anyone else feel this way? I guess it just feels like a made up classification that is just unnecessary. Then again if you like foodie, are reading this and you enjoy the site you now shall be referred to as a “Serious Eatsie”.
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13 Comments:
Well, there's shopaholic, bookworm, otaku, ...
I don't care for the adding "...ie" to words...sounds so childish.
Cassaendra at 11:24AM on 08/01/08
there was already a thread on this a while back
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/2007/08/can-we-all-agree-to-stop-using.html
ceforrester at 12:25PM on 08/01/08
ah yes... that makes me a 'missed postie'
jasonbrink at 1:32PM on 08/01/08
And here:
www.seriouseats.com/talk/2008/07/a-real-foodie-or-not.html
hungrychristel at 1:36PM on 08/01/08
I love being called a foodie. It denotes that I a) value food as more than simply a source of body fuel and b) enjoy cooking as recreation as well as necessity. In the circles where I travel, the definition of foodie has absolutely no negative connotations.
A foodie will take a simple thing like, say, a loaf of bread and turn it into a Rosemary Asiago Whole Wheat Boule. Makes my mouth water just saying it.
chiff0nade at 1:51PM on 08/01/08
I don't mind the word foodie. And I think the reason it's different to establish a name than to say "I like food" is because everyone likes food...everyone has to eat to live. So, I think the label separates those who eat to live from those who live to eat (someone said this in a comment on this forum once and I liked it so much I'm stealing it and using it here).
Hillary
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Chew on That at 2:03PM on 08/01/08
Tell someone you are a foodie and people can relax when they ask you over. Be it meatloaf and gravy or Buddhist fare, they know you'll scarf it down. They'll probably leave you alone about not eating this or that too because they know you're a hopeless case.
DavidinCT at 2:13PM on 08/01/08
that's funny DavidinCT because i see it as the opposite -- if someone is coming to dinner and is like "by the way i'm a foodie" to me it means they are an elitist and are going to be a pain to cook for. "is this maldon sea salt? oh, *disappointed sigh* it's just regular..." "blood oranges would have really made this dish pop." etc.
i love the concept of being a foodie -- appreciating food (from the most basic street food to the fanciest of restaurant cuisine), liking to cook, etc -- and would consider myself that, but sometimes in practical application i think the actual word "foodie" is used to denote FOOD SNOB ALERT.
megannesta at 3:11PM on 08/01/08
Personally to me the term foodie is not a derogatory one. A lot of people like food. In fact I would hazard a guess that everyone likes food, but not everyone understands the finer aspects of it. You ask someone what kind of bread they like and in his or her head they are choosing between white and wheat. A foodie would be going through focaccia and pita and baguettes, etc... I believe a foodie is someone that likes food, but one that appreciates it on another level.
DCraver at 3:40PM on 08/01/08
i don't think a foodie is necessarily a food elitist (someone who has a superiority complex about their appreciation of food).
to me a foodie is simply someone whose hobby is food. unfortunately people who are really into their hobbies are sometimes elitists.
@megannesta - someone who comes over and tells the host, "blood oranges would have really made this dish pop" IS most likely a foodie - but most likely, an asshole.
z911empire at 5:00PM on 08/01/08
agreed! :)
megannesta at 5:23PM on 08/01/08
Hello, my name is izatryt and I am a foodaholic. Nope, doesn't work. Be it ever so humble, I remain a proud "foodie" and I cook on my Webbie. ;-D
izatryt at 6:02PM on 08/01/08
I like "foodie" and also sometimes refer to myself as a "food geek". Sometimes my friends will say I'm a "gourmet cook", which to me sounds more elitist and/or snobby.
But it's all good -- like z911empire says, our hobby is food. What's not to love about that?!?!
suthungirl at 12:54PM on 08/02/08