My friend and I were discussing that if movie theaters ever started including scents to match a film, what would be the ultimate food-related film to see/smell? (Personally, I think about this whenever I watch "Chocolat".)
If you could pick one food-related film (or film scene), what would it be?
Having to switch your fork to your right hand after cutting just seems like a waste of energy to me...energy that would be better spent chewing!! : )
I never understood the "no brunch after 11" rule either. In Hong Kong (and I think in most McD's in Asia), you can get your sausage egg mcmuffin at any time of day. So I guess it's a regional thing?
Correction, that crab place in NYC was called B3. Just found this review (*sniff) - link
I'm throwing this out there in the hopes that someone knows the answer - there used to be a great place called 3B (funnily enough on 3rd St and Ave B) that had all you can eat crab, but I went there last summer only to find the place boarded up. Does anyone know if it relocated to some other neighborhood?
It was a fantastic joint - they wrapped the tables in butcher paper, gave you a roll of paper towels, a hammer and a bucket of Coronitas (baby Coronas) and the waiters just wander around with large bowls of crab (done 2 ways) which they dump right onto the table along with french fries and corn on the cob.
I'd have to go with Jamie Oliver - even though I sometimes raise an eyebrow at some of his recipes, he approaches cooking (and fresh ingredients) with such zeal and appreciation that it really makes you just want to get into the kitchen and start "bunging things into a bowl"! (Also makes me wish I had a garden like his...).
I'm also a huge fan of Good Eats - as far as cooking styles go, Alton Brown and Jamie Oliver are at opposite ends of the table, but this only goes to show that even though food means different things to different people, at the end of the day we're all in pursuit of the delicious!
Have to agree with ESNY1077 - can't grocery stores sell mini-bunches of herbs? Who needs that much parsley? There should be a "singles" section at the supermarket with single-serve portions of things (and for people who live alone). Or we can all shop at Japanese supermarkets where everything is smaller ; )
@smile, I totally agree re: Korean films - definitely no spit cups on those movie sets! Nice call on the Spanglish sandwich : )
Has anyone seen the film "Dumpling" from the Three Extremes trilogy?
You're right, why am I limiting this to just one film? Feel free to binge on a top 10 list..
Like AliNC, I rarely use a knife in the first place, so I tend to just eat with the fork in my right hand. I have pretty much no coordination in my left hand, though, so using the fork in that hand would be very difficult for me, and possibly messy.
I eat American style and never really thought about it before, didn't realize it was such a thing. I will say I am very right handed and would most likely have a hard time getting the food neatly into my mouth with my left hand!
@Brooke29
That's exactly what I was thinking! I was born and raised in NJ, but my parents are from England, so they always taught me to eat European style and would comment on the poor table manners of Americans who "hack up their food" (their words). I had no idea that was a style of eating, but I'll try and be less judgmental from now on! However, I still think my parents would say something to me if I used a fork "tines up."
I was raised with European style, but never was the fork to be "upside down" - never!
I'm so glad to hear mention of a pusher. I learned how to use one, and we have one as part of the (German) family silver. I brought it into work a few months ago and only my coworker from former Rhodesia could even hazard a guess as to its purpose.
I grew up in a family that was very strict about (American) table manners. No elbows on table, no overhanded grip on the fork, etc. When I met my wife, she didn't have bad table manners, per se, but it was obvious that her family wasn't as strict as mine.
As we've traveled a lot, we've both somewhat subconsciously picked up the European style and I find I just like it better. The strangest table manners I've seen were amongst young adults in Australia, where I noticed a strange "hybrid" style -- fork and knife remained in the hands, but were switched (fork in right hand), and the tines were rotated up or down depending on whether meat or salad, etc. was being eaten (scooped or stabbed).
I tend to eat Euro style when I have certain foods like steak, chicken, or any other big hunk of meat that can't be cut with just a fork.
Since I don't make dishes like that very often I bet I eat American 90% of the time.
I've always wondered when you eat Euro style how do you eat peas or something that really needs to be scooped? I've never figured it out.
I am a leftie that eats both ways, but confess to feeling great irritation while watching Americans attempt to mimic European behavior because they feel it is culturally elite or superior.
I can't tell you how many times I have watched as friends will go to Europe for a weekend and come back eating "Euro"-style. Hull-lo? You are still an urban redneck from Boston.
...and before I get sniped. I lived in Europe for a while and am the unfortunate progeny of "that" school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I have lived in both worlds. I just don't understand this fascination by Americans with all things European.
I remember hearing my mom remarking that I ate "European style" when growing up, but thought nothing of it, nor was a difference explained to me.
I do remember one of my first trips to DC to meet my future (now former) in laws, and my mom in law to be remarking on it. If only she had stopped her remarks right there. : )
@FastFoodCritic
Seriously, how you eat something determines how it tastes!!!
Eating Euro-style makes food taste better!
I am serious. That dumb ass American style where you do the "dance of the knife and fork" definitely detracts from the pleasure of eating. Try it!
Oh yeah and what was with that thing where you had to plunk your inert left hand in your lap? Ugh.
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