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News & ArtsWednesday, November 18, 2009
Chow Getting "Koodies"
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:51 AM
"Foodie" has been declared dead on seriouseats.com—praise the Lord. (Because figgity-fuck "foodie," for reasons described here.)
Unfortunately, the bastards are trying to inject a little more linguistic preciousness into our lives with "koodie." Now that the "foodie" generation has hit breeding age, they've got to get all cute about their kids:
koodie: -noun Slang. A kid keenly interested in food, especially eating, cooking, or watching reruns of Julia Child. A kid who has an ardent or refined interest in food; a mini-gourmet; usually trained by one or both parents to have an unusual, and sometimes fanatic, desire to eat unusual foods. Evolution from the now-defunct word foodie.
And we all know what happens to parents who try to "train" their children to have certain aesthetics, tastes, or attitudes—they get disappointed. These fools are unintentionally rearing a generation of fast-food and TV-dinner freaks.
1
Too reminiscent of "cootie". I predict this will go the way of "fetch" in Mean Girls - it's not going to happen!
2
You're making fun here, but, you know, if you smoke them for 24 hours and keep the temperature below 200 degrees, these people's kids aren't bad at all.
6
The "love of food" is no problem. (Also: Do you have to teach kids to love food? Aren't they constantly asking for a sandwich?)
It's the veneer of smug, cute superiority that bugs me.
It's the veneer of smug, cute superiority that bugs me.
9
Fair enough, I would never dream of using such an awful word. But yes kids do need to be exposed to lots of different foods or they will only want to eat mac n' cheese and chicken nuggets. Sometimes that happens anyway ;).
12
In a mid-90's episode of News Radio, there's was an argument between Jon Luvitz's and Dave Foley's characters over an apartment with a gourmet kitchen, something to the tune of:
"I deserve the place because I am a 'Foodie'."
"I think you mean 'glutton'."
Also, for Chrissake—teaching your kids to cook is a great—but kids have underdeveloped palettes, what value is there in this sort of pretension?
"I deserve the place because I am a 'Foodie'."
"I think you mean 'glutton'."
Also, for Chrissake—teaching your kids to cook is a great—but kids have underdeveloped palettes, what value is there in this sort of pretension?
13
@7 Ha ha... I just spent the day with my 3-year old nephew, and he loves Spongebob Squarepants macaroni so much he carries the box around with him. Also, Spongebob soup. Weirdest thing is that he's never seen the TV show....
14
I love veggies as an adult and my parents had to force me to eat practically all of them as a kid. I don't follow your logic.
When it comes to food, people often like familiar flavors and textures, and if you start your kids on eating these things early enough, it could keep them from being repulsed by them as adults. I was never forced to eat fish as a kid and I hate it now because the taste and texture is so bizarre to me.
Maybe what you read in its context involved smugness, but I didn't sense any from what you posted. Also, isn't it kind of smug to imply people who live on fast food and TV dinners are freaks? We all have our bad habits.
When it comes to food, people often like familiar flavors and textures, and if you start your kids on eating these things early enough, it could keep them from being repulsed by them as adults. I was never forced to eat fish as a kid and I hate it now because the taste and texture is so bizarre to me.
Maybe what you read in its context involved smugness, but I didn't sense any from what you posted. Also, isn't it kind of smug to imply people who live on fast food and TV dinners are freaks? We all have our bad habits.
15
"Koodie", now there's a neologism with LEGS, baby! That shit will stick like strawberry jam on a dog! Fuck, I love awesome, useless words that sound like something pornographic!
FAIL.
FAIL.
16
@8,
Sounds a lot better than that heinous jelly and peanut butter in the same jar that I still see now and then.
Sounds a lot better than that heinous jelly and peanut butter in the same jar that I still see now and then.
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@14 I meant "freak" in the sense of rabid fan, not in the sense of repellent person.
And are you sure your parents forcing you to eat vegetables made you like vegetables? Sounds more like aversion therapy than the way to cultivate a broad palette (that will broaden and change with age on its own).
And are you sure your parents forcing you to eat vegetables made you like vegetables? Sounds more like aversion therapy than the way to cultivate a broad palette (that will broaden and change with age on its own).
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