I thought your cartoon was a bit sad, but fun too and very real. Your food choices as a child almost exactly mirrored our son’s and I made him his own separate meals for a long time. When I finally got sick of making two complete meals his Dad and I taught him how to cook. As an adult he now makes us meals and we enjoy his food choices. Am I a foodie? Perhaps, but I grew up in a house where I was forced to choke down liver and onions regularly, so I could never force food on anyone, nor would I want to. Thank you for sharing your story.
My favorite line was, “Some foodies keep it in their pants.” I felt that so deeply. Half my family are foodies and half, including myself, are not. No one is a food pusher at this point in my life, but I have similar childhood memories of being asked to try stuff. Turns out I have a collection of food allergies. Go figure!
This is me and my wife. She is so foodie (spam masubi is her latest thing), and I could graze on raw veggies, some fruit, and cheese over the day, and live on grilled cheese and Cheerios (okay, some other things too). I’ll try some of it, but the disappointment when I don’t want to gobble it up is often palpable. So many of our friends are foodies, I just get to the point of picking up my iPad and drawing when they start babbling about food. It’s insane.
Its about enjoying a meal. And I am sad to say I know people who cant sit through a movie or series episode without deconstructing it and looking at the hairstyle, the choice of lights etc.
This makes me think of how it used to be okay for adults to hug children without their consent, with the message that it would be rude for the child not to hug the adult. Then there was the "clean plate club", with kids forced to finish meals, whether they liked the food or not, with the sense that they were being defiant if they refrained. And, it makes me think of what sometimes happens in eating disorder treatment settings, when patients are required to eat a variety of foods, some that they may not even like, and if they object, they are regarded as "using behaviors" (essentially being too eating-disordered).
Similar to how there is (some) more talk now about consent when it comes to hugging a child (or an adult), I hope that there is more understanding that it's not okay to force people on someone either. It's really a violation, both verbally and even physically, in the sense of forcing something to go inside of you.
Food is such a fascinating subject (well, at least for foodies!), and it's often symbolic of so much.
I thought your cartoon was a bit sad, but fun too and very real. Your food choices as a child almost exactly mirrored our son’s and I made him his own separate meals for a long time. When I finally got sick of making two complete meals his Dad and I taught him how to cook. As an adult he now makes us meals and we enjoy his food choices. Am I a foodie? Perhaps, but I grew up in a house where I was forced to choke down liver and onions regularly, so I could never force food on anyone, nor would I want to. Thank you for sharing your story.
My favorite line was, “Some foodies keep it in their pants.” I felt that so deeply. Half my family are foodies and half, including myself, are not. No one is a food pusher at this point in my life, but I have similar childhood memories of being asked to try stuff. Turns out I have a collection of food allergies. Go figure!
Thanks for sharing such a great comic!
This is me and my wife. She is so foodie (spam masubi is her latest thing), and I could graze on raw veggies, some fruit, and cheese over the day, and live on grilled cheese and Cheerios (okay, some other things too). I’ll try some of it, but the disappointment when I don’t want to gobble it up is often palpable. So many of our friends are foodies, I just get to the point of picking up my iPad and drawing when they start babbling about food. It’s insane.
Its about enjoying a meal. And I am sad to say I know people who cant sit through a movie or series episode without deconstructing it and looking at the hairstyle, the choice of lights etc.
I’m like “dude its a hobbit chill”
This makes me think of how it used to be okay for adults to hug children without their consent, with the message that it would be rude for the child not to hug the adult. Then there was the "clean plate club", with kids forced to finish meals, whether they liked the food or not, with the sense that they were being defiant if they refrained. And, it makes me think of what sometimes happens in eating disorder treatment settings, when patients are required to eat a variety of foods, some that they may not even like, and if they object, they are regarded as "using behaviors" (essentially being too eating-disordered).
Similar to how there is (some) more talk now about consent when it comes to hugging a child (or an adult), I hope that there is more understanding that it's not okay to force people on someone either. It's really a violation, both verbally and even physically, in the sense of forcing something to go inside of you.
Food is such a fascinating subject (well, at least for foodies!), and it's often symbolic of so much.
Thanks for your cartoons!
Error - *force food on someone either
I'm so happy to read that the Snack book is sold and we can expect it next year. Huzzah! (And F those Foodies.)