When you consume food symbolically, usually the taste doesn't matter very much . The image which the food has is the most important for the consumers. The richness of it satisfies him enough. Eating habit is related to family. And eating with someone means that you live with someone.
People compose their community by sharing the eating action with others.
It is very important to become a member of the same food culture. Food is a tool which produces the difference between cultures, and which is helpful to strengthen the identity of the group. I think it is nonsense to define eating habits as a physiological requirement. So, I insist that when you eat food, you think many things, you have various feelings, and sometimes you are affected by your friend with whom you have a meal and sometimes you are influenced by the society and culture. This paper is excellent.