5 reasons that proves you are a Foodie!!!
By: Rohini Prasad
Tags: Foodies, Food, Gluttony, Eating Habits, Cooking

I find myself in a dimly lit cave with an old lamp in my hand. And what do you know, in the next minute I am rubbing it only to find genie coming out ready to grant a wish!

But wait a minute, according to the story of Aladdin & the magic lamp, wasn't the Genie supposed to grant 3 wishes??? Oh I understand now, its 2020 and Genie cannot risk getting infected with Covid. Ah! well, this pandemic has not spared Genie too.

Well, going back to my one wish, what should I wish for? I wish for my first love, and nope it is NOT the first crush I am talking about. I am talking about Food! I wish to eat variety of dishes daily.

Lo! Behold! Genie grants me my wish and I am surrounded by a variety of dishes from all over the world. It is a feast to my senses but alas my alarm rings and I am rudely awakened from my beautiful dream.

Do you get dreams of foods and feasting? If yes, then this is the first reason that proves you are a foodie. Read on to find more reasons…

2. Browsing about Food

While some browse videos of politics, news, movies, spirituality and so on, foodies like us tend to browse food videos and drool over them. Food porn would be an apt term for us foodies!

That leads to experimenting in the kitchen and trying it on the family (who have starting thinking of themselves as Guinea pigs) But mind you we foodies are generally good cooks and seldom go wrong in cooking stuffs. We try to make the dishes look colorful (and in my case, healthy too, being the nutritionist that I am)

Many of us tweet about food, we have Instagram pictures of food and videos of cooking on Facebook. Our wings of desire are spread on the world wide web.

3. When you know the local food vendors inside out

I remember asking one of my foodie friend, recommendations for a place that served sattvic food (vegetarian food without the use of onion and garlic). She not only had the restaurant names on the tip of the tongue but she also mentioned the dishes that were famous there. Awesome!

A foodie is well informed about all the food joints, their famous dishes and even ratings better than even Zomato! They can even taste the dish and figure out from which restaurant it has come from!

4. You can name the dish with just one sniff!

The aroma of freshly cooked home made food gets my digestive juices flowing to the extent that I start salivating. I have rightly guessed the name of the dishes by just sniffing the floating aroma!

The aromas that makes me mesmerized are those of freshly brewed coffee/tea, flavored rice, cardamom and saffron (kesar) based desserts, that aroma of slightly over roasted cheese on pizza, scintillating aroma of garlic bread, home made cakes and cookies (I am drooling right now).

Making of spice powders like garam masala/rasam/sambar powder lingers in the air for 2–3 days prompting you to making those dishes.

5. When you are nothing short of a perfectionist when it comes to food

A foodie likes to experiment with different tastes, flavors and textures. We make sure that a Biryani actually looks, smells and tastes like Biryani and not Mint rice.

We also expect the same when we eat out, be it a restaurant or at an invitation to someone’s place. We don't hesitate to give an honest feedback about food. Criticism and appreciation goes hand in hand. If you want to improve your cooking skills, cook for a foodie, that's the mantra!

For many of us, food gives that comfort and a feeling of ecstasy that makes this world a better place to be. When you don't require any company to go to that famous restaurant, when you feel liberated to cook and serve others, when you think about what new dishes to try most of the time, trust me you are a Foodie!

So what are you waiting for? Explore that passion of yours, try some new flavors and keep those senses alive.