We spend pretty much all day online, reading and blogging about food. So we had to snicker (albeit self-consciously) when we saw this new site, Shut Up, Foodie! It skewers some of the memes so prevalent in food blogging: Local food, organic food, bacon, bacon, bacon...
Also, they would like us to stop talking about ramps.
Their manifesto:
Attention, locavores, omnivores, urban butchers, backyard beekeepers, cheese fanatics, and conspicuous consumers of consuming: Your chickens won’t save the world and we don’t want the life story of everything on the menu. We don't care what you eat--we just want you to lower the volume. Also, please stop talking about ramps.
Taken in good fun, it's actually a pretty good read — nothing like getting more aware of our own genre's clichés!
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Comments (21)
Eh, I'm not enjoying it. I love some sarcasm, but this is mostly smug.
My attention span drifts when people mock pretension via their own pretension.
Their content isn't very consistent, so I lost interest pretty quickly too.
Didn't do anything for me, but I agree with them about the endless bacon meme. Give it a rest already.
While a bit light on content, some of the write-ups are pretty good. Overall I agree with his message - eat however you want, but stop broadcasting to the heavens about how much more local and organic and urban chic you are than the next yuppie. The attitude is reminiscent of the militant vegan that nobody wants to invite to their dinner party. I know a lot of people who get visibly smug when you say the word "organic" and it gets old and tired really quick.
Fairly entertaining. But hey, we only talk about ramps BRIEFLY! Ah ramps...ramps ramps ramps. Can't wait.
It's like a new unhappy hipsters!
Lame.
I guess I don't need to "shut up" because I had to look up ramps.
I was thinking "wheelchair accessible?"
I prefer my skewering to be done with wit and style. Like The Catorialist. (I have no connection with the site, I swear I'm just a fan! Of that site and of course, The Sartorialist.)
I looked at the site, and I wanted to eat the bacon donuts...but not the bacon pie.
What ARE 'ramps'?
Thanks for the shoutout! We try not to take anything (including ourselves) too seriously. Stephinmd and Nomadchiky, we think ramps are a mushroom? Or garlic? Unclear. --SUF
LOL.
ramps look similar to scallions and taste like a cross between garlic and onions.
Booorriinng! Come on AT - give us stuff that is engaging. It wasn't funny and shame on you for wasting your dear readers time on this one!
The whole bacon thing is way past its prime. Yes, bacon is salty, fatty, good, and lots of people like it. The "irony" of bacon *everything* isn't funny.
(I had no idea what ramps were either!)
Ah, I was wondering what ramps were too!
Just discovered ramps this weekend. They are worth all the hype. Recommended: chop (white and green parts), saute, and add to the top of a burger. Totally, totally amazing.
I have read the entire the entire blog but I am really sorry to say, I could not get the basic idea of this post.
This post is all about having a good balanced diet. We should reduce the volume of our meals.
I am glad to read your post and appreciate your attempt to make people conscious about balanced diet.
This is a very good post. I was reading the post very attentively. Asif