Think you’re really as much of a foodie as you would like to believe (along with all of your Instagram followers)?
Here are 16 signs you’re a true foodie – and not just calling yourself one to sound cool:
1. You think about your next meal while eating your current one. “Full” is just a state of mind.
2. You follow more food-related Instagrams than friends. Let’s be real, why look at selfies and wedding photos when you could be looking at gourmet cookies, poutine and pizza?
3. You have a favourite Food Network show. And it’s not because of the hot chef preparing the food.
4. When a new restaurant opens, it’s the first thing on your to-do list. If your day job doesn’t work for you, you’re happy knowing you could always be a restaurant connoisseur.
5. Cookbooks are your adult Pokemon cards; you gotta catch them all. Who needs Tolstoy when you have Jamie Oliver?
6. You’re someone’s worst wing person to bring to a barbecue. “What cut is this? Is it free-range?” Seriously, just get out.
7. Any reason is good enough to prepare a feast. It’s your three-week anniversary at your new job… you know what that means. Your boyfriend dumped you? Even better.
8. If you’re going to McDonalds you have to be seriously intoxicated. Deep, deep down in every foodie is a dark craving for fries dipped in a McFlurry with a side of “chicken” nuggets.
9. If a first date suggested a cheesy restaurant that was ‘so three years ago’… the date would be over before it began and you’d never talk to them again.
10. Having an average meal could quite possibly ruin your day. Seriously, that mediocre salad at lunch could make you hangrier than you were before you ate it.
11.You may not have had time to finish reply to that last email, but… yeah, you had time for a burger.
12. An empty fridge breaks your heart. Almost more so than when your favourite team loses the game, Titanic, and your last break-up.
13. “That restaurant is alright” isn’t in your vocabulary. It’s either you hate it or you love it. Right?
14. Your friends constantly turn to you for restaurant recommendations. So much so that it’s actually kind of annoying.
15. You may not remember JFK, but your wine sure does. And if you’re fortunate enough, so does your cheese.
16.The Nobel Peace Prize pales in comparison to the Michelin Star. We mean, Al Gore versus Gordon Ramsay… who has really contributed more?
We could go on, but frankly, we’re too damn hungry (and bet you are too).
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