I think as with most things, we gravitate towards what we are most interested in.
In early and peak Chowhound days (“from the beginning”), I ate out a ton, cooked at home occasionally, and my reading and participating was entirely on the eating out threads. I also ate very well on trips, guided by members in other cities.
In later Chowhound days, when I had more time to cook (and more interest in recreating some of what I ate out), I “discovered” the very active home cooking boards (wfd, baking, wmp, the monthly cook-along threads) that had existed for a long time, but away from my perusal of the site. Those kinds of threads / community are struggling a bit here as many regulars didn’t want to move, or recreated smaller versions of them on facebook.
There are books for cooking, yes, but there are also reviews and blogs for where to eat.
We come here because we enjoy talking about all of it, with others, ad nauseum.
That makes a certain kind of twisted sense! LOL! But I wonder why he had the seeming fixation with the one word? Interesting.
I thought it was a crutch but it was an affectation of sorts.
I remember talking that way for a brief spell when a freshman in college (coming to it later in life than that high school friend; I guess. people didnt talk that way in my central Ohio hometown!
HO is about the right pace for me. Enough info, stay up on trends and nothing breathless, dramatic or competitive. Also, I slowed down on food consumption for health, diagnosed as diabetic in 2018. Instead of taking meds and going down that path, I decided to lose the weight and change diet, do more exercise. I lost about 50 lbs in about 18-20 months and it’s now considered in remission, so no meds.
Although I think the near complete personal ban on HFCS was just as important. Research shows HFCS blocks insulin production…but “regular” sugar not as much. The pandemic sort of sealed the deal and I used isolation and restrictions to my benefit. I still keep a list of places to try but I rarely bother unless going with friends, visitors.
Example: Horn BBQ has been on the list forever but never have gone because; a) won’t wait in a 2 hour line, so b) so ordering poundage to avoid the line and get a pick up time makes more sense. Some time I’ll go when I have 4-6 friends who want to go. I’m sure it will be great…but if not…whatever. I’ve had enough food fun in my life.
Also avoid looking at “food porn” videos. Research has shown watching it makes you hungry…like duh. HO at this pace fills the gap but easier to regulate.
The singular most incomparable aspect on Chowhound could be found in General Topics.
I remember one thread about eggs that contained posts from an egg farmer, a nutritionist, a food scientist, people who cooked in professional kitchens that took mandatory food safety courses, and egg-shoppers from Europe and the US, where there is a difference on how they are processed and sold. There was also talk of which cuisines used raw eggs.
Chowhound afforded that kind of coverage on many food-related topics.
I didn’t particularly care for Kevin dropping the F word every two seconds for no reason. A real turnoff. On the other hand, he seemed pretty harmless/a nice guy. He never hurt my feelings.
I didn’t mine Kevin . I just saw him as a act with good writing.
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By the time I got there, I’m not sure when, maybe 2013-ish? (anyway, much less tenure than most of you who were there 20 years) the what’s for dinner, weekly meal plan, cookbook, etc. boards were pretty much in full swing with many daily threads/comments.
I did skim the regional boards and they were, like you say, 90% or so eating. But although I never did any analytic comparison, there were certainly an awful lot of cooking oriented posts to keep me occupied. I think I was there until 2019 give/take, but forget exactly when I got mad about moderation and quit reading/posting there.
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So OF COURSE I gotta click it!
Almost 1700 uses of the Eff Word in less than 2 months.
This was a lead when i was heading to los Angeles for work for a couple months . Then Westside Gal .
Led me to Sergio. I ate there so much during this small time .Sergio and I became friends.
at the outset FTC owner decided we are all adults here , , , and went with the ‘no moderation required’
well, Kevin and sundry others pushed it way past the limits and posters were being banned left right and straight down the middle - with all the accompanying “”“outrage”“”
as that ugliness developed I stopped going there - who needs it?
now I see there is some active moderation in place . . .
but it’s still ‘where to eat in California’ - which has exceeding limited interest to me. so, it is, and it shall remain there outside of my bookmarks . . .
