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Gourmet Food 101

Article Category: Food and Drinks

Author Name: chickie maxwell

Nowadays people are not content with eating just food. The food has to be free range, organic, grown hydroponic style, kosher, gourmet, etc. These are all fancy words that indicate how the raw material has been grown, prepared and served to the consumer. This article will discuss basic concepts about gourmet food to provide the reader with a better insight of what it means to be considered.

Gourmet is a word that is defined by the quality of the food rather than its association with a particular food group. In fact the word gourmet can be applied to a person, food, beverage, as well as a lifestyle. A few years back it would be right to say that gourmet food is exclusive to big restaurants, chefs and the wealthy but nowadays with better agricultural techniques, the proliferation of easy do it yourself handbooks and even the internet, a touch of gourmet can be found or can be made available in one's own home.

Gourmet History

Gourmet is taken from a French word and defines a person who tastes as well as selects wine for dealers as well as consumers. This means that the earliest definition of the word gourmet is attached to a person rather to the food. However the meaning has grown more significant both in connotation and denotation because it now covers foodstuff as well as beverages that are made of the finest quality ingredients, prepared with the utmost care and often secret techniques.

Gourmet Examples

The average American thinks of gourmet food as French cuisine, more particularly pasta. This is a limited view of gourmet but it is correct. Some better known examples are:

Caviar: Made from fish eggs.
Foie gras: Oversized duck liver produced by force feeding the duck.
Truffles: A type of mushroom that interestingly enough uses pigs to aid in the search.
Escargot: Means cooked snails.
Souffle: Soft, sweet and made of eggs, milk, flour, etc.

However nowadays the word gourmet is attached to ordinary foodstuff like bacon, cheese, canned goods, prepared meals, etc to indicate that it has finer ingredients, a better taste and requires more extensive preparation.

Gourmet Negative Impact

Some foodstuff considered gourmet border in the excess and still some are way beyond excessive. For example a form of gourmet meat can cost more than 10 or even 50 times the normal cost of meat and there is even an ice cream concoction considered gourmet and costs more than a properly priced automobile.

Gourmet Significance

Gourmet food is considered the perfect marriage between the finest ingredients and the best cooks. Foodstuff that is considered gourmet is not usually filing, rather it is meant to be eaten in small portions and savored often times taking into several factors such as the blending or contrasting of flavors; proper and pleasing plating; bringing out the flavor of the primary or each ingredient; and even providing a pleasant sight or smell. What this all means is that the quality of food as well as the skill in the preparation is continuously being pushed making it possible for the lower markets to enjoy better quality foods thru the development of faster, cheaper and a safer market.

Keywords: gourmet food

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