"Food of the Gods"

[GanggangKansas]

It's either something heinous sounding:

"Yeeeesss.....chips smothered with packet gravy and doused in ketchup in a sandwich of shite bread with grated chicken nuggets on top....Food of the Gods"

Or something dead basic:

"Oooohhh a cheese sandwich...Food of the Gods."

It's never something that sounds like it might actually be genuinely delicious. This isn't about people's food choice btw - it's not food snobbery, the individual bits are usually fine - it's about the phrase itself - 99% or the time it's used for combinations that sound crap, vile or boring.

AIBU?

it definitely is food snobbery

But but but lasagna tin scrapings ARE food of the gods, though

it definitely is food snobbery

It definitely isn't. I eat absolute crap quite often, totally happy about it. Why do you think it is food snobbery? I was totally clear - it's the application of the phrase to stuff that's boring or vile.

But but but lasagna tin scrapings ARE food of the gods, though

Fair

Fresh bakery Tiger bread with lots of proper butter... thats definitely 'Food of the Gods'!!

But generally its a bit of a silly phrase! One mans food of the gods etc

One man's Food of the Gods is another Man's Bowl Full of Shit 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think the hyperbolic phrase only really works when applied to a down-to-earth food (“fishfinger sandwich- food of the gods”). It sounds silly applied to something fancy or extravagant, as if you might be using the expression without your tongue in your cheek. No idea why this bit is in bold.

I think it’s commonly used in a slightly jokey way, isn’t it? To describe something that is perhaps a bit basic / plain or not conventionally ‘foodie’ but is surprisingly satisfying. Appropriate for things like KFC or lasagne tin scrapings but not something genuinely more ‘Food of the Gods’-like such as Oysters or lobster.

It's not meant seriously, though? It's generally used to refer to something that's a bit of a guilty pleasure or comfort food. I'm sure the people who say this don't literally mean that super noodles with cheese and hotdogs or whatever is vastly superior to a fillet steak!

Equally annoying ‘twas lush’

Yeah the phrase only applies to things that are exactly in the categories you’ve specified - simple or a bit weird.

Crisp sandwiches are food of the gods.

a 10 course tasting menu at a Michelin starred restaurant is not food of the gods.

Fish finger sarnie with tommy sauce and vinegar........FOTG!!!!

I can be a bit of a foodie.
My Food of the Gods is Sausage, egg, chips and beans, white bread and butter. Preferably from a canteen on a tray 😂👍

It's boring or vile to you

People have their own tastes. So what

@FlibbertyGiblets has it right. Also Christmas dinner bubble and squeak on Boxing Day.

I agree that the expression only works as a tongue in cheek way of describing something really basic but delicious. Like cheese on toast or a chip butty!

It's a phrase reserved for people's favourite comfort food as far as I can tell, rather than something elevated.

Every so often American Twitter will bash British food, beans on toast or whatever. And all the bean lovers will robustly defend it with 'SORRY, BRAD, YOU'RE WRONG. IT'S THE FOOD OF THE GODS!'

It's ambrosia, which for some people might be custard.

We all worship different food Gods though….

Hot buttered crumpets - food of my God
Mashed avacado on sourdough - errr no thanks

It only works on something basic, cheap but perhaps slightly unusual. I may be missing out but at 49 I've never eaten a fish finger sandwich which is readily given that subheading. Am I ?

I had the chips gravy and cheese combo in Canada which I thought was vile

It's a phrase reserved for people's favourite comfort food as far as I can tell, rather than something elevated

This is a total revelation to me - I've seen other posters make the same point. I'm autistic and it frequently presents as taking odd things literally. I was not aware of that happening here, but there we go. I genuinely thought it was about really wonderful food, but it's more nuanced than that.

10HailMarys

Why the biscuit? What's the problem?

I'm the OP btw, I've name changed for another thread.

Bacon and beetroot sandwich defo FOTG and fits the definition perfectly.

Co op cashew nuts.