Can Good Food Be As Pleasurable As Good Sex? Foodpats Vs. Sexpats?

[Jingthing]

My name is Jingthing and I will be your poll server tonight.

Please vote on BOTH QUESTIONS, to appease the mechanics of multiple question polls.

This poll inspired by a segment of Bill Maher's Real Time show where he posits there are two kinds of people in the world, the "foodie" types who feel food can be as great as sex and the rest who think people who say that are crazy!

So which kind are you?

Also split it into Thailand residents and not, to see if there is more of a sex emphasis or not among residents in Thailand.

Enjoy the poll.

Edited January 28, 2012 by Jingthing

[zzaa09]

Well, sometimes food can be translated as sex and vice-versa.

Btw, is there such a creature as a nopat?

[smokie36]

Totally different experiences. Sex wins every time...in that context food becomes mere fuel.

[Jingthing]

Totally different experiences. Sex wins every time...in that context food becomes mere fuel.

Of course different experiences, but that isn't the question, is it?

[smokie36]

Totally different experiences. Sex wins every time...in that context food becomes mere fuel.

Of course different experiences, but that isn't the question, is it?

I've answered it. In that post coital hunger lobster or beans on toast would taste the same. Back to the bedroom for more fun please.

There is no food I can think of now which gives me such pleasure. Also eating once an evening is enough. maybe the ladies will feel differently...

[StreetCowboy]

To quote my friend, a Medical Doctor (not necessarily relevant)

"There is nothing as over-rated as a bad shag or as under-rated as a good dump"

I suppose pleasures are a bit like roads; if it's not the direction you want to go, it doesn't matter how good it is.

SC

[smokie36]

lovely blackened and chargrilled chicken wings served up with a cocktail or two sounds better than sex right now but then I suspect I'm just hungry.

Why are your topics so tricky JT?

[StreetCowboy]

lovely blackened and chargrilled chicken wings served up with a cocktail or two sounds better than sex right now but then I suspect I'm just hungry.

Why are your topics so tricky JT?

Could you go a chicken supper, Bobby Sands?

I went by the Indian 24-hour place (speculation there; I've never been between 1 am and 10 am) for a Biryani with cabbage, chick peas and some meat - probably mutton on the way home. Cheaper than a shag, and I'll probably get a good dump out of it in the morning.

SC

[OccamsRazor]

Let's see, if my wife came into the bedroom nude and carrying the best hamburger Chiang Mai offers - the hamburger would get cold. A Freudian topic, should be interesting. There is a strong relationship between sex and food so can be difficult to establish a priority.

Food and sex are inextricably linked. Feeding insures survival of the individual while sexual activity insures survival of the species. Beyond biology, making love and eating share psychological attributes as two of life's greatest pleasures, both capable of providing a sense of nurturing, comfort, and being loved as well as instant gratification. Paradoxically, the two drives can also be the source of much psychological conflict, guilt, and shame. They generate anxiety in many cultures, partly because these are traits we share in common with animals.

Speaking of Food and Sex

The language we use to describe sex and food is very similar. In The Rituals of Dinner (p. 18), food anthropologist Margaret Visser describes a meal as a ritual in which "desires are aroused and fulfilled." We speak of fat, in particular, with sexual connotation—words like "juicy," "tender," "satisfying," "greasy," "soft," "great mouth-feel." In popular culture, the semantic commonality and double entendres are even more pronounced. A T-shirt sold in New Orleans, for example, displays a picture of a Louisiana oyster with the words "Eat me raw" (Schell, p. 203). The pages of women's magazines are largely filled with articles on food or sex with a typical headline reading "The Next Best Thing to Sex is . . . Chocolate."

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/sex-and-food#ixzz1kmL2E3dn

[Jingthing]

I intentionally avoided asking if food can sometimes be BETTER than sex. I reckon many people feel that sometimes it is, but obviously those people would also agree good food can at least be as good as good sex.

[smokie36]

lovely blackened and chargrilled chicken wings served up with a cocktail or two sounds better than sex right now but then I suspect I'm just hungry.

Why are your topics so tricky JT?

Could you go a chicken supper, Bobby Sands?

I went by the Indian 24-hour place (speculation there; I've never been between 1 am and 10 am) for a Biryani with cabbage, chick peas and some meat - probably mutton on the way home. Cheaper than a shag, and I'll probably get a good dump out of it in the morning.

SC

Was he allowed conjugal visits SC? If so she must have brought a banana or two to keep his pecker up so to speak.

[StreetCowboy]

You'll need to explain to me the sexual connotations of "juicy", "tender", "greasy", "eat me raw"

and while you're at it, can you add in "salty", "spicy", "tasty", "succulent"

oh - and "lardy", "dripping", and "rancid"?

As far as I am aware, these are all simple terms realted to food.

As my English teacher said "Don't do that in the exam..."

I've never been one with a sophisticated palette, and I've always found the term "acquired taste" to be a euphemism for "expensive and unpleasant". Anyway, I cannot think of any time that I have compared, for a trade-off, sex and food, so I am unable to answer the questions.

SC

[StreetCowboy]

lovely blackened and chargrilled chicken wings served up with a cocktail or two sounds better than sex right now but then I suspect I'm just hungry.

Why are your topics so tricky JT?

Could you go a chicken supper, Bobby Sands?

I went by the Indian 24-hour place (speculation there; I've never been between 1 am and 10 am) for a Biryani with cabbage, chick peas and some meat - probably mutton on the way home. Cheaper than a shag, and I'll probably get a good dump out of it in the morning.

SC

Was he allowed conjugal visits SC? If so she must have brought a banana or two to keep his pecker up so to speak.

I don't know; I was only young at the time. From the penultimate line of the song I assume so, though from other headlines regarding the Maze at the time, I doubt it.

SC

[smokie36]

I can solve the "dripping" question...

I know a few others but will give you all an opportunity first.

[StreetCowboy]

I can solve the "dripping" question...

I know a few others but will give you all an opportunity first.

If it burns at the tip you should see a doctor

[smokie36]

I can solve the "dripping" question...

I know a few others but will give you all an opportunity first.

If it burns at the tip you should see a doctor

Unless you were preparing chilli con carne...

[Ulysses G.]

I have gotten a lot more pleasure in my life from food than sex, but that was not by choice.

[necronx99]

Does whipped cream and chocolate sauce count as 'food'?

[kerryk]

You'll need to explain to me the sexual connotations of "juicy", "tender", "greasy", "eat me raw"

and while you're at it, can you add in "salty", "spicy", "tasty", "succulent"

oh - and "lardy", "dripping", and "rancid"?

As far as I am aware, these are all simple terms realted to food.

As my English teacher said "Don't do that in the exam..."

I've never been one with a sophisticated palette, and I've always found the term "acquired taste" to be a euphemism for "expensive and unpleasant". Anyway, I cannot think of any time that I have compared, for a trade-off, sex and food, so I am unable to answer the questions.

SC

I know a number of women who do things that are an acquired taste. Cheese must be an acquired taste because my Thai friends have a hard time understanding how I eat any cheese with blue things in it. Try as I may I can't acquire a taste for Faggots. They look and smell good but I can only eat one.

I can eat the same food every day. I went through a period in my life where I had a teriyaki marinated, char broiled center cut butt steak and a lobster tail every day. The waitress cut them up in small chunks for an appetizer at the bar. Nor have I had any problems drinking the same brand of beer every day back when I drank. Or smoking the same Cohiba cigar with the same Cognac after dinner. But I'll be darned if I could be satisfied with the same woman every day.

Women are different than entrees though. As many times as I have recommended a particular meal to a n acquaintance I would not recommend a particular woman. It gets back to the acquired taste thing. One guy got all upset with me because I forgot to mention he should bring an extra set of clothes and another about the telltale marks that remained and how was he going to explain that. Eventually we just pushed him off his motorcycle and he rolled a few times in the gravel and no one was the wiser.

[MaiChai]

As costs spiral in Thailand, food still remains cheap and good. So food must be high up on list as one of the reasons to live here. I mean a kilo of cook mussels for 20 baht?

The perfect life for any Thai must be to be rich, do as you want, have lots of sex with lots of people and enjoying eating? Guess thats why you see the fat rich boys with the beautiful girls?

[poanoi]

Having sex with lots of people sounds great, right up to the point when you suffer your 5th case of Gonorrhea.

Suffice to say i'm gettin fatter

Edited January 29, 2012 by poanoi

[Ulysses G.]

The perfect life for any Thai must be to be rich, do as you want, have lots of sex with lots of people and enjoying eating?

Sounds good to me too.

[Traxster]

Perhaps the answer might depend on what you did with the food apart from eating it .......?

[TheKeeNok]

My taste buds are shot! Everything tastes the same!

[zzaa09]

My taste buds are shot! Everything tastes the same!

Now, why isn't that a surprise to anyone?

[Jingthing]

Perhaps the answer might depend on what you did with the food apart from eating it .......?

Perhaps not.

[rizenkroft]

I hope your kidding! If food has become better than sex to some people. Get you ass to a pharmacy in you home country.

Buy some libido enhances and some horny goat weed and go nail a whore Pussy.

[lannarebirth]

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Edited January 30, 2012 by lannarebirth

[zzaa09]

I hope your kidding! If food has become better than sex to some people. Get you ass to a pharmacy in you home country.

Buy some libido enhances and some horny goat weed and go nail a whore Pussy.

Perhaps you're mistaking good sex/making love with being with a stranger.

Two different situations.

[lannarebirth]

You can't have a thread like this and let just anyone have an opinion. For every Scotsman you should have a Frenchman to balance. Strike that disallow the Scotsmen. Some people shouldn't even get to have an opinion on some mattters. Yeah, would you rather eat lichen and offal infused oatmeal or would you rather get it on with Elle MacPherson? Yeah, that's a tough one.

You know my feelings from the last time you ran this thread. Cajun food, mmmmmmmm. Anyhow, this is pretty good as well:

http://www.rickbayle...a-grill/dinner/

Problem is you may be horny after your meal, which presents a bit of a conumdrum with regards to your question.