Pictures of Food Make me Hungry!

Pictures of food make me hungry!

Although previously all I have spoken about on Tumblr is fandoms and groups of people uniting under different groups, food is also a major part of this social network. I know during the semester break that I felt like making Nuttella pancakes, guess where I ended up? Tumblr! Not only were there pictures of the pancakes but also recipes and improvements listed. 

A few times when I’ve been scrolling through my dashboard I have noticed these amazing pictures of food. A vast majority of it is Asian dishes caused by the people that I follow, but I’m not complaining. When I first see these pictures, my first thought is that looks amazing, which is normally promptly followed by a loud growl from my stomach. This means that food is not just engaging my social processes but also showing that food is a transformer of culture (Kuttenien, 2013). Meaning that my stomach does not necessarily want the food that I normally eat, and instead craves for this delicious food that is on the screen which I cannot just pull out from my fridge like magic.

\

The content of these  pictures vary when they show up on Tumblr, which is similar to what Atkins (2001)says: recipes and ideas influence the food habits of different groups in society as they are selective in both content and intent(p.276-275). This is also shown in my social network, as I only follow a small portion of the billions of people that are a part of Tumblr, there are millions of other picture of food that is out there that do not make it onto my dashboard.

So what is food apart from a massive discussion on who gets more and who gets less? It is a question that you must ask yourself. Especially with those going on diets ot trying to eat healthy.  Food like so many other things is in the eye of the beholder. Someone might like something but you probably don’t, that is the way of life. Either eat the food you’re given or give it to someone else but pictures on social networks are things that can be passed to everyone.

References

Atkins, P., & Bowler, I. (2001). The origins of taste, in Food in society: Economy, cultutre, geopgeaphy (pp. 272-293). London. England: Arnold.

Kuttenien, V. (2013). BA1002: Our space: Networks, narratives, and the making of place. Lecture 7: Food networks [Lecture]. Retrieved from: http://www.learnjcu.edu.au

Image

Deb. (2012) Kahakai Kitchen. Retrieved from: http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/bread-tomato-garlic-soup-for-food-n.html