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14 August, 2018

The flexitarians, the uber foodies, the free-from crowd - which 2018 eating tribe are you?

“Hi, I’m Andrew, and I’m a Flexitarian”.

So goes a scene from the support groups for former food fad addicts that will surely take place in the not-so distant future. We will wake up, smell the organic oat milk turmeric coffee, and collectively realise we have been conned. Conned by shiny, beautiful Instagrammers, bloggers and TV chefs extolling the virtues of plant-based, paleo and free-from diets; of 5-minute meals and 25-ingredient dinners; of dirty food, clean food and whole food. But until that blessed day comes, the only way we’re going to survive is to make like the Hunger Games and pick a tribe. Helpfully, there is an almost infinite number to choose from. In fact, there have never been so many synonyms for “fussy eater”.

But plant-based diets are merely a passing fad, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, who say that veganism remains a ‘minority interest’ - in spite of the diet’s apparent omnipresence. “By claiming their credentials as a vegan, young people believe this shows they are ethical, healthy and environmentally aware… the growth of veganism has partially been fuelled by the growth in Instagram,” their report reads.
Only one in 10 vegans have followed the diet for more than a decade, they add, while British meat consumption has risen from 62kg per person per year to 73kg since the mid-80s.

The Vegan Society, unsurprisingly, have lambasted the “obvious bias” in the report, and continue to advocate the pulling power of plants. But how does a novice get involved? Flexitarianism, most likely, the means du jour with a now cult-like following, which sees worshippers spend a few days every now and again (i.e. when they remember/it suits them to do so) as a vegan. Instagrammers like Fat Gay Vegan (a Hackney-based, plant-espousing foodie) and Deliciously Ella have made veganism cool, steering it away from images of eccentric academics with shoes made from lentils.

As tribes go, flexitarians surely have the best of both worlds - they are able to speak about environmental issues with a certain degree of smugness, but with the added benefit of being allowed to sink a bacon sarnie or wedge of brie whenever they please.

How, though, do you pick your tribe? First, do your research. Work out which crowd suits you best - assess what they wear, what their children are called, what their kitchens look like, what sort of “merch” they’re selling (the plant-based gang are very big on yoga pants and tote bags, while the hardcore foodies are obsessed with niche shades of Le Creuset and vintage enamelware), start following a few key figures on social media, and before long you will be a fully paid up member of your culinary clan.

A spotter’s guide to 2018 food tribes

The plant-based brigade


Two words: coconut bacon. This is the sort of delicacy which awaits the committed plant eater. They are a perky bunch who can be identified by the yoga mat gripped permanently under their arm, kitchen cupboards overflowing with nut butters, and fridge stocked with almond milk and an obscene amount of kale. They are not, I repeat NOT, vegans. In fact, technically, a plant-based diet could include the occasional helping of meat (and you should have no qualms about wearing leather), but most of the time, your diet will be 85 per cent chickpea.

They worship at the feet of… Deliciously Ella, queen of the plant eaters.

Desert Island Dish… A buddha bowl. Not something Bridget Jones would smuggle back from Bali, as the name suggests, but rather a dish of grains, topped with various chopped and blended vegetables, sprinkled with seeds and drizzled with tahini or coconut yoghurt.

The paleos

Followers of the paleo way of life believe that our bodies have not evolved to properly process most of the foods we now consume. Refined sugar, dairy, salt, root vegetables, grains and legumes are all verboten. Instead, protein is the name of the game, with lots of fish, meat, fruits and vegetables making up a diet the cavemen would apparently have approved of. A glance at a paleo Instagram account would suggest the cavemen were scarfing rather a lot of wild salmon and wrapped in prosciutto with grilled peaches. Lucky cavemen.

They worship at the feet of… Michelle Tam. With 435,000 followers on Instagram, Tam is the undisputed leader of the Paleosians (NB: Not a real term), who creates menu plans for mums on a mission to feed their little cave children.

Desert Island Dish… Turkey bolognese on a bed of courgetti. Spiralizers were very big in the Cretaceous period, apparently.

The uber foodies

They may not be slaves to their waistlines, but they are addicts, just like the rest of them. They have a series of dealers - there’s the Middle Eastern shop where they get huge packets of sumac, za’atar, and ras al hanout; the butcher who can get them a few pounds of merguez at a moment’s notice, and the ludicrously expensive grocer where they go for Amalfi lemons and heritage tomatoes. They spend their weekends marinating Wagyu beef, and then going on about it.

They worship at the feet of… Ottolenghi. Oh, Yotam. You have brought us so much joy. But you’ve also made us unspeakable snobs.

Desert Island Dish… Anything which features an ingredient which most of your friends won’t have heard of, and will take you three weeks to source.

The free-from crowd

They are perhaps the most entrenched of the foodie tribes. Slightly fragile folk who have demonised normal human reactions to food, so that a touch of bloating becomes a gluten intolerance, a spot is a clear sign of a dairy allergy, a sore left foot the result of too many sulphites in the bloodstream.

They worship at the feet of… Amelia Freer. Nutritionist to the stars, Freer has a gluten, dairy and refined sugar free diet and is an expert in various things including “gluten sensitivity” and “adrenal dysregulation”. Nothing a spot of bone broth and a green juice can’t solve.

Desert Island Dish... Raw sweet potato brownies. More vegetable than cake, but the free-from crowd go mad for them. They’re #vegan and #glutenfree, don’t you know.



https://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-an...8-eating-tribe/

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This was the best bit of that article:
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eccentric academics with shoes made from lentils.


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Now you've got me wondering if lentil shoes swell up when it rains.
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I actually had to look up Michelle Tam. But I'm not much on the recipe end of things.

Also that sounds like a better than usual use for lentils.
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