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The royal wedding served bowl food and it’s all over Instagram but what is it?
Metro News ^ | May 28, 2018 | Faima Bakar

Posted on 05/29/2018 10:15:48 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Bowl food is exactly what it sounds like; food in a bowl. We’re not sure what the craze is all about, but it seems to be all over Instagram. And it might have something to do with the royal wedding – Prince Harry and Meghan Markle did serve bowl food, after all, when they tied the knot. Their royal lunch included pea and mint risotto, chicken fricassee and a slow-roasted pork belly, served with apple compote and crackling. So what exactly is bowl food and where has it come from?

Bowl food is larger than a canapé and about a quarter of the size of the main course. It’s served in mini or hand-sized bowls with food that can be easily eaten with a fork in one hand. The idea behind a bowl food menu is that guests can stay standing up and mingle while they eat, as they would with finger food. Some caterers have described it as an option which allows guests to ‘keep on talking’. So, probably not a good idea to put steak in a bowl then. But older guests might want to have a seat and dig in.

As with most aesthetically-pleasing things, Instagram is giving a lot of love and attention to the bowl food trend. And most users have been piling on the bowl long before the royal nuptials. Avocado-loving millennials have decorated many a bowl with delicacies of their choice, from breakfast foods like eggs, porridge, fruit salads, to main meals like rice and curry, dumplings, chicken, and soup.

It makes for some pretty pictures too, with some going all out to garnish their bowls, with plenty of colourful fruits and vegetables. So if you’re in the kitchen, hurry, there’s a bowl that needs decorating. What’s next, plate food? Drink cups? You’ll probably find it on Instagram soon.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; The Guild
KEYWORDS: blech; food; royals; trends; wedding
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1 posted on 05/29/2018 10:15:48 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 05/29/2018 10:18:31 AM PDT by PGR88
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Is that Trump’s Cinco De Mayo Taco Salad? LOL


3 posted on 05/29/2018 10:19:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Royal Gruel???


4 posted on 05/29/2018 10:19:50 AM PDT by laweeks
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I think I will go to waffle house now.


5 posted on 05/29/2018 10:20:57 AM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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So, the Brits are just getting round to discovering tostadas. The food of lower and middle class peasants in the American West.


6 posted on 05/29/2018 10:21:58 AM PDT by lurk
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I once asked a mess sergeant what something was, “White Cake, white frosting, take one and move out!”


7 posted on 05/29/2018 10:22:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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I always thought “bowl food” is what you got watching the Super Bowl....


8 posted on 05/29/2018 10:23:55 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44184941

For the royal lunchtime reception, the bowl food part of the menu included:

-Fricassee of free range chicken with morel mushrooms and young leeks
-pea and mint risotto with pea shoots, truffle oil and parmesan crisps
-10-hour slow roasted Windsor pork belly with apple compote and crackling

All the ingredients have been sourced from companies holding a royal warrant.


9 posted on 05/29/2018 10:24:39 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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Wow. Really healthy and boring-looking food. I imagine the Queen - who has absolutely lovely food served in all her palaces - must have tossed it all behind a column. Undoubtedly, a Megen innovation.


10 posted on 05/29/2018 10:25:33 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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With the pork belly, guess it’s a good thing the ululating crowd outside the church wasn’t invited to the reception.

Ooooh, I’m all hip! Had a bowl of yogurt for breakfast. Had a finger food sandwich for lunch and have a glass for water on the desk.


11 posted on 05/29/2018 10:25:41 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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KFC Famous Bowl. Insert into cup holder and eat away as you text and oh yes... drive.


12 posted on 05/29/2018 10:26:06 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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Bowl food???

Like, ALPO???


13 posted on 05/29/2018 10:26:26 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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:)


14 posted on 05/29/2018 10:29:21 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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Slow-roasted pork belly? How insensitive to Muslims.


15 posted on 05/29/2018 10:29:22 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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Do they use itty bitty forks?


16 posted on 05/29/2018 10:30:28 AM PDT by donna (The California Sanctuary State is the latest method for trapping and trading slaves.)
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I was just going to say we old folks have been eating "bowl food" for years.


17 posted on 05/29/2018 10:30:59 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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What’s the big deal?

We’ve been serving bowl food to our dogs (and the Cat), for decades.

No complaints from them...


18 posted on 05/29/2018 10:33:27 AM PDT by moovova
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Thai chicken feet salad anyone?


19 posted on 05/29/2018 10:34:31 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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There’s a Fresh Kitchen in Orlando that only serves bowl food!
It’s a big hit!
Their coconut and and ? rice ( like risotto) is yummy.....but I can’t think of the 2nd ingredient?


20 posted on 05/29/2018 10:35:07 AM PDT by Guenevere (The wrath of God has come upon them at last.....)
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