Grazing anyone?

The term ‘grazing’ irritates me.

Cattle, sheep and horses ‘graze’, not people.

Well, I suppose you could say that about many things. They definitely seem to be very popular. We've only had one once - and it was a present for my husband's birthday from one of the children. I have to say it was very nice, was from a local business and included quite a few things I wouldn't necessarily have thought of myself. I probably wouldn't buy one myself, but it was a nice treat at the time.

People do "graze" they eat walking the streets of our little town.

I sometimes make a little one up on a wooden cheeseboard for my grandaughter when she stays over- she loves it!

Aren’t they the same as buffets?

The verb "to graze" is related to the word grass, which humans cannot eat.
I suppose it's come to mean eating small amounts throughout the day, like the grass-eating mammals.

Despite our reservations, we had a grazing table for DH's 80th party and it was brilliant.

GH has what looks like a lovely wreath style grazing platter recipe in their December issue.

I’m thinking about taking it with me to the GSs Boxing Day bash.

Actually what’s the difference between a buffet and grazing?

Oh I love a grazing platter

It’s finger food. Artfully arranged. Could turn messy after a few people have dived in! 🤷‍♀️

I hate the word grazing. Blimey! What next!?

I thought this thread was about someone looking for land for their animals.

You are paying more for less - take one sandwich and cut into 6 or 8 and lay out in a plate with a few bits of chopped cucumber, lettuce or carrot curls and it looks like a lot of food.

But, it encourages you to eat more. When you eat a meal, you are more mindful of what is a fixed amount on your plate, and it is the same food, so your mind gets bored and you stop.

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It’s finger food. Artfully arranged. Could turn messy after a few people have dived in! 🤷‍♀️

That was my worry FGT but it didn't.

And, we definitely didn't pay more for less.

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Actually what’s the difference between a buffet and grazing?

It sounds like a buffet to me, too.

Finger buffets exist, as well as the horrid ones where you try to cut food on paper plates with plastic cutlery

The one I went to recently was laid out directly on the island of a kitchen, not on plates. There were no gaps, or rather the gaps between items were filled with salad items or fruit. There was not much ‘ brown’ food, it was mostly very colourful.
Once it was open, after initially filling your plate you could go back and just take another item, slice of melon etc. all evening.
Some items were a bit awkward but sturdy paper ( bamboo?) plates and wooden forks were provided.

Just rebranded buffet really that they can charge top price for for

The term grazing has always sounded irritating to me..

And used by silly pretentious women, who were trying to climb the social ladder. Actressy types of humble origins. Really fancied themselves and were two Ryvitas away from anorexia

They would graze at parties whilst mingling with interesting people. Very Eighties.

Perhaps some of these over priced Catering Companies could do a budget pub version of a graze called Grubs Up. Using sausage and bacon butties and sponge cakes etc.

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I've really only spotted this in one place - ie there's a Facebook group called "Hungry Healthy Happy - Easy Recipes". A lot of the stuff on there looks nice to me. I'm restricted to the fact I have to have something else instead of meat - but there's a noticeable number of her "plates" that don't include meat anyway.

Looks nice to me and I'm just trying to get into the general idea of that. For a single person it fits pretty well to have a "little bit of this and a little bit of that" sort of way of eating and not have to reckon on big cook-ups.

She's doing it largely to lose weight and I know I need to lose a bit of weight myself (I'm vanity size 16/18 - and I should be 1970's real size 14). So I can see that matches in with never having to have in very much of one particular ingredient and makes it easier in some ways to think "Ach! So - it doesn't matter if I leave a little bit of this and a little bit of that - as it can form the basis of a grazing plate". That way I'm less likely to think "Might as well eat it up - or it will only go to waste" as I can just re-direct it to a grazing plate. Guilt soon sets in if I waste food - but this is one way not to do that.

Having spent most of my life to date unable to afford whatever food I'd just decided on and had to buy the cheapest stuff I could instead = I still feel guilty about wasting food and hence the tendency to "eat it all".

I theeenk the surplus weight is coming off - albeit bit by tiny bit. I've got the disadvantage of feeling I don't dare get on the scales to check - as last time I did I was 10 stones 6 lbs and I had weighed regularly/put in the effort and got down as far as 9 stone 6 lbs and my figure per se was starting to look rather more reasonable - as I worked my way back down to my proper weight of 8 stones 7 lb. Just as I was starting to feel "presentable" They announced Lockdown and I broke out swearing volubly and headed for extra wine and the weight went back on again......after all my painstaking methods (but I couldnt think of any other way of "turning off my anger" - and so wine it was).

Never heard of them !

grazing use to ment walking thru a store and steal a grape or some other small veggies cherry tomatos cherries
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In France it's an 'Apero dinstoire'. I love it. It means you know you are not going to get a 7 course dinner but won't come away hungry. It will also finish at a respectable hour. I love eating and making canapes so suits me fine. Especially if I am invited to an 'assists espanole', that is being and share. With rises prices this is far less daunting than a full on lunch or dinner and less work on the day.