As mentioned in an article in The Guardian [found via Byzantium’s Shores via I Love Everything], Alan R Hirsch, a doctor at the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, has studied almost 20,000 people over the last few years in an effort to correlate personality with snack food choice.Here is a sampling of the results [copied off the Splendid Table site]:
| Potato Chips: Potato-chip lovers are successful high achievers who enjoy the rewards and trimmings of their success, both in business and in family life. Snack Crackers: Contemplative and thoughtful, people who prefer snack crackers base their decisions on logic rather than emotions. Meat Snacks: Gregarious and social, those who reach for a savory bag of pork rinds or crave beef jerky and other meat snacks are often the life of the party. They are loyal and true friends who can always be trusted. Pretzels: Lively and energetic, pretzel fans seek novelty and thrive in the world of abstract concepts. They often lose interest in mundane, day-to-day routines. Tortilla Chips: Perfectionists in regards to their own actions and to the community at large, people who crave tortilla chips are humanitarians who are often distressed by the inequities and injustices of society. Cheese Curls: Formal, conscientious and always proper, the cheese-curl lover can be described with one word: integrity. They will always maintain moral high ground with their family, work, and romantic partners. |
