I was watching tv and it was the scene were people are having food at a restaurant and the lady asks the guy "should we order appetizers or go straight to the meal?" and then a stream of thoughts started in my head, and I began to ask myself "why did I never think of this before?"

Why do we need appetizers and what is the whole purpose of having them? If you go out to a restaurant to eat, you are mostly hungry and want to satisfy your hunger quickly, so doing that over three,five or even seven stages (assuming you get sweets and other stuff also) is a bit of a stretch, plus it costs you more to pay for the parts instead of one wholesome meal, not considering the drinks of course.

The person who came up with the idea of the appetizer is a sick individual who has made people suffer, and what is even worse is that many places now have appetizers that can be considered as meals themselves and might sometimes cost as much as a meal. Also, what is the meaning of the word appetizer, what does this or that dish appetite or is it appetize? Sometimes restaurants fool people and call them starters, well to that I say, start what! why can't we just go a place, sit and order the main course without going through the hastle and time wasting of more dishes? We do that when we order for delivery, we ask for the meal itself and sometimes it comes with side orders, which is fine, a side order is allowed as it can be part of a meal, like fries with fried chicken or burger, or some kind of broth with baryani, or even chicken wings with Pizza, although the wings can be considered a meal on their own.

The appetizer is an evil dish, it does not make you want to eat more, it ruins the meal, it makes you wait longer for your meal. However, if you do decide to have appetizers, then skip the meal, and make an assortment of appetizers your meal, this is technically not having an appetizer, but having a meal with several dishes.

Say No to three, five and seven course meals! Join the Purgatorian Food Revolution!

Purgatorian Post #839