BBC claims Royal Wedding made 'bowl food' a new trend and everyone is confused

The Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, now known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, had it all.

Fancy hats. A fiery preacher. And the hottest new trend in the culinary world.

Food. But served in a bowl.

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On the day of the global event, BBC published a piece answering the long pondered question of "what is bowl food?" And I'm so glad they cleared it up for me.

They define "bowl food" as being "larger than a canapé and around a quarter of the size of a main course." The food is also served in "miniature or hand-sized bowls and comes ready to eat with a small fork."

"The idea behind a bowl food menu is so guests can stay standing up and mingle while they eat. It has been described by caterers as an option which allows guests to 'keep on talking,'" BBC writes.

As far as what the royals ate out of their mini-bowls, BBC reports 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; and 10-hour slow roasted Windsor pork belly with apple compote and crackling.

Sounds great! But in response to the piece, BBC has been getting roasted like that Windsor pork belly on Twitter.

Yes, it is ridiculous. But the fact that this "analysis" of bowl food even exists proves that if you're rich and famous enough, you can pass any regular part off life as if it's some new trend.

This is kind of like when Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner started rocking cornrows, and fashion bloggers tried to rebrand them as "boxer braids."

I myself am a bowl food aficionado from way back. As a child, it was in the form of Apple Cinnamon Cheerios. In college, it was ramen. So, so much ramen.

And as a somewhat functioning adult, I turn to my good friend bowl food whenever I forget to do dishes and run out of clean plates. I had a bowl food feast of baked chicken, mashed potatoes and peas just the other day.

A trendsetter as well, my cat joined me in that trendy meal with an entree of Purina ONE cat food. We both wore fancy hats and ate with our pinkies extended. It was fabulous. 

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