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Magic79 Posted 18 years ago
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gourmet meals vs. very very good meals

0The dictionary difines "gourmet" as the following:02br
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00gourmet: adj. [only before noun]02br
00 producing or relating to very good food and drink:02br
00a gourmet cook 02br
00gourmet dinners02br
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00Thus, gourmet meals are meals that are very very good meals. 02br
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00Then my question, is there any difference between:02br
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01font00gourmet meals02font00 AND 01font00very very good meals02font00?0-
  

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0Hi,02br
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00There's not a lot of difference.02br
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00However, 'a gourmet meal' focuses on the idea that this is a meal that is suitable for a gourmet.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0It also has the idea that it's a bit "fancy." I may make the best hamburgers you've ever eaten, and I may have a secret way of baking my French fries with a special coating that makes the absolutely delicious, but burgers and fries will never be considered a gourmet meal.0-
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0Gourmet meal may have more to do with the ingredients, than anything. 02br
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00McDonald's can be very, very good - but it is not gourmet!02br
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00All natural, even organic, home cooked, from scratch, with attention to detail - that's how I define "gourmet meal" - so yes, it 01u00could02u00 even be a hamburger. 0-
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0Thank you. 02br
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00So a gourmet meal is a meal that is has special ingredients and cooked with extreme professionality that it may appeal to gourmet people (people who are good at tasting food). So in this sense, it is a very very good meal.02br
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00Thank you!0-
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