Don't turn down food noise!

LANGUAGE needs to constantly evolve, otherwise we would all still be talking like Shakespeare, so I’m always fascinated when new words and phrases come into being.

- Susan Lee - Columnist

My daughter told me the other day the movie she'd recently seen was ‘mid’ by which she meant average, while a mate of mine referred to ‘brain rot’ when talking about her use of social media.

I even found myself, if not exactly down with the kids then surely only a couple of floors above them, after using the term ‘giving designer vibes’ when referring to a pair of M&S jeans.

And yes, since you ask, I did buy them.

So when I heard someone on the radio refer to ‘food noise’ my ears pricked up. Did they mean the pop of the popcorn in the microwave or the sizzle of a nice steak? Perhaps it was the sound, so familiar on Sunday mornings when I was a kid, of the Sunday dinner veggies screaming as they were boiled to mush?