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Do you listen to music while you eat a meal?

A Cute Earring

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I enjoy classic, straight up jazz (no vocals) or classical (solo piano, sonatas etc) while eating a proper meal at home. Including entertaining friends or family.
I know some people who insist on no music during a meal at home. I’m wondering what others prefer…
 
Music is a must. Either when dining alone or with others. And especially when dining with others and crunchy, noisy food is involved!
 
Music is a must. Either when dining alone or with others. And especially when dining with others and crunchy, noisy food is involved!
Never thought about the noisy food, but of course!
 
There are studies that show that music listening during a meal can improve the eating experience. There is also music that ruins the experience, like the Viet pop you find in Vietnamese restaurants. That music is so bad. But then I have come to expect that awful music, it goes with the terrible decor to create the ambience of a Vietnamese restaurant. Eating a bowl of Pho wouldn't be the same without it.
 
This is a great question, definitely listen while preparing food however I try to minimize it while eating. I suppose the idea is to be as relaxed as possible while digesting. However in my case the music is fast and hard hence the reason why I minimize it. Would I listen if the music is slow and relaxing? Well, I think generally I don't like to be distracted while eating.
 
I would usually listen to music while prepping a meal. Just a kitchen, smart speaker usually.

But in the past few years I’ve taken to listening to less music in the background.
I generally prefer to listen to music when I have time to put more attention to it. Which is usually listening to music through my audio system.

There’s also thing that if I’m listening to music a lot in the background, I kind of get “music’d out” and want to take a break from music rather than listen to more of it on my system.
So to a certain degree listening to music in the background Impedes a bit of my desire to sit down and listen to music later on to my system.

I guess it’s a little bit like some people who find taking a nap during the day ultimately impedes the quality of their sleep :)
 
I listen to music and videos while wearing my headphones at my desk.
 
I might listen to music or a podcast via headphones with lunch during the work week. not really a "music in the background" guy
 
No, if something is playing it's video (mostly youtube docu's). But very often it's silent and i'm looking outside to the birds in my garden as entertainment while eating.
 
Usually do, as I eat at my desk in front of my iMac I either watch something on YouTube or listen to music
 
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