Do you listen to music while you eat a meal?

[A Cute Earring]

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…

 

[Chrispy]

Mostly in prep of a meal rather than just consuming it....

 

[GD Fan]

Music is a must. Either when dining alone or with others. And especially when dining with others and crunchy, noisy food is involved!

 

[A Cute Earring]

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!

 

[Multicore]

When I'm out I don't have a choice, there's always something on. When I'm working in the kitchen, yes, I like to have music. When eating then usually we don't. When guests are present then sometimes.

 

[Keith_W]

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.

 

[Trdat]

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.

 

[MattHooper]

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

 

[Doodski]

I listen to music and videos while wearing my headphones at my desk.

 

[beeface]

I might listen to music or a podcast via headphones with lunch during the work week. not really a "music in the background" guy

 

[Waxx]

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.

 

[Somafunk]

Usually do, as I eat at my desk in front of my iMac I either watch something on YouTube or listen to music