zahavasdad,
“Driving in many frum jewish neighborhoods I see fancy Chanderliers and fancy Italian furniture”
1. Ornate home decor is not “hip”, and in fact may be the opposite. The statement such items make is, “I am wealthy”, which may have its own faults, but is not the same.
2. I’m not sure it’s a good idea to be looking into other people’s houses, particularly when driving. It might make people feel uncomfortable, and it might cause you to sideswipe a parked car.
“My issue with hemish foods is not the foods themselves”
The rather graphic descriptions you give to some heimish foods indicates otherwise.
“but rather the way people treat it , Like its holy or something, There is a book Ive quoted before which says one should eat Chulent for melava Malka instead of Pizza because there is something special about Chulent . If you want to eat Pizza for Melava Melka, enjoy yourself”
1. Don’t hold the frum community as a whole responsible for something you read in a book somewhere.
2. The point may not have been heimish food vs. non-heimish per se, but rather the idea that just as we consume “special” foods on Shabbos, perhaps we should do the same for the melave malka. If sushi is your idea of a special Shabbos food, then have that for the melave malka. Pizza is more akin to fast food, weekday food. My grandfather didn’t even consider it fit for a regular meal – he saw it as a dessert. This may be where the author of your book is coming from.
3. Holy may be taking things a step too far, but given that human beings are social creatures, culture will always have an impact. And like it or not, “heimish” foods are a part of the tapestry of frum culture, and thus do have some significance. That’s why they’re called “heimish” in the first place.
“or someone posted something before that Gefiltle had the Ta’am of Shabbos while Sushi was just fancy fish.”
A million times more than my comment about the book: Don’t hold the frum community as a whole responsible for something you’ve read on the CR.
“The only reason Gefile might remind anyone of Shabbos because people rarely eat it during the week and people rarely eat Sushi on Shabbos (It doesnt refrigerate well, otherwise Id use it ). If people would eat Sushi on Shabbos, then it would have the Ta’am of Shabbos.”
You just explained why gefilte fish is culturally regarded as a Shabbos food while sushi is not better than I could. Gefilte fish, probably because it’s prepared such that one doesn’t have to remove bones, is culturally associated with Shabbos. Sushi, which spoils quickly, tends to be less frequently seen on Shabbos. So what’s the big deal?