Men, especially young men, can do some pretty strange things. But eating kibble? Isn’t that for dogs?

Not exactly, according to a recent New York Times piece, Move Over, Girl Dinner. Boy Kibble Has Arrived.

“Boy kibble — also known as “human kibble” since women eat it, too — is a ruthlessly efficient, male-coded rejoinder to the extemporaneous charms of “girl dinner.” The latter is a TikTok term for the assemblage of light bites that women sometimes cobble together and eat as a meal, with little care for gastronomic coherence,” The Times reports.

“Boy kibble, in contrast, focuses on some nutritional ideal — here a mix of carbs, protein and fiber — that helps one achieve a specific body type or fitness goal. Pleasure-seeking details like flavor and aesthetics are tossed to the side.”

The person profiled in the article makes his boy kibble with rice, vegetables and ground beef, all cooked in the same pan.

Part of the ongoing effort by men to define what being a man means these days? Perhaps, the article suggests. Or just another goofy fad? Time, as always will tell.