Re: Food snob?


"Henhouse" <darkginger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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A friend of mine accused me of being a food snob the other day. Why?
Because I don't buy processed food, and never go to fast food eateries.
I also always buy free range chicken and use either eggs from our own
free range chooks, or bought duck eggs. I also buy organic foods from
time to time, and try to buy seasonally and locally (being aware of food
miles etc.) Does this really make me a food snob? I feel quite insulted,
to tell you the truth - I don't dictate what others should eat, I just
make the choices I prefer. I enjoy cooking and have the time to spend
doing it, plus access to great local produce - I'm not sure why this
could be seen as wrong in some way!

My friend got quite heated about it all, and told me that if I'd got
four kids and was working full time, I'd soon change my ways and opt for
foods I could just stick in the microwave (not that she has the four
kids etc., just the one 25yr old son). I'm not likely to ever find
myself in that position, but I imagine that if I had children I'd be
even more concerned about the foods they were eating than I am about my
own. I could be wrong, of course!

This is the same friend who is happy to come to dinner at my house, but
who refuses to return the favour, as she is 'frightened' of cooking for
me, as I am (allegedly) good at it - LOL! I'd be happy with beans on
toast, if someone else had cooked it - but that's by the by.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else here has suffered a similar
accusation, and had any good arguments with which to refute it? Or
perhaps you think my friend is right and I'm just too precious about the
whole topic? Opinions welcomed!

Jo

I have a friend like that, too, and she's always inviting me to come over
for lunch. What does she have on hand on a regular basis? Frozen burritos,
Kraft mac 'n cheese, packaged ramen noodles, pizza rolls, frozen jalepeno
poppers, frozen breaded chicken tenders - stuff like that. That's what she
feeds her family. I politely decline, but then I feel compelled to offer
her something from *my* fridge, which she always accepts because she knows
what I prepare is made with fresh ingredients and it still tastes good!

I keep shaking my head at my friend because she complains about her weight
and her daughters' weight (her 15 year old daughter is over 300 pounds!, her
12 year old is about 170) and I just want to shake her! I keep trying to
tell her that it's the kind of food she's buying that's causing the weight
gain, she nods and says "she knows", but she claims that this is all her
kids will eat. Personally, I think she's killing her family. Sad thing is,
all this junk "food" is supported by the government. Yep, you got it, Food
Stamps. Someone should supervise what kinds of foods people should be
allowed to buy on government assistance.

kili


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