Henhouse said: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!
No that doesn't make you a food snob. There's nothing wrong with
enjoying quality food ingredients and good food. I guess "processed" in
most cases mean the commercially pre-prepared meals, cakes, cookies, etc
in a broad sense? I don't buy those but if you consider flours, dried
pasta, sweeteners, cheeses, butter, yogurts and fish as being processed
which they are, then I do buy these products. I avoid fast food places
for the most part but can't claim to have never gone. Personally, aside
of discussions on this ng, I don't get into heated arguments over food.
I have my style and IMO it's no one else's business. If I were you, I
would take her comments in stride, shrug them off and carry on. They
really are a form of compliment rather than an insult 🙂
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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!
Well your friend is wrong. It sound to me like she is trying to justify
her cooking style to you even though she doesn't need to and perhaps she
is feeling a little guilty that she does do things the way you do. We
raised kids and I'll tell you they didn't eat microwave meals or fast
food except on very rare occasions. They also didn't eat white sugar,
candy, hot dogs, or processed lunch meats. I have always had a couple
of fruit baskets out - kitchen, family room - and they were allowed to
help themselves without asking. I always had to still have cut up
vegetables in the crisper and again they could help themselves. If it
makes you a food snob by teaching your kids proper nutrition from day
one, then I'm guilty.
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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!
I used to get a lot of comments from inlaws regarding the fact I
wouldn't let the kids eat certain things. As if they would be
maladjusted because they didn't eat candy! Seesh! I got to the point
it would just go in one ear and out the other. On the flip side these
very same people give me high praises for my canning. My canning shelf
is in the kitchen and makes an impressive sight for anyone who hasn't
seen it. The comments are always positive. The wife of one of DH's
friends tried to goad me into an argument over canning insisting it was
a waste of time and you could buy it cheaper in the stores. My reply
was my homecanned food tasted better. She went on and on so finally I
handed her a jar of my salsa to take home and try. She ended up
apologizing 🙂 Seriously it sounds like your friend is just trying to
wind you up which she has, in order to make herself feel better.
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Jo
