I have been thinking a lot lately which almost always can be a bad thing, it often lands me in trouble or making a mess. I have been reading tons of blogs, one at a time almost. Thankfully I am a quick reader, and I love the comments that people leave. I will find a blog and then read the whole entire thing over the course of a day or two, three to four if I am lucky and stumble on a large older blog I had not read yet. Anyways back to my thinking. I have noticed a whole lot of so called “foodies” and as of today I really do not think I am one anymore.

Allow me to explain. I love food, I am very particular about many of my ingredients.  I will often spend a little bit or a bit more to buy the better item, yet it better really be better and not just a better or more fashionable name. Designer foods really piss me off, nothing I hate more with food that something that is only popular because some other popular people claimed it was. I have just about every spice known to man. I have a wide assortment of vinegars and oils. I grind many of my own spices, I grow herbs. Heck I have different types of salts which to many non food people would make zero sense. Friends and family know I am sort of the go to person when it comes to making something or other, I can always be relied upon to bring a great dish to whatever I am invited to – people enjoy coming to my dinners for the food. In almost every sense of the word people would think I am a foodie.

Much to my surprise, I do not seem to fit in as much though. I must be lacking some special gene or something. I do not have an issue if someone wants to pour ketchup on their steak before even trying it. Macaroni and cheese out of a box will do in a pinch. The ideas that everything must be organic and people can always taste the difference seems plain odd to me. I guess it boils down to that as long as somebody enjoys it and that is how they like it, why should I bitch or care otherwise?

The more I read the more it seems that many have placed foodie and elitist snob in the same group. People seem to scoff at many items as if they are below people. Even worse is the whole assumption that everything must spoil near instantly and one would have an insane death wish if they dared to even think about leaving something out for an hour or whatever – the type of people who would of starved to death less than a century ago it seems.

I really should not even be going on about all of this as I may end up offending even more people. Just one of those things that really gets under my nerves. Almost as bad as those who give a recipe a negative review – after they have changed just about everything in it.

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