S'mee wrote:
> ~patches~ said:
>
> > I think in some respects I am a cooking snob since I *prefer* homemade
> > to store bought, home preserved to commercial, fresh to preserved, etc.
> > However even though I do all this I still keep store bought items on
> > hand too such as canned soups, frozen veggies like peas since I don't
> > grow them, frozen Oriental veggies mix, and other things like that
> > because they are time savers. For the shudder - I buy and use Cheese
> > Whiz and alpha-ghetti on occasion and I have bought rice-a-roni and at
> > least one of those packaged quick pasta side packets. Although I make a
> > lot of homemade salad dressings I keep a supply of Kraft salad dressings
> > on hand too. The same thing with bbq sauces. So I'm not sure if I'm a
> > true cooking snob or just a snob that loves to cook
>
> A cooking snob is someone who looks down on others for the way they
> cook, IMHO...

Not at all, and anyone who thinks that has low self esteem and/or can't
abide by constructive criticism, usually due to their own latent
snobbish tendancies... yes, there are closet snobs... they go through
life with stiff upper lips while peering down their noses... they
rarely if ever utter what's really on their minds. These types are
extremely superficial and insinsere, they make the most disingenuous of
friends.

Actually a snob is anyone who writes an eleven (11) line paragraph that
contains "I" twelve (12) times, especially when "I" is their very first
word... "patches" is definitely a Snob (with a capital "S"), and in
every respect... actually she exhibits a psychosis manifested in her
blattant use of "I", *egomania*. Btw, people who consistantly use "I"
in their speech and writings are typically lying/exaggerating about
whatever it is they're attempting to convey. Be especially wary of
anyone whose very first word they utter is "I"... you're about to be
abused. It's best to steer clear of these individuals, and they cannot
be apprised of their maleficence, they just don't get it because they
are sick... the world is all about them.

M-W

ego=B7cen=B7tric
1 : concerned with the individual rather than society
2 : taking the ego as the starting point in philosophy
3 a : limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs b
: SELF-centered, selfish=20
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Sheldon