~patches~ wrote:
>
> I don't get the negative connotation with this term. I'm not talking
> about the "holier than thou attitude that I'm better than you because I
> cook from scratch". I'm talking about the attitudes seen here where
> people enjoy cooking and love to share that with others. Anyone who
> likes to cook is a food snob of some sort. Certain foods are preferred
> and may be even demanded. Food quality is expected and insisted on.
> Even certain brands are the only brands some cooks will use. A lot of
> people that cook from scratch are picky about their ingredients. The
> only place I've been called a food snob is here and it's the only place
> I've been called a food-nazis. I'll bet most people don't even know
> what either is in RL and if I was called either, it would be a
> compliment rather than an insult. So why are some taking offense to
> this term?

As the one who issued the "food-nazi" designation, my thoughts on food
snobs:

A food snob is one who only shops "organic" because "organic" indicates
quality (which it does not).

A food snob is one who looks down at those who buy frozen vegetables
(plain frozen, not prepared with sauces and such) instead of more
expensive fresh vegetables.

A food snob is one seeks out esoteric food items, not in a search for
the new and interesting, but rather as a way to attempt to impress their
equally shallow friends the same way they do with their car / house /
kids private school / etc.

A food snob is not a gourmet by any stretch of the imagination, they are
nothing more than a culinary name dropper.

BTW, a "food-nazi" and a "food snob" are not even remotely related.

Pete C.