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In article om>,
says...
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>
>Hunt wrote:
>> In article .com>,
>> says...
>> >
>> >
>> >Nils Gustaf Lindgren wrote:
>> [SNIP[
>>
>> UC,
>>
>> I agree with you about many of the aspects in you statements, but differ
with
>> some others - the extent of my agreement/disagreement is really moot, hence
>> the snippage.
>>
>> I probably disagree, because I am both a food and a wine snob. I spend a
great
>> deal of time tasting both food and wine, though through different
techniques.
>> For me, both are very intertwined, though can be separated to some degree.
>>
>> As for the food aspect, I narrow the consumption down to two classes: one,
>> eats to live, the other lives to eat. Oversimplification? Sure, but it
works
>> for me, both with food and with wine.
>>
>> Hunt
>
>To me, saying something like this is snobbery. Suppose you have two
>wine snobs talling to each other:
>
>"Q: Have you tried the Petrus Pomerol 1998?
>
>A: Yes. Rather nice. Bought three cases last week. The '97, of course,
>is hopeless. I wouldn't serve it to my dogs."

I'm sorry, but your allusion is lost on me here. After all, I have already
admitted to being both a wine and a food snob. Now, if you are refering to
pomposity, I try to shy away from that, though might not always be successful,
but I am learning...

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