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Old 23-08-2010, 16:24
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There appear to be many around.

For example - Do you buy the cheapest baked beans or the dearest?

Or - Would you buy the most expensive ingredients if you were having friends round for supper?

What are you having to eat tonight?
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:26
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I will never buy stripey food, or anything from the Be Shit To Yourself range, so I guess that's a yes from me.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:29
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I wouldn't say I was a food snob but I would turn my nose up at a sandwich made with processed ham and cheap, white sliced bread. I love food so eating crap food just seems a waste of calories.

I do love the odd Big Mac though.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:30
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Food snobbery is pointless - just eat what you think tastes the best.

I have eaten in Michelin starred restaurants - but sometimes a bowl of chicken flavoured super noodles with hotdogs in just hits the spot like nothing else on earth.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:30
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Nope. Definitely not a snob. Own brand, value beans, yes! Value soups...value anything! Aldi, Lidl all of that.

Doesn't bother me. More or less the same stuff/taste for less money.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:31
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Nope.

Tonight is chicken from Iceland with Tesco value veggies.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:31
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I never buy stuff from the cheapest supermarket range cos they're usually loaded with shite. I don't call that being a snob, merely being conscious of my health.

Also, I try to buy organically produced meat, or make sure that if it's not organic, it is at least humane in the way it has been produced. I won't buy battery-farmed chicken, or any EU pork.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:31
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I am a bit fussy when it come to baking ingredients, but I buy what works/tastes best.

Oh and tonight we are having aubergine curry.

At the moment I am sitting eating a tin of condensed milk.

Edited to add - when I think about it I might actually be a bit of a food snob.

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Old 23-08-2010, 16:32
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I just love any good quality tasty food really no matter what the make or how much or little it costs.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:32
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Yes I guess I would be considered a food snob. I prefer to go for brands which contain less fats/sugars/salts which are rarely the cheapest.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:34
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PS... Tonights dinner is a cheese and onion pasty from the bakery counter at Morrisons with mash and cabbage.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:35
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I just love any good quality tasty food really no matter what the make or how much or little it costs.
Me too.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:36
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No, I'm definately not a food snob. I do like my good food, but I'm also happy to sit down with a Rustler's burger. As for the beans, it has to be Sainsbury's own brand Beans & Sausages.

Having these Gammon Steaks with a packet of Mild Curry Super Noodles for tea tonight.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:38
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I certainly am a food snob... i tend to look for the most basic variety of the product I require, and then purchase the one that is just slightly higher in price and has a bit of a nicer label.

My Tesco Imperial Vodka is probably the same as the Tesco Value Vodka, but at least the label doesn't make it look as if I'm a total cheapskate. Same with the mouthwash, shampoo, baked beans, sliced bread, etc. etc.!
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:40
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Depends what I am doing with it i.e. cheap tinned tomatoes good for curries bolognaise sauce etc but with an English breakfast I prefer better quality with a thicker sauce. Generally, but a bit of both but really do not like over processed white bread
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:40
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Shop at Marks, the Co-Op and Farmfoods so i would say no.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:52
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I am a bit fussy when it come to baking ingredients, but I buy what works/tastes best.

Oh and tonight we are having aubergine curry.

At the moment I am sitting eating a tin of condensed milk.

Edited to add - when I think about it I might actually be a bit of a food snob.
Give me a tin of condensed milk before an aubergine curry any day!

Why aubergines? Uhg, they're horrid.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:55
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I wouldn't say I was a food snob but I would turn my nose up at a sandwich made with processed ham and cheap, white sliced bread. I love food so eating crap food just seems a waste of calories.

I do love the odd Big Mac though.
I'm sure you wouldn't turn your nose up at that butty if you were hungry enough. Anyway, it sounds good for a change now and again.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:57
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I'm picky about what I eat, nutrition-wise, but I would never look down on anyone else's food choices.
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Old 23-08-2010, 16:59
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Food snobs make me laugh, more money than sense springs to mind. I think anyone who only purchases the most expensive branded labels because they consider them the best and won't try anything less is a mug.
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Old 23-08-2010, 17:00
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I'm not a food snob in the sense that I'd only every buy the most expensive ingredients - cheap stuff works just as well.

However, my friends all think I am, in the sense that everything that I eat/cook I try to ensure has been cooked by myself, and I won't buy ready meals/ready made sauces etc very often.
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Old 23-08-2010, 17:02
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Not really...

I love food, I love eating but I also appreciate not everyone can afford to buy the most high end of ingredients.

There are some things I never compromise on... All my sauces (ketchup etc) have to be branded, I buy fresh herbs (I also have the dry versions just in case though), baked beans have to be Heinz, I use Passsata instead of tinned tomatoes and I wont buy cheap meat, veg and salad... other than that though I'm not too fussy! That said I rarely have the time to cook every element of the evening meal from scratch (that could mean I sometimes serve up M&S ultimate Mash or the fact that I don't make my own pasta depending on the dish of course!!) Tonight for example I am making Fajitas and wont be making my own Tortilla

I shop in Waitrose when I can afford it, Sainsbury's and Morrison's () the rest of the time.

I am not adverse to an occasional take away (love Nando's LOL)

I have utlimate respect for people that live on a strict budget and still produce heatlhy, varied meals with less expensive ingredients...
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Old 23-08-2010, 17:03
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I'm not a food snob in the sense that I'd only every buy the most expensive ingredients - cheap stuff works just as well.

However, my friends all think I am, in the sense that everything that I eat/cook I try to ensure has been cooked by myself, and I won't buy ready meals/ready made sauces etc very often.
Yeah, that's how I am.
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Old 23-08-2010, 17:04
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I shop in Waitrose and at my local organic store on occasion but I also believe that a fried egg sarnie HAS to be on white plastic bread with brown sauce. Some "stripey food" as someone's brilliantly christened it above is great: Sainsbury's own teabags are an example.
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Old 23-08-2010, 17:09
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I think I get rather too seduced by fancy packaging... A lot of the things I buy are probably overpriced (well, they seem rather expensive anyway - especially things like fancy granolas and mueslis, and coffee) but I like looking at the pretty packaging and reading an ingredients list that isn't full of E numbers and chemicals I've never heard of.

I tend to stick to fresh, unprocessed and often organic food on the whole when I can afford to, especially with dairy products, eggs and meat. I buy some things from 'basics' ranges, like tinned tomatoes and some fruit and veg.

I still take great pleasure from the occasional tin of Heinz Spaghetti Hoops, tinned rice pudding and cheap chocolate.

I think perhaps rather than being a food snob I'm just generally a bit sad, and enjoy food shopping a bit too much!
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