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Originally Posted by ziggytrix
I don't see anything snobby about paying more for something that is higher quality product.
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There's nothing wrong with it, if you have the money to do it. You're not a snob for buying organic milk, but you have to admit that there is a clear class distinction between those who can afford to eat organically entirely, and those who go for the canned veggies and the tuna helper, right?
To put it simply-- those who have more money to spend can/will spend it on things that cost more money. There's nothing new about that basic reality, but the added aspect to it (which is what the author is pointing out) is that there is a degree of condescension from those who can afford to eat better.
I think this really comes into play if you're lower-middle class and have kids. Me, being single, can afford to spend the little I have on organic milk and free range meats. It's also a trade off of priorites, in that I'm fine with spending a couple dollars more on some milk, rather than spending it on bottled soda, or whatever.
But this choice isn't necessarily there for a low-income family. For starters, you're often shopping where public transportation can get you, and the poorly stocked chain place is
probably closer than a Whole Foods, or some bourgeois food co-op. Secondly, you buy what's cheap and on sale, cuz when you're feeding mouths it's often about volume rather than quality. Bang for your buck....
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What's snobby is writing an article about the culinary skills of others based on observations of complete strangers' shopping carts.
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Right, far be it from a FOOD CRITIC to do that!
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Originally Posted by AChimp
I like genetically modified food. I think it's great that I can eat a tomato that looks like the advertising, rather than some lumpy organic turd.
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Right, it looks like the advertising, and probably tastes like the paper advertising, too.
