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Old 04-13-2010, 12:19 AM   #13911
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Originally Posted by montsnmags View Post
I don't know. The standard I personally retain for food is to like whatever I like, and to not assume that the applicability of that standard extends beyond the perimeters of my own taste. "Food snobbery" can be a pleasant and educating pastime among those with an equal interest in a particular food product, but an aficionado of processed cheese products is no lesser or better a person than an aficionado of vintage Champagnes. To think myself better than others because of the subjective "standard" of food I eat would be (and has been, and probably will be), for me, a shallow substitute for actual self-betterment.

As one of Australia's most significant figures in our wine industry (Len Evans) once said/paraphrased, "it's just a bloody drink, so let's drink it".

Cheers,
Marc (who likes Chiko in his Roll and Botrytis cinerea in his wine grapes )
Well put.

Eye likes what eye likes. I live on microwaved frozen veges and fish. washed down with a red wine that costs $2.80 a bottle. But I just don't understand (nor enjoy) plastic cheese?
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