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What are you a snob about?

telephone89 said:
Fascinating!! I want to try some fancy black pepper now
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You must try white, pink, and green peppercorns as well!!

White is my favourite actually. It smells really earthy - I call it “horse pepper”. It’s phenomenal in soups and stews :lickout:
 
yssie said:
You must try white, pink, and green peppercorns as well!!

White is my favourite actually. It smells really earthy - I call it “horse pepper”. It’s phenomenal in soups and stews :lickout:
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I have tried these, but I never really thought about the quality of the individual "corn" itself. It makes total sense as it's a spice! I may have been perusing some websites about these for the last half hour or so... lol. If I end up ordering some I will be sure to report back.
 
telephone89 said:
I have tried these, but I never really thought about the quality of the individual "corn" itself. It makes total sense as it's a spice! I may have been perusing some websites about these for the last half hour or so... lol. If I end up ordering some I will be sure to report back.
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Please share what brands you try. I buy my white from Penzeys, but I wonder if Penzeys is the Whole Foods of spices - better than most but not the best?
 
pearlsngems said:
I'm particular about my black pepper ever since tasting Penzeys Tellicherry peppercorns. Best pepper I've ever tasted, and now nothing else will do.
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Oh, I love Penzeys Spices! They had a shop in my area for several years, but unfortunately they closed. I was so sad.
 
YadaYadaYada said:
I’m a snob about manners, the kids know they must always ask for something in the following way especially anytime ordering food:

“May I please have…..”

Followed with “yes please” or “no thank you” for any clarifying questions about the order. Always ended with a thank you. Both of the kids know if they start off without “May I” then they will be asked to start over. Outside of ordering food the expectations are the same, always using very good manners. This is something that I think is not emphasized enough in our society especially with kids, you have to start young too so it becomes second nature.

I can’t think of anything else apart from jewelry but that goes without saying here right? ;-)
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A kindred spirit!! My kids follow the “May I please” followed by please/thank you. At 18 and 16, it’s second nature now!
 
Male appendages. They must be young, firm, dependable, straight, and attached to the picture of health and virility. Otherwise I’m not touching it.
 
stracci2000 said:
Oh, I love Penzeys Spices! They had a shop in my area for several years, but unfortunately they closed. I was so sad.
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It's usually more convenient for me to order from their online store.
 
pearlsngems said:
It's usually more convenient for me to order from their online store.
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It was such a sensory experience going into their store! The smell of the place was glorious! Everything was organized and they had sample jars of everything so you could smell them! And free recipe cards, too. I would get so inspired in there.
But now if I want Penzeys I have to pay shipping......
Luckily I still have plenty of their spices still in my cabinet.
 
Granite worktop in the kitchen, nothing else would do.

DK :))
 
pearlsngems said:
I'm particular about my black pepper ever since tasting Penzeys Tellicherry peppercorns. Best pepper I've ever tasted, and now nothing else will do.
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oh excellent point
great back pepper is wonderful
old stale cheap black pepper is just gross

i remember the worst thing about our first lock down is i ran out of black pepper corns
 
I'm afraid mine might also be people, probably that and coffee. I prefer people who can argue with me and win, it gives me something to think about when I'm proved wrong. I'm somewhat of a difficult person to get to know as a result though. Coffee I'm actually not that snobby about but I can't drink the stuff made on instant or out of an office nestle coffee machine OK I also can't drink burnt coffee so probably I'm pretty difficult about coffee . I'm a bit the same about cheese (but I eat my children's fake slice sealed in plastic stuff so it's not irredeemable).
 
qubitasaurus said:
I'm afraid mine might also be people, probably that and coffee. I prefer people who can argue with me and win, it gives me something to think about when I'm proved wrong. I'm somewhat of a difficult person to get to know as a result though. Coffee I'm actually not that snobby about but I can't drink the stuff made on instant or out of an office nestle coffee machine OK I also can't drink burnt coffee so probably I'm pretty difficult about coffee . I'm a bit the same about cheese (but I eat my children's fake slice sealed in plastic stuff so it's not irredeemable).
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Your last line about the cheese got me. I love beautiful cheeses but I am NOT above individually sliced Kraft American if that’s what my daughter has decided she’s into that week.
 
My house cannot appear worn out. The minute a baseboard or a plug or paint or furniture looks like it is in disrepair—it is replaced or updated.

Same for my cars. I usually only keep them for 3 years bc excessive mileage or interior or exterior damage makes me cringe. Yup.

Natural diamonds. I can’t do lab grown.
 
Grammar is one - I let certain things slide but things like ‘using can when you mean may’, mixing up their/there/they’re or your/you’re, using an egregiously wrong preposition etc. absolutely grind my gears.

Jewelry to an extent - I am a snob about EGDs, I don’t think I would ever buy an LGD. I also have a thing about design - I rarely buy things “off the rack”, I prefer to design something custom for every piece I own (I only have a handful of pieces that aren’t custom, and a bunch of those are branded pieces that obviously can’t be custom).

Purses - I only carry designer handbags. A couple of my purses are from lesser known designers, but in that case they will still be bags with a distinctive aesthetic.

Scarves/shawls - I need my scarves and shawls to be absolutely top-class in terms of fabric. All my scarves are branded, primarily Hermes with some Ferragamo, and while my shawls are for the most part not branded since I primarily wear traditional Indian shawls, they are all top-end Kashmir pashmina.
 
LilAlex said:
You are still staying 1000 feet away from schools right
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I hope you meant this in jest, as I meant my post to be. I certainly didn’t mean “young” as in “minor.” Not even close. Wow.
 
I don’t know if it’s being a snob but my kitchen walls and kitchen floor must be tiled. I don’t know what the trend is now but so many contractors tried to persuade me out of tiling my kitchen. Sorry, I’m not interested in painting my kitchen walls ever. I got my way and only need to wipe my kitchen walls once in a while for them to look good again.

I’m also another leather lover. Not only does it feel good to the touch, it just lasts forever if you take care of it. When I moved back to Singapore from Canada, all my synthetic bags peeled and died from the humidity while my leather bags are still doing well, including my 20-year-old Lady Dior that looks still almost brand new. I also have a 22-year-old pair of sandals I bought in Santorini that puts my other shoes to shame. They were made without any glue or synthetic materials, and that’s why they survived in a hot and humid shoe closet for so long.

I have a friend who’s taking a bagmaking course and she showed me new examples of apple eco-leather that looks really promising. Looks luxurious and is biodegradable too. I think that is the better future for vegan leather compared to PU.
 
Taking ‘snob’ in its derogatory sense…

I’ve mellowed with age. When I was young, I thought that only highbrow music was worth my attention. And it had to be listened to live, or through top-end hi-fi. But I came to learn that deep down I’m shallow, and that I lack the sensitivity and intelligence to appreciate it fully. Now I’m happy to listen to Strauss waltzes on YouTube through cheap computer speakers. Still, when I see a comment that the Blue Danube waltz is “the greatest music ever written”, I think “Really? Greater than Magic Flute? Greater than St Matthew Passion?”

Then there is good old-fashioned class-based snobbery. Here in Australia, a ‘broad Australian’ accent (think Steve Irwin) is generally a sign of working class or rural origins. I was brought up middle class. My father, who was a schoolteacher and a university lecturer, spoke ‘cultivated Australian’. (Think Geoffrey Rush.) I still have to fight against the feeling that people who speak with a more cultivated accent are more worth taking seriously. Maybe it’s not strictly snobbery, but it’s at least implicit bias.
 
My fishing gear; I used to use mid range gear but after heavy use in the last few years they've just not stood up to the absolute torture I put them through. So I've gone to the top end with the toughest internal gears.

I'm now using the equivalent of Rolex and Patek Phillipe but in fishing reels :saint:
 
I had to ask my husband as I could think of anything.

He said I am a housing snob lol
I need a great view (no wires involved) and I want to be on the water and I need real hardwood.
But the view (and location) is the dealbreaker because we could always change the floors. I hate "luxury" vinyl no offense to anyone who likes it but luxury vinyl is an oxymoron.

I am picky about my food. Not sure if that makes me a snob however. I like what I like and I also need organic. If it's not organic (salad, veggies, fruit) or wild raised I am not interested.

OK also cycling snobs. We only get the best (for us) bikes. But doesn't everyone feel this way? I mean if you are into an activity you want the best gear right?

Other than that I am not (don't think I am at least) snobby at all. I give most things a chance. Most of the time that is. :)

We were brought up to be very down to earth and to this day I am. Despite being picky about a few things. I do not come across snobby in any way. IMO
 
I made a list.
It was huuuuuuuge and more and more examples kept coming.

But then I looked up snob in the dictionary.

snob​

a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.​

a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other opinions or have different tastes regarding this field: a musical snob.​


After reading the definition I realize all of the things I listed didn't fit the definition.
My list was just things I recognize as high quality, admirable qualities I strive to embrace; it has nothing to do with others.
That's not snobbery.

If I am condescending or overbearing it would be towards people who fall for things for which there is absolutely no proof, especially when it gives them made up hope and promises, and takes their money, and tries to get them to vote to take away rights of others who are not in their group.
I'm not going to apologize for that, because thinking critically and insisting on evidence before believing something the best way to be.
I want to believe as many true things as possible and as few false things as possible.

I don't think that makes me a snob, but you might think so.
 
Perhaps a better question would be, What nice things do you like, appreciate, and value for their own intrinsic sake, not for the status that you and others think owning them imparts to you.

That's got nothing to do with looking down on people, or thinking having nice things makes you nice.
 
Steak as in good quality steaks.

I had a supermarket rib-eye steak yesterday, 227g, and it was too thin and did not have a good beefy taste compared with the ones I get from a local farm shop with its own grass-fed beef herd and hung for longer.

They will cut to my requirement, usually about 400g a piece and quite thick, so that I can cook it to medium rare, nice and juicy.

DK :))
 
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