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rebeccmeister ([personal profile] rebeccmeister) wrote2007-05-18 09:49 pm
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Snobbery

Yesterday while weighing out leaves I started talking to P about everything that is involved in producing delicious coffee (he had expressed surprise at the discovery that coffee doesn't always have to be bitter and invited the elaboration on the subject). I was impressed by how receptive P was to learning about the subtler nuances of good coffee.

Today I almost tried to explainofy my dislike of Starbucks (aka the Big Bad Mermaid), but I caught myself in the middle when I remembered I don't always have to have a rational explanation for my behaviors or opinions. I wasn't quite in the right state for an extended conversation about good coffee anyway.

I think I've been striving for some obscure gourmand goal, without entirely due reason. It's nice to enjoy truly delicious food, but not at the expense of being miserable eating anything less than truly delicious food. This is not to say I should try to have less discriminating taste. But occasionally I forget how lucky I am in this country, where there are so many different delicious foods available for the eating. In other places, and at other times, humans have been forced to survive on much simpler fare, and they have done so quite successfully. I've also been fond of the phrase, "There's no accounting for taste," but I'm beginning to think I need to come up with an alternate phrase, because the above phrase is a catchall for a subject that could be more interesting if elaborated upon.