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Food Snob Rules That I’m Not Buying
Just because it’s a foodie thing doesn’t mean that it’s really better
I don’t really care about what I’m supposed to do or supposed to like, and food and drink are no exception to that. If something is supposed to be better but it doesn’t taste that way to me, I’m not going to abide by some kind of cheffy rule just to act like I’m cool. I think that this stuff is more hype than truth.
Here are a couple of my food pet peeves:
Wine Temperature
You know what is really unappealing to me? Tepid white wine! There’s a food snob rule that white wine should not be served too cold because it purportedly mutes the flavor and you can’t enjoy it properly. I have never had a really cold glass of white wine that I couldn’t taste or didn’t enjoy. On the other hand, I’ve often not enjoyed wine that was no longer cold enough.
Some restaurants just serve their white wine way too warm to start with, and some serve it appropriately cool — for about half the glass. I’d rather not put ice cubes in my wine, but I’d much rather do that than drink warm white wine. When James and I drink white wine at home, we put it into the freezer for about 10 minutes before we open the bottle. That way, the entire glass stays cold until nearly the last drops in the glass. We…
