"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Doug Kanter" > wrote:
>
>> "Henhouse" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >A friend of mine accused me of being a food snob the other day. Why?
>> >Because I don't buy processed food, and never go to fast food eateries.
>> >I
> (snippage)
>> > Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else here has suffered a similar
>> > accusation, and had any good arguments with which to refute it? Or
>> > perhaps
>> > you think my friend is right and I'm just too precious about the whole
>> > topic? Opinions welcomed!
>> >
>> > Jo
>>
>> You're normal and your friend's an asshole. Next question.
>
> Oh, pishtosh, Doug! Jo doesn't have assholes for friends. Her friend
> is intimidated and envious and doesn't know how to say so without being
> attacking.

I don't buy it. In my first year of college, my friends and I took about 3
days to realize that if we ate nothing but dorm food, we'd soon be dead. We
did something highly unusual - something we discussed only in hushed tones,
far from strangers: We went out and bought a few cookbooks. Then, we went
out to the park behind the dorm and found some long, thin branches which had
fallen off trees. We used those sticks to open the books from 6-8 feet away,
just in case they exploded or tried to bite us. They didn't. Next, we read
the books. Within a month or two, we had some recipes down pat. Hot plates
and crock pots were illegal, so we had to bribe the R.A. with food, and
promise to unplug everything when finished.

Books. We used books. Not only that, but we were smoking astounding
quantities of pot, and we were STILL able to read the books.