I ran across my whistle a couple of years ago in an old jewelry box, Man the memories just came rushing in. I was a decent trainer but my real niche and something I loved doing was starting young all age dogs and getting them to reach out but still be under some control. I haven’t trained a dog in almost 40 years now but I still follow some of the pages on faceboook. I really miss it.
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Exactly. Sushi- well most of it- has a delicate flavor. I also use only a small amount of “wasabi” , but likely too much (low sodium) soy sauce.
I’m snobbish about food, in some ways. I like fresh food, fresh ingredients and freshly cooked. I don’t like leftovers, even the leftovers from the fantastic food I cook. And I’m snobbish about the quality of food in general because I can tell the difference between the rare delicacy and the many weaker dishes bearing the same name but are not significantly different than food court pig slop. But I’ll still eat McDonald’s and KFC without blinking. That’s not really food though, just Human Chow.
I do prefer basic sushi and sashimi dishes over ornate rolls. But I also kinda like Rainbow Rolls that were already mentioned, If done well each slice is primarily one type of fish on the outside, but often the interior ingredients are buried too deep. I wouldn’t make a sandwich with a slice of bread between salami and cheese.
Photography…specifically film photography.
Yes, though I was a serious photographer in digital photography for many years, these days I only shoot film, and in my mind that’s where the art really lies.
Last Thursday I went to the park with a funky new Pentax camera that shoots half frames in vertical format–that’s half of a 35mm frame–and I shot a roll of Ilford HP5 Plus, the Internet’s favorite black-and-white film stock. The pictures came out great.
On Sunday I did darkroom prints of several of those shots and dry mounted them on matt board. In my opinion they are beautiful, full of grainy awesomeness.
The irony does not escape me that I had my iPhone in my pocket the whole time, and had I simply set down the weird film camera and taken out my phone, I would have had much higher quality photographs.
But those film photographs have soul!
Tools, especially power tool and things like chain saws and weed eaters.
Circular saw? Must be a Skil magnesium worm drive.
I’ll never buy anything but Stihl (well, Husqvarna is good too).
Because I buy good stuff, I rarely replace it. So I must admit I don’t know that much about other brands.
Probably newsfeed headlines. If I see a celebrity gossip headline that insults my intelligence, like “So-and-so said something bad and the internet is freaking out,” I will block the source. 2 or 3 people getting offended over something I’ve never heard of or care little about IS NOT THE INTERNET.
I’m definitely a snob, but not about things like music and food and art - those are just personal tastes. But my grandmother worked as a parlour maid in a rich house in about 1910 and picked up all sorts of snobbish attitudes from her employers which she passed down to my Mum and hence onto me.
So I’m snobbish about things which don’t matter a jot, like looking down on people who don’t know how to hold a knife and fork, people who put net curtains at their windows, and appropriate attire for a funeral, wedding or smart restaurant, even if you’re 3 years old (my father was a tailor, we maintained high dress standards in our house).
Twinnings is good enough, but the best I’ve found in the US is Stash English Breakfast. Can’t always find it, though: Often, a store will only have the weird flavors for Stash, and when I’m drinking black tea, I don’t like any bergamot, or mint, or orange rind, or smoke, or whatever else in my tea, just aged Camilia sinensis.
Yorkshire Gold.
I’m kind of generally anti-snob. Maybe counter-snob. The more people tend to assert that there is one right and true way to do a thing (like making mashed potatoes), or that there is one good example of a thing within a category, and all the others are trash, the more likely I am to do something else, other than what they strenuously assert, partly out of spite, but also, because those assertions are always bullshit.
Edit: I mean, they are always bullshit when they are foisted on others. Like what you like; be as particular and choosy as you like about what you like - your ability to make choices is possibly the most amazing thing in the universe and the pleasure you get from making your choices is perhaps the highest human purpose. But try to assert that you have discovered some platonic ideal of what is possible to be likeable by everyone, and you are my enemy.
Ice. I prefer to get my ice at work from the machine that makes small hollow cubes. They don’t last as long as the squares with the domed top but they crunch better. And if I get cubes with solid white, I know they’ll crunch beautifully.
For apples I prefer russets.
Anti-snob? I think Safeway diet grapefruit soda is swell.
Heh, I’m a bit of a food/drink snob, so let me add to your apple preference. I assume you’re talking about eating the apple out of hand, correct?
We live next to an apple orchard. I’ll eat one of their honey crisps any day, they’re delicious. But if I’m making applesauce I want a blend of several different apples. If I’m baking apples I want one or two specific varieties. Also there will be variations according to where we are in the season.
Our neighbor makes apple cider that is sold in their market as well as several local grocery stores. Each year, due to weather variations, the blend of apples he uses will change. He’s like a vintner making wine. He offers me a taste of the year’s blend and I sip and appreciate. My comments range from, “oh, that’s good” (if average) to, “WOW” (if really special) and he usually agrees.
Beer. Mmmmmm, beer. I love IPAs and sours. Farmhouse ales and stouts are greatly appreciated. I work to enjoy a really nicely done Lager. Limed lagers (aka Mexican beers) are nice on a hot day. Oskar Blues has a Pilsner I love.
I also like Genesee Cream Ale, so there’s that.
Oh, you got me with the ice.
I love my ice. I love Sonic ice.
I love the hollow cubes. I specifically shopped for an ice maker that makes those.
Hate hate the half moon cubes.
Of course as soon as I got my new refrigerator the same brand put out one that makes round cubes. I hate that company now.
That’s what I wanted, the jerks.
I’m not allowed to chew ice anymore. Meany head dentist says so.
But, boy I can suck.
It’s the way I get my water. I’m limited how much liquid I can have, so Ice is my friend.
I love a good IPA. But it must not contain any fruit extract whatsoever; just water, barley, yeast, and lots of hops. Sadly (IMO), the fruit-infused IPAs seem to be all the rage now. So much so that it’s become a challenge when trying to order a beer at a restaurant.
I think I have to add “well made” clothing/objects made of “natural materials.” For the most part, I like clothing made of cotton or wool. I’d rather have a few well constructed items than several items of disposable fashion.
I really like the look and feel of nice wood/leather/metal in tools, furniture, accessories…, and will pay a premium for it - even knowing that the plastic version might last longer.
Also, architecture. It sorta offends my eye when I see a house with an addition that just does not make sense with the style of the original home. Or where the lines are drawn in an incongruent manner. Not a fan of cheap (or cheap-appearing) new construction. Often, it would take little/no more effort and expense to use elegant lines, than haphazard.
Similarly, landscaping. Even if you do not want to put in elaborate plantings, a very simple, low maintenance yard can have decent lines/structure. In fact, sometimes you see tortured shrubbery which actually involves MORE time and effort than a more natural form. I understand that some people simply do not care what their home looks like when they enter/leave - but I don’t understand why that is.
That’s interesting. Does that still apply to things like stews (assuming you like stews in the first place) that may benefit from aging a day or two?
I find Yorkshire Gold to be just a wee bit overly tannic for my taste. I suspect it works wonderfully if you drink British-style tea with dairy. But I’m a filthy American who likes my tea either black or with sweetener only, so YG is a bit too robust for my taste. I bought a box for work that sat there forever, with hardly anyone touching it.
Lately I’ve been drinking Choice, which isn’t bad and Harney & Sons.
Sometimes. I’ll eat soups and stews the day after. Usually when I don’t it’s because all the good stuff got picked out anyway. I also make some soups and stews early in the day so they’ll have the benefits of sitting for a while. And it’s not like I won’t eat any leftovers, but they’ve moved on to a different category for me, and sometimes I just don’t want the same food two days in a row.
Movie theaters. The whole AMC/Cinemark/etc. aesthetic just leaves me feeling weary and degraded - especially those endless pre-previews ads. Give me an independently owned arthouse theater any day, with threadbare seats and soft jazz playing over a slideshow of black-and-white stills from Fellini and Bergman classics before the lights go down…