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> Are you the OP btw?
Yes.
Well, he does enjoy cooking and I don't want to interfere in that but it's sooo silly when he presents a block of cheese he bought at a supermarket (think of Aldi, Lidl, Tesco and their fellows) and starts to play gourmet over nothing.
I might be harsh, as I enjoy simple things and for me food is mainly for nourishment and enjoyment only in the third place. But I also don't enjoy the feel of being full I like to be not hungry but not bloated at the same time. I don't believe that it's a sign of refined taste when someone uses expensive but unnecessary tools, spices and ingredients. Most of these aren't even possess higher quality, they just expensive to be status symbols. I also don't believe this connoisseur wankery holds any value. It's just snobism.