Not really, but you have to admit that our discussions can look rather precious, sometimes: the way we talk about fine foods, where to get the best such-and-such, refinement in tastes, making financial choices about buying expensive food-wine-cookers that other people wouldn't...
There's usually someone to get back to basics, like simple mashed potatotes recently - fortunately we all agree on points like this one - but I can understand perfectly that sometimes our quest for good food can be seen as slightly elitist. :)
If you consider that one of the necessities of life is to eat we could be only concerned about having enough every day, with the right proportions of proteins, vitamins, etc. Starting from there focusing on a factor as purely superfluous as pleasure opens the door to criticism, if that was part of JPG's intent.
As far as I'm concerned I'll accept that poke, inasmuch as I don't understand other people's interest in, say, cars or listing the reference number of each and every locomotive seen between Derby and London. In fact, I'd be tempted to say that it's precisely the superfluousness of the pleasure in question that makes it interesting and as such vital, since we are social animals in essence, but I won't, I haven't drunk enough tonight.
Greg
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