Now, this does not mean I am high-maintenance with anything else. Yes, there are certiain things I NEED in a day - for example, lots of water and exercise is also highly important for me (or else I get very crabby very fast) but as a general rule, I am not high maintenance. I'm usually the opposite, actually. Except when it comes to food. There, I reach a whole different level that a lot of people never experience...I am by far QUITE high maintenance in regards to food.
I also am not a snob about much else (well, maybe that's not totally true, I tend to like high-quality things...), but as a general rule, I don't tend to think of myself as a snob. I have never once in my almost 31 years of life on this earth been called a snob by anyone - at least not that I know of... But yes, a food snob I am. So, in reality, this term for myself is sort-of an oxymoron...I am, yet I am not...
Let's get another thing straight...as I am sure you have been able to gather by reading what I have written thus far (all about food) that I am not opposed to food at all. Quite the contrary. I LOVE food. I love to cook new things, try new flavors, bake new and exciting things...and quite honestly to EAT (hence the reason I exercise!)...but the high-maintenance food snob part comes in when we begin to discuss QUALITY. I am all about good quality, good for you food. I love organic. I love whole foods as much as possible. And I love anything that is "weird" and "left of center"...anything that most of the general public may not know much about. This is one of my deepest passions.
One of the coolest things has been how many people I have discovered share the SAME passion as me. I have several good friends that are very much into organic, whole foods and are also "food snobs". I find it amazing how God had a way of bringing these awesome, fun, wonderful people into my life.
Not saying that I never indulge or eat crap. Trust me - if you know me well enough, you know I do eat plenty of "crap". After I ran a 9.3 mile race in Milwaukee this fall, I decided I got to eat anything I wanted the rest of the day. And let me tell you, I did. A gigantic sandwich, a honey latte from Alterra (love, love LOVE), massive amounts of sushi, and pizza at 1:30am. All of which I loved every bite of.
Ever since discovering my dairy sensitivity, I have become a bit more laid back in regards to resturants, because I know to avoid most dairy now - and that has made my stomach feel a lot better - before this knowledge, I would avoid certain things thinking they were the problem, and eat only other certain things and the things that I chose to eat were actually the ones that were giving me problems.
I must admit that I have turned my nose up at many a dish, many a resturant, and many a package of food in the store due to my food snobbiness (dairy sensitivity excluded). However, I have come to embrace it. I am not afraid. I am fearless in the kitchen. Fearless in a way I never dreamed of. Even though I may be a high-maintenance food snob, I have never been more proud to wear this title...weird food habits and all.
In Christ,
Meg
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