Today I was digging through my book of writing prompts and stumbled onto is there anything you are a snob about? I look at things that folks are picky about and some of them are puzzling to me. There are folks who are picky about wait times at restaurants while there are others who wish that having a certain amount of time in between classes in school would be a little more spread out. For myself, I automatically thought about salsa stations and the delicious flavor they add to a taco. My girlfriend and I are big taco fans and we find some taco trucks throughout the area and sometimes some taquerias. There is one nearby where we have gone and the salsa has made our asada, chicken, al pastor, or buche tacos taste better. The salsa also makes you spice your flavor up and it makes you look forward towards tasting the next bite. When we have had our tacos I usually go for the green salsa which has some form of tomatillo with jalapeno peppers. The reason I am a snob about this is because it makes the experience of eating the taco exhilarating and thrilling. I would almost say that the salsa experience is taking a risk because you do not know how spicy or non-spicy the salsa may be. I would compare this to going to a ramen location and when they ask you about the spicy level on your ramen. I am not the best when it comes to eating spicy food but when you use the right amount of salsa on a taco it brings the tenderness and the juiciness out of the meat.
It gives credence to how a taco and each bite brings about the seasoning in the meat as well. I also have a weird habit when I go to a taco place that I get one of each meat so that each meat that I eat is not over saturated on my plate. Going back to a few years, I was not the biggest taco fan because I would regularly get tacos from a taqueria but once I was introduced to taco trucks, I started to see how much better the taco truck was compared to a regular taco at a restaurant. Now that my perspective has changed, I have gone around to some other food trucks with my girlfriend IB and we see the different meats and how much of a difference a salsa station does make. As I alluded to earlier, this can be at other locations as well as to how spicy folks may want their chicken wings, their curry, or even their Thai dish. That is what is fascinating about food, it can be made on spice level or it can be broken down a notch because of the spice level (credit to IB on this one for pointing this out). Which brings me to one more topic about food that I am a snob about.
The next thing I am a snob about is having my milkshakes and my fruit smoothies down to a point. I remember a while ago I went to a local Jamba Juice and some of the fruit at the bottom of the cup was not crushed down the whole way. I found this discouraging because I would want the fruit crushed down to enjoy the fruit a little more. I also feel when it does not get crushed down that it makes the smoothie feel a little bit harder and makes it more difficult to sip through a straw. Another example I can think of lately was when myself and my girlfriend went to a local McDonald’s as well and her mocha chocolate beans were not mixed in very well and if that were me, I would not be satisfied with the service either. The main reason I am a snob about this in particular is because if I can make something like this in my own time, I expect something like a smoothie or a milkshake to be made in the same manner. I know people may say this is overdoing it but the flavor and ingredients matter in this case. Lastly, I want to point out something that I am snob about that may surprise some people.
When I was younger, my brother would take us out to movies that were thrillers/mystery/scary movies. I would sometimes be thrilled about going to these movies but for some weird reason as I got older, I started resisting going to these movies. I think the reason I started resisting these movies was because I realized how dumbed down and illogical the movies may be. I also saw that the movie uses these scary moments (which for the most part are scary and are very good tactics at getting me scared). As I saw these movies and seeing them growing up, I think at some point in my 20’s is when I pulled away from watching these movies. I saw how unrealistic as well these movies had become. For example, when a couple of friends would split up and they would end up going the wrong way or they end up going somewhere only to be thwarted by the villain. These plot points seemed very far-fetched to me and I found myself liking comedy and action movies more. The action and comedy I know can be over the top as well but at least I can get into these movies and see the logic that is brought into these movies. I told my friends and family a while back that I wouldn’t pay for horror movies because there drawing is just monsters and myths. Yes, we may think of them in real life and what they may bring but in the long run but to see them on a Hollywood screen brings about too much for myself.
Now, everyone knows a little more about what I am snobby about. When it comes to food, I do the best I can with it but adding a certain spicy level or knowing what comes along with the shakes as well. I’m also picky and snobby when it comes to horror movies when they come out because of the amount of over the top effects and detail it brings to other world elements.
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