To wonder WTF 'artisan' is supposed to mean and think it's the epitome of ponciness?!

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I keep seeing and hearing the word 'artisan' being bandied about lately.
Someone on FB is making 'artisan' biscuits. A shop in town sells artisan bread rolls.
the more I type it the less it looks like a real word
AIBU to think it's just the new trendy, arty farty word for pretty things?!

YANBU - it's the new 'bespoke'.

It just means skilled handmade, it has been in use for centuries.

Maybe. Or maybe it's a way for people to express that they've made their stuff with care, over time and with good ingredients? I don't know. I'd be more likely to buy something labelled as such because I appreciate what it means. I also know there's no such thing as an 'artisan' sausage roll!

Yes, it's shite. Here in Melbourne, "boutique" and "gourmet" are the meaningless adjectives slapped around.

YABU. Artisan, when relating to food, means made using traditional or non-industrial methods.

Artisan roughly translated means "we will charge you extra"

Obv. it denotes craftman/womanship, skill, quality, as opposed to cheap, mass produced stuff, but I suspect a lot of things will now become 'artisan' that perhaps weren't before

Or even better - outsource the sourcing

the name to me means poncy over priced goods akin to shabby chic IMO

is artisan the new boho

at Tebay services you get artisan sausage rolls and meat pies they cost a fortune I love these threads It is so poncy a word I am waiting on the mumsnetter to come on and tell the best Artisan story ever

is it not ingredients rather than products so your source your whole meal hand grinded flour to prepare your artisan bread

Tebay is fab though - definitely good for a drool at all the Lovely Things before settling for a packet of Starburst in the newsagent...

Neighbour told me her sister ran a company which made doors, UPVC ones, not just UPVC ones, but 'artisanal' UPVC ones.
Neighbour is the offsping of Hyacinth Bucket and Belinda from 'Tuscany for Beginners'.

yes I do like a mooch we always stop at Tebay Dh will drive on a bit further so we can stop and have a wander round the shop we do the same coming south we are half way home at tebay DD loves the hot chocolate they just do hot milk with a chocolate stick in it

FIL makes artisan breads in his bakery. It just means not bog standard; so, sour doughs, foccacia, soda bread etc.

When did they become 'artisan' though - those kind of breads have existed for years without being 'artisan'! Very lovely they are though - yum.

I never knowingly buy anything made by an artisan. Makes me irrationally furious.

It is just everywhere now used to hear it on cooking programmes then see it in expensive baker shops now it is bloody exploded , I think it came about when folk started sourcing their shopping

I had an artisan pie yesterday, it cost a fucking fiver

for a pie ! get thee to greggs

What the bloody hell was in your pie TheSecond??

Oh yes, mrsjay - the whole sourcing thing does my head in.

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Sorry, random S

Artisan wtf! Breads bread. You made blooming doh and put it in the oven. Yanbu op, totally agree with you. A good excuse to ramp up the price