have i reached the height of middle class pretension ?

[Gowgirl]

I've just realised I'm julienning carrots and cucumber for the moppets to dip in organic bloody hummus while admiring my shiny new bottle of craft gin.

Then I realised that they probally wont eat their fish fingers and chips now, and I spent all day mumsnetting so the house is a shit tip!

Feel free to add your own

I always find amusing the following statement : I'm middle class because....only the uk is like this. Why is this so important to class people ? More amusingly you eat brioche that makes middle-class ? Same for nice cheese ? I'm not British, I'm just baffled at this !

You mean paradox.

HandbagKrabby

keep them coming!!

"FFS, cheers to all the humourless twats who have ruined this thread for the rest of us." How very lower middle class

Did you really expect to get away with classist shite?

Not sure why someone thinks their kids playing violin and flute is MC. Mine are the same age and play trombone and flute and we're working class as they come!

"@tessiebear4 food doesn't belong to one social class but it is stereotypical of certain classes to have certain food and therefore the connotations of julienning are middle class." That's not the case on the continent where a broader palette of foods and beverages are enjoyed across the classes.

"I'm a real juxtaposition ..." You what?

I think it comes from money. Brioche used to be more expensive and from nice bakeries where people on lower incomes prob wouldn't shop. It's now available at Aldi, but the connotations have remained.st
Same with giving your children organic hummus and veggies instead of a McDonalds happy meal. A happy meal is two quid. Hummus is cheap now but if you shop at these higher end stores where it only used to be available due to it being foreign and exclusive. Kids in Israel of any class or income probably have been eating hummus for years. But because its exciting and foreign and therefore (used to be) a bit more expensive, it's seen as "posher"

Basically it boils down to money

the fact that we live in a Monarchy has something to do with it. The upper middle-class wants to be aristocratic, the working class wants to feel middle-class.

If you think your food is "middle-class", then clearly you are not. Aspirational is a kind word for it. Pretty much all of the food described can be bought in a garage (M&S or others), so it really is just food. It makes some people feel better about themselves to think that there is more to it.

Sorry for all the typos. I'm working class so therefore my shite, cheapo phone likes to throw random words in

I am working class too, I am humbled that MN accepts people like me on this forum

I have never tasted hummous until I came to England 18 years ago, same for any sort of dips. Even mozzarella ! But brioche and other pastries as well as the stinkiest cheese the bestest were very much part of my life :)

I've found this thread really funny and I'm not offended at all.

Some food is definitely seen and middle class which is strange but that's just the way it is. Asparagus is really cheap in LIDL and dd can't get enough of it. She has it with her freezer food like chicken dippers. I'm not aspiring to be middle class by buying it

Her night nappies fucking reek in the morning though

Anyways, back to the light self mocking as originally intended...
Tea time, every time pasta is served and the parmesan is out, DS pipes up with a furrowed brow "Is it Parmigiano mummy?" before sprinkling liberally. Thankfully Grana Padano is just about tolerated, but I suspect Edam would be intercepted.

Because of asparagus wee I meant to add!

Because of asparagus wee I meant to add!

The problem is that I feel you have to hide some food and only serve fish fingers or pizza if you have children staying over, or the parents will think you are being a show-off. It's only bloody food!

That's it in a nutshell Coddiwomple. Ikea meatballs are just as popular in my house. 🙂

^ "So why bother commenting? You don't get the humour, which is fine as it is very cultural, but why bother commenting? Who cares?"

Exactly Coffee. I see plenty of threads on here, where I wince and think 'Nah, not for me'. So, guess what...? I just move on. I know...I know...it's a revelation, isn't it.

I think there's a bit of sour grapes...which reminds me of when DD2 sighed and announced 'I have to say, I really rather prefer red grapes, Mummy' grin ^

Perhaps it is cultural to find humor in openly bragging about your wealth and perceived social status, but it does appear that quite a few born-and-bred Brits are cringing in embarrassment as well. It's funny because I always thought Americans had the reputation for confusing money with class...

As far as "sour grapes," I'm not going to be baited into making this personal, but suffice it to say that's truly laughable. I genuinely would not feel comfortable describing my financial situation (or markers thereof) for many reasons, not the least of which is my awareness of the many people, including some MNers, who couldn't dream of affording the things mentioned on this thread. I can't imagine they find these responses funny, except perhaps in a very ironic way.

As to the suggestion that I shouldn't post if I don't agree with others, you're cute . Welcome to Mumsnet.

Why didn't my italics work? Not relevant at all

Penhacked - 6 year old didn't eat very much but loved a little piece of Parmigiano in his lunch box. We ran out, of course he wouldn't notice the GP substituted. 'Mummy, my cheese tasted funny today.'!!
Forget to make a lunchbox for his brother playing chess one weekend. Put bits from the fridge including in some quail's eggs. His friend's DM has never forgotten it, oh dear! Brother now at uni and existing on pot noodles.
Rushing into a department store, toddler pipes up, 'Mummy this isn't John Lewis!'
You can't win!

Anyone can afford the food stuffs on this thread even though many of us grew up thinking flavoured yoghurt was posh ffs. That is the funny bit now hands up who remembers angel delight and dream topping in little silver bowls when friends came for tea, ill also allow jelly with tinned manderins in t

I suspect some of the things reported as happening on this thread never actually did but this made me lol >>>>

Tarquin asked for swan on sourdough at the local artisan vegan collective we unicycled to on St Swithens and I was absolutely mortified because everyone knows swan is only served on spelt cottage loaf. In Tuscany.

Well reading this thread has reminded me to add hummous to the sainsbury shop so maybe I'm getting there. Baby DD is always dressed in Jojo/Joules/Boden so maybe she already Is? I usually just wear matalan

Well reading this thread has reminded me to add hummous to the sainsbury shop so maybe I'm getting there. Baby DD is always dressed in Jojo/Joules/Boden so maybe she already Is? I usually just wear matalan

that's the point, pretty much all the food mentioned is completely affordable nowadays. It's people thinking it makes them look middle-class (translate "posh") that are cringing. (hahaha look at me, I am laughing at myself eating posh food so I am not really a twat. Well, you are).

Anyway the thread was started as light relief from general election name calling and terrorist attacks, it even bloody worked for about 36 hours but now its kicking of in Paris so back to the news......