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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The money you exchange for the meal isn't a prize for the amount of work done. It's just exchanging money for an item, and if you want that item more, you will pay more for it.

I'd pay a helluva lot more for a perfectly ripe peach in season, without any work done to change it whatsoever, than I would for mashed potatoes that were roasted or boiled and then overmixed to glue texture. Regardless of how many elaborately toasted and prepared spices you add to it -- the texture just grosses me out too much.

The work is going to be worth more money if people want the result. If they don't, they don't -- and they don't owe you a prize for work they don't want. [/quote]
Yes that’s the whole question in this thread. Why are five pieces of ravioli which don’t even contain meat more wanted than green curry with shrimp such that the ravioli costs more? Why is there more demand for French and Italian food so that the prices can be higher? It’s a really interesting question IMO.[/quote]

Because even though people might love the taste of both, they feel that one is more valuable and worthy of high cost. I love my acrylic and lambswool sweaters equally--I will pay 100 dollars for cashmere but will pass over a 100 dollar acrylic sweater.[/quote]

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