I don’t think about beef Wellington enough to have ever made this connection, but it’s not wrong.
Is beef Wellington perceived as a genuinely posh thing? It feels more old and crusty to me, right? Like 1960s aspirational middle class, rather than genuinely rich bougie stuff. A thing for the kind of people that thinks of sushi as “exotic”.
I would say that the classic version with beef fillet, prosciutto, and morels is more of an upper-class dish, as the ingredients are expensive and it is time-consuming to prepare.
See, it’s the intricacy that makes it feel outdated and aspirational to me. It carries that mid-20th century stink of aspirational shows of status based on domestic labor.
In my home country (Germany), there is a cake called Frankfurter Kranz that definitely expresses this sentiment as well: maximum butter!
This cake was especially popular right after World War II because people wanted to show that they had enough again to not only survive, but also to lavish.
Beef Wellington made right is delicious, but it’s just another recipe. I have to argue against the corn dog parallel, however, because Wellington is made from a whole piece of meat, not a sausage. It’s still definitely only fancy if you are the type that finds sushi exotic.
I don’t think about beef Wellington enough to have ever made this connection, but it’s not wrong.
Is beef Wellington perceived as a genuinely posh thing? It feels more old and crusty to me, right? Like 1960s aspirational middle class, rather than genuinely rich bougie stuff. A thing for the kind of people that thinks of sushi as “exotic”.
That’s still a higher social class than what the corn dog represents, though.
For you, maybe. Corn dogs are movie food where I come from.
Pastry and beef is grandma food. American street food is foreign and exotic and hip by comparison.
I mean, it was in the 20th century when all these perceptions settled in, which is why I have it mentally filed alongisde shrimp cocktails and aspic.
I would say that the classic version with beef fillet, prosciutto, and morels is more of an upper-class dish, as the ingredients are expensive and it is time-consuming to prepare.
So was my grandma’s Christmas dinner menu.
See, it’s the intricacy that makes it feel outdated and aspirational to me. It carries that mid-20th century stink of aspirational shows of status based on domestic labor.
Oh, yes, definitely.
In my home country (Germany), there is a cake called Frankfurter Kranz that definitely expresses this sentiment as well: maximum butter!
This cake was especially popular right after World War II because people wanted to show that they had enough again to not only survive, but also to lavish.
Beef Wellington made right is delicious, but it’s just another recipe. I have to argue against the corn dog parallel, however, because Wellington is made from a whole piece of meat, not a sausage. It’s still definitely only fancy if you are the type that finds sushi exotic.
That’s the “socio-economic class” difference.
Look at Mister Moneybags up there, eating whole meat like it’s Christmas and the mine didn’t close!
I too was fired from the Labubu mine. My family is gonna have to eat coal for dinner for the time being…
What? It’s homemade granma cuisine. Have never considered it posh.
Most people only see it in shows with Gordon Ramsey I think. Depending on country
It is wrong. One is made with a beef fillet, the other with a tube of pureed pig slaughter waste.
That’s where the different socioeconomic background comes in
That’s the same difference between a Big Mac and a fancy restaurant burger, but they’re both burgers.
A corn dog is also fried where the Wellington is baked.
It’s the equivalence of comparing cinnamon raisin bread to a pound cake