Get ready to pinch some salt (or maybe bathe in it), because an etiquette expert has revealed the nine kitchen cupboard items that apparently make you middle class.
For one reason or another, we all love being told what makes us a bit posh. Whether it's unlikely holiday destinations, things from Ikea or even household items, whack the words 'middle class' in the same sentence and people are desperate to know what it means.
Which is where William Hanson, and etiquette and protocol expert, comes in. He tells Cosmopolitan UK that if you have any of the below items in your cupboards or class them as your kitchen essentials, you fall into the middle class bracket:
- Hollandaise in a jar
- Nutribullet
- Nespresso machine
- Shredless marmalade
- Click and lock plastic containers
- Anything from Aldi or Lidl
- Brita filters
- Square plates
- The number of mugs is greater than cups and saucers
While some of these are arguably more attainable than others (Aldi and Lidi, yes, Hollandaise in a jar, no), it's interesting to see what the etiquette expert thinks of as 'middle class'. How do your items rank?
Dusty Baxter-Wright is an award-winning journalist and the Entertainment and Lifestyle Director at Cosmopolitan, having previously worked at Sugarscape. She was named one of PPA’s 30 Under 30 for her work covering pop culture, careers, interiors and travel, and oversees the site’s Entertainment and Lifestyle strategy across print, digital and video. As a journalist for the best part of a decade, she has interviewed everyone from Louis Theroux and Channing Tatum to Margot Robbie and Ncuti Gatwa, while she has also spoken on Times Radio and BBC Radio. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram here.
