Why are you sceptic?

because i think it unlikely that your dishes are quite popular amongst the elite unless 'the elite' is the name of your silly gang or something and it's not the actual elite

"unless 'the elite' is the name of your silly gang or something..." I see.... So you think that I am part of a silly gang or something.

i think we've got very different ideas about the elite.

yes, what is your definition?

it's more a sort of vague archetype in my head the sort of people who might appear on late review or write comment for the guardian but who aren't wankers

Well there is your problem right there, elitists are wankers, they think they're better than everyone else (or at least think their perceptions/tastes etc. are). An elitist is not going to be a lefty when you get down to it.

i thought we were talking about the elite, not elitists to me the two groups are mutually exclusive

hmmm... I see what you mean, I think there can be a fair bit of cross overs though.

Cross dressers?

It is possible.

how about hot cross buns?

"I got a hot cross bun stuck in my throat once. You know what they had to use to get it out? A Phillips screwdriver." (Milton Jones)

That is a terrible joke. It doesn't even work, the cross on a hot cross bun is raised not incised. If a hot cross bun were a screw it would be rubbish.