At a certain point I have to assume they just slap a bunch of "le"s on and call it a day

The government eventually said exotic dishes with no French name are allowed as an exception. Looking up menus of Indian places in Montreal shows they have completely Indian names for many of their dishes.

There are certainly stories of overzealous enforcement, but the context of Loi 101 and its amendments is worth considering.

Québecois is really interesting. It has a lot of old, outdated French in it due to the colonial connection with France being severed hundreds of years ago, where it evolved distinctly and the locals made different decisions on what to change and how to adapt to new concepts.

One could argue the French government has been obsessive about policing language much longer with the académie française.

Damn, I’ve heard jokes about quebecios being snobby with their French but that seems excessive

It's not snobby. From an anglo perspective, here's how it plays out in reality:

WAITER: Qu'est-ce que vous voudrais? ME: Huh? WAITER: What would you like? ME: {proceeds to order}

...And life goes on.

They're not at all snobby. The French in France are snobby. If you try to speak to them in French and it isn't Parisian-style french, they'll try to switch languages on you because they can't bear to have their dear language mangled like that.

The Quebecois aren't snobby, they're just obnoxious about preserving their language and culture. And it gets pretty absurd. Around the world stop signs say "STOP" even in French speaking countries. But, in Quebec they mostly say "Arret", and when a local English-speaking community has stop signs that say stop, vigilantes sometimes change them to Arret.