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To be fair, Japanese strawberries are heaps better since they actually allow the damn things to ripen before they try to sell them. Same goes for tomatoes. Most
by deciplex 11y ago
To be fair, Japanese strawberries are heaps better since they actually allow the damn things to ripen before they try to sell them. Same goes for tomatoes. Most tomatoes and strawberries sold in the US taste like cold diarrhea in comparison.
- wisty 11y agoThat's not Japan being unique. The Anglosphere is a bit special, when it comes to fruit and vegetables in supermarkets. Go to Italy, China, France, any country with a reputation for good food, and you'll get plenty of good tomatoes.
- elevenfist 11y agoTomatoes are allowed to ripen (instead of being ripened using ethylene gas) in India as well. Most U.S. supermarkets don't sell ripe bell peppers as well, and most veggies are tasteless, when they shouldn't be if they were grown properly.
- deciplex 11y agoMaybe this is partly why Americans have such poor diets? It's no good if healthy food is being deliberately made to taste like shit.