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That's not fair. Most of what we eat today is not very tasty. Most large scale farming has chosen to overweight the genetic qualities of larger yields and hardi
by wheaties 10y ago
That's not fair. Most of what we eat today is not very tasty. Most large scale farming has chosen to overweight the genetic qualities of larger yields and hardier structures that are more suitable to shipping.
In the past, regional dishes were a result of not just culture but the taste of foods grown locally. Things following "old" recipes with today's food will never capture the flavor. The foods are just that different.
- guard-of-terra 10y agoRaw foods are not very tasty today (take tomatos for example), but the end product (say, pasta) is pretty much okay. I woulder why people were content with foods that are not tasty for prolonged period of time.
- willismichael 10y agoThat all depends on where you get the raw foods. Ripe tomatoes just picked from the vine are an entirely different experience than ones that are picked hard and green, shipped hundreds of miles, and then allowed to turn red before they are stocked on the grocery store shelf. Add to that the fact that grocery stores generally only stock varieties of produce that ship well and look nice, rather than ones that are grown specifically for flavor. The same applies to virtually all produce, in my experience. Disclosure: I have a back yard garden and fruit trees.