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They used to taste better. Key excerpts from the Atlantic article: as genes for beauty were favored over those for taste, the skins grew tough and bitter aroun
by ip26 7y ago
They used to taste better. Key excerpts from the Atlantic article:
as genes for beauty were favored over those for taste, the skins grew tough and bitter around mushy, sugar-soaked flesh.
U.S. apple growers [...] made the apples redder and redder, and prettier and prettier, and they just about bred themselves out of existence
- stormdennis 7y agoThe same thing happened to tomatoes I believe, or breeding for appearance and losing flavor in the process.
- baq 7y agotasty tomatoes are nigh impossible to store fresh. i think i've heard a story about a lab or some other enterprise working on storeable, transportable, tasty tomatoes. first couple companies to get there certainly have my money.