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Many things in the past were made to a higher standard then they are now. I'm sure freshly picked watermelon grown organically for royalty, was pretty awesome.

bserge 6y ago
It's more like that was the higher standard. Peasants didn't even get to taste it (on that note, they could barely even get meat, because hunting was forbidden on royalty's lands, which was... everything). You can trust me when I say organically grown (i.e. as nature intended, no breeding, no insecticides, no pesticides, etc) is not something to admire. I have fully organic cherries (ruined from a week of rain), raspberries and strawberries (decent, but really small) and potatoes (frankly horrifying to the eye, but edible) in my garden. Apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, sweet melons, watermelons, yeah they taste good but not that great, and they look much worse. I guess it's a tradeoff between taste and looks, if you don't like the occasional worm in a smaller than average fruit, you better just go with the "non-organic" stuff.
- jungletime 6y ago
  I'm not sure if you have ever been to Italy or California. The climate has a lot to do with the taste of Fruit. I've had some awesome tasting fruit from farmers markets in both places. Generally the stuff I'm able to get in the grocery store here in Canada is unripe, and very poor quality. Looks good, tastes bland 90% of the time. Has to do with the varieties being planted optimized for shipping, refrigeration, and so on.
fiblye 6y ago
A lot of fruits and vegetables have had hundreds if not thousands of years of selective breeding to maximize flavor. It’s also less likely to be ravaged by insects due to pesticides and mass extermination. The average person can probably buy juicier, sweeter fruits than royalty was eating 500 years ago, but we might not perceive them as so sweet due to our sense of taste being warped by readily available sugary desserts.

bserge 6y ago

It's more like that was the higher standard. Peasants didn't even get to taste it (on that note, they could barely even get meat, because hunting was forbidden on royalty's lands, which was... everything). You can trust me when I say organically grown (i.e. as nature intended, no breeding, no insecticides, no pesticides, etc) is not something to admire. I have fully organic cherries (ruined from a week of rain), raspberries and strawberries (decent, but really small) and potatoes (frankly horrifying to the eye, but edible) in my garden. Apples, pears, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, sweet melons, watermelons, yeah they taste good but not that great, and they look much worse. I guess it's a tradeoff between taste and looks, if you don't like the occasional worm in a smaller than average fruit, you better just go with the "non-organic" stuff.

jungletime 6y ago
I'm not sure if you have ever been to Italy or California. The climate has a lot to do with the taste of Fruit. I've had some awesome tasting fruit from farmers markets in both places. Generally the stuff I'm able to get in the grocery store here in Canada is unripe, and very poor quality. Looks good, tastes bland 90% of the time. Has to do with the varieties being planted optimized for shipping, refrigeration, and so on.

fiblye 6y ago

A lot of fruits and vegetables have had hundreds if not thousands of years of selective breeding to maximize flavor. It’s also less likely to be ravaged by insects due to pesticides and mass extermination. The average person can probably buy juicier, sweeter fruits than royalty was eating 500 years ago, but we might not perceive them as so sweet due to our sense of taste being warped by readily available sugary desserts.