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I’ll have to nitpick your last point. Unless you’re going to a farmer’s market, the quality of fruit and vegetables in America is abysmal. Watery hard fruit, et

by hinoki 5y ago

I’ll have to nitpick your last point. Unless you’re going to a farmer’s market, the quality of fruit and vegetables in America is abysmal. Watery hard fruit, etc. You can get the same terrible strawberries all year round if you want though. I’ve never been to India, but I assume the situation is better, at least based on how people rave about mangoes.

kortilla 5y ago
So go to a farmers market or a coop. That’s a non-issue for people who care about fruit ripeness at pick time.
unmole 4y ago
> I’ve never been to India, but I assume the situation is better It isn't. The best produce in India ends up getting exported.
renewiltord 4y ago
Fruit in the tropics is unbelievably different from anything you can find in California. You can end up paying Erewhon and higher prices in the US and not getting close to the cheap tropical fruit in India. It’s a choice, though. Sushi is not as well available. European food is rare. Beef is not as good in India. If you’ve got cosmopolitan sensibilities you will find that there are trade-offs. For some reason, people get very attached to food so these comments get very contentious. But a fresh ripe banganapallee is not something you’re really going to experience in America. It is just absent. And if you live in India only, you will never get to experience top quality BBQ. This is reality.
srvmshr 4y ago
Its a hit or miss in India. It isn't that the quality is vastly superior. You still get a produce from far away - and the fish is usually delivered on ice slab. The soil isn't that arable as you might expect, as the biggest chunk is loamy & alluvial soil of North India is exclusively wheat & sugarcane. Monsanto despite all its evils does a good job in Midwest. No similar equivalent in India unfortunately. Plus mechanisation rate is low because of land fragmentation. These are collective factors that make yield (qual + quant) a variable thing. My dad grew his own vegetables. The only guaranteed fresh ones I ate :) Fun fact: Best mangoes generally are from Philippines. The Cebuano variety. Alfonso is mighty overrated.

by hinoki 5y ago

kortilla 5y ago

So go to a farmers market or a coop. That’s a non-issue for people who care about fruit ripeness at pick time.

unmole 4y ago

> I’ve never been to India, but I assume the situation is better It isn't. The best produce in India ends up getting exported.

renewiltord 4y ago

Fruit in the tropics is unbelievably different from anything you can find in California. You can end up paying Erewhon and higher prices in the US and not getting close to the cheap tropical fruit in India. It’s a choice, though. Sushi is not as well available. European food is rare. Beef is not as good in India. If you’ve got cosmopolitan sensibilities you will find that there are trade-offs. For some reason, people get very attached to food so these comments get very contentious. But a fresh ripe banganapallee is not something you’re really going to experience in America. It is just absent. And if you live in India only, you will never get to experience top quality BBQ. This is reality.

srvmshr 4y ago

Its a hit or miss in India. It isn't that the quality is vastly superior. You still get a produce from far away - and the fish is usually delivered on ice slab. The soil isn't that arable as you might expect, as the biggest chunk is loamy & alluvial soil of North India is exclusively wheat & sugarcane. Monsanto despite all its evils does a good job in Midwest. No similar equivalent in India unfortunately. Plus mechanisation rate is low because of land fragmentation. These are collective factors that make yield (qual + quant) a variable thing. My dad grew his own vegetables. The only guaranteed fresh ones I ate :) Fun fact: Best mangoes generally are from Philippines. The Cebuano variety. Alfonso is mighty overrated.