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Our food tastes are turning salty and weird
- warrenm 3y ago> personal indulgence has proven to be pandemic- and inflation-proof Hand out $6 trillion, see what kind of weird stuff folks'll buy, right?
- h2odragon 3y agoI doubt our tastes are changing as much as our choices are narrowed. Have you seen a candy aisle lately? It's like the market got trimmed tot he 35% most profitable substances, wrapped in the same variety of colorful wrappers we used to have.
- chubot 3y agoYes, processed food of all types has continued to be “optimized” over the last few years. Similar to housing and rent being optimized for profit, etc. And private doctors being bought by private equity Food you can buy in normal supermarkets is not the same as what it was in the 90’s or even 2010’s. Most people I talk to don’t seem to notice since it’s a gradual change, but I think the spreadsheet types have fully taken over food. I highly recommend circumventing the normal supply chains where possible. This basically means paying 1x-2x and going to different stores, but it’s a steal seeing how cheap food is People used to spend 20% of their income on food, and now it’s 5% or less. I don’t get trying to optimize 10% off that 5% when it’s what you put in your body 3x a day. Availability is a big problem though
- guestbest 3y agoWhat is in stock is usually a poor indicator of demand in the beer and candy isles as what the group of consumers see on the isle is only the leftovers from what everyone before has not purchased.
- Fordec 3y agoSalt is a taste enhancer where the underlying food is not up to scratch. The food quality is getting worse as companies seek margins and throw the salt in to compensate for their business decisions.
- chubot 3y agoExactly, fresh food tastes good with modest and naturally occurring levels of sugar, salt, and fat Like a fig, or real bacon or real ham Processed food is like bacon flavored and has incredible amounts of harmful sugar, salt, and fat variants Governments are starting to notice (a few decades too late) that processed food is decimating the population I’ve seen signs against processed food in NYC for the city, and Brazil and Mexico are waking up to their huge public health problems
- eutectic 3y agoBacon and ham are highly processed and salted foods.
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- chubot 3y agoI chose them because they are highly salted, but they can be NOT processed Have you ever had a real ham? I didn’t until I was in my late 30’s It tastes totally different and better than what you get in the supermarket
- olliej 3y agoHam and bacon are _definitionally_ manually salted. If you have pork that is not saturated in salt it is not ham or bacon. The curing process[1] is 1. Get object you wish to cure 2. Add immense amounts of salt They aren't naturally salty, that is purely processing. [1] This does not work for curing illness. I am not a doctor but I believe injecting people with immense amounts of salt is bad for them :D
- jowdones 3y agoWell I dunno. I prepare food myself like soups and stews and all and what I found makes the difference between my wife and kid saying "meh" or "fantastic!" is two hefty spoons of salt.