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Yep. Even something simple like bay leaves. I have some from a community garden. Dropped in a couple as normal and you can immediately taste something different
by 2muchcoffeeman 1y ago
Yep. Even something simple like bay leaves. I have some from a community garden. Dropped in a couple as normal and you can immediately taste something different compared to store bought leaves.
Too bad local farming is not scalable.
- kmarc 1y agoThere are things where you don't need scaling, maybe. Around me there are a lot of those community gardens. It's encouraged by the city, and you can rent a piece of land for yourself. https://www.lebendige-traditionen.ch/tradition/en/home/traditions/urban-gardening.html https://www.lebendige-traditionen.ch/tradition/en/home/tradi... (with that said, I grew up on a "farm", and as a child had to do a lot of gardening. I understand your enthusiasm about the flavors, but oh heck no, I'll eat the tasteless food for now and happy to not having to deal with all the work in the gardens :) )
- 2muchcoffeeman 1y agoThere are a few community gardens around me too. But how many members does that feed and entertain? Hundreds? Farming for quality is a luxury activity.
- i80and 1y agoBay leaves that aren't dessicated and crumbled to dust in the sad little spice jar are kind of magical