On 20/03/2013 1:47 PM, George M. Middius wrote:
>
> I've heard it said many times that American meats and vegetables have lost a
> lot of flavor since, say, the '70s. Mass production and all that. Maybe in the
> old days, relying more on the essential flavors of the main ingredients was
> more rewarding.


Personally, I think that beef tastes better. That could be because when
I was a kid my mother always cooked the snot out of beef. I also
usually buy my beef from a butcher shop rather than at a grocery store.
I get most of my chicken from a small family run grocery that always
has good chicken and good prices. I had given up on pork for years. I
was reintroduced to it when I visited my niece in Estonia and their pork
product is really good there, as it is in most Baltic countries. I
started getting pork from the local Dutch butcher and we are eating it
regularly now. It is much better than supermarket pork.