Donna wrote:
>
> Is it just me, or does chicken today really not taste as good as it
did,
> say, 30 years ago?

I think most of it is a feature of how human memory works and what
effect that has on our beliefs. In the Illiad and Odessey you can find
references that previous times had been better and that each generation
led down hill. Sounds to me like an extension of their own memory.

Anyways, chicken can't have been all that different 30 years ago even
with better knowledge of genetics. Another 30 years from now on the
other hand ...

There has been quite a change in how chickens are grown. 50 or
more years ago almost the only chickens in any market were free
range ones. To taste what chickens were like 30 years ago, get some
freshly butchered free rane chickens. I think to the extent you can
tell the difference from run-of-the-mill-store-bought but still think
your
memories are better, I think that difference is how memory works not
how chicken is different.