Dave Smith wrote:
> wrote:
>
> > What foods do you guys know of that aren't as good as they used to be?
> > Here's the ones I know.
>
> Green Beans. I used to like green beans. We grew them in our back yard and
> they were great. My mother would freeze the excess and we had enough frozen
> green beans to get us through the winter, and they were good even after
> freezing. We buy beans from local vegetable stands in season, but even
> those are not as good as the beans I remember from years gone by. And the
> beans in the grocery store... forget it... they are crap.
Huh? Flash frozen green beans are readily available, far better than
any you can freeze at home. And you can still grow your own for
freshly picked fresh.
Even as few as fifty years ago produce was mostly old, poor quality,
and of course non-existant except for what was in season very locally,
so availability was very limited. Fifty years ago produce was
purchased from a stand alone green grocer, all you could buy was only
what was produced within fifty miles tops, it was costly because most
folk had their own gardens and swaped with neighbors, so green grocer
produce sat around and withered, mostly it wasn't even iced, and
refrigerators were unheard of, they cost too much for such a small
business. During winter months about all you could buy were storage
root vegetables and some very sad soup greens.
Today's stupidmarket produce is better in every way than it's ever
been. In fact all food is better today, those who bitch are those who
make stupid choices... there's a huge difference between unavailability
and not willing to pay the price. These days most everything is
available all year but if you want out of season produce that's air
freighted in from all corners of the planet you very often gotta pay a
premium.
Sheldon