Playing "Curbie" (bouncing ball over the road to hit the curb on the otehr side...
Bacon doesn't taste the same anymore either... is all watery and stuff.. Eggs... well they are just spawn of the Devil they are...
Bread.... what happened to bread!!!
Look at these shoes, I've only had them a week and the heels worn through....
Sod's Law:
Its impossible to make anything fool proof as fools are so ingenious
Oops!
Methinks I better find a bunker...
Corrie, it is almost impossible to buy a decent tomato. organic 'vine-ripened 'are the best of a poor bunch. You've really got to grow your own, even then the variety is all important. There are a whole range of flavours and every colour under the rainbow. Many commercial varieties are insipid and bred for uniformity, size, quality (which in supermarket speak means no blemishes, no variance, long shelf life etc-taste is way down the list). Try growing 'Sungold', it gives hundreds of small, orange fruit of the most exquisite sweetness. 'Tigerella' is a stripey, tangy tomato-wonderful. 'Gardener's Delight' is a really old variety, very tasty, that will grow outdoors happily. I grow very old varieties like 'Bloody Butcher' and 'Harbinger' , but there are scores of varieties. Have a look at The Henry Doubleday Organic Centre, Ryton,Coventry, this summer, you'll see lots of varieties and different ways of growing them. Or, PM me and I'll give any info you need.
Mrs Fc, why don't things taste as good? One reason is that our taste does wane as we get older. I don't use much salt, as that tends , in my opinion, to reduce your ablity to taste. regarding eggs, see if you can find a local smallholder or poultry keeper that sells eggs at the door. Check they are Salmonella Free, which they have to be if they are selling them from a flock of (I think, without checking) of 25+. I love Bantam eggs-small but rich. Guinea Fowl eggs are great, and if you want an egg sandwich to last you all day, trya goose-egg banjo!
I'm passionate about vegeatables and pig-sick with the way the old varieties are disappearing. But I'll go 'off on one', so I'll go outside and do some digging (can't get Sarge to do any more)
Thanks Artificer I will pm later and get info xxxxx
Alex, it had to be YOU to remember a name like that didnt it :angel:
Modern food definitely tastes better: I found a 12 year old jar of strawberry jam at the back of my larder the other day... feckin orrible it was. I prefer the non-green, non-furry kind they have nowadays.
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