xkforce@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoWhat vegetables and fruits do you wish were commonly available in the US?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up173
arrow-up173message-squareWhat vegetables and fruits do you wish were commonly available in the US?xkforce@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoAny of them before soil depletion and banana blight. Fruits and veggies tasted so much better in the 80s. Melons in particular taste lifeless now. Once in a while I strike gold at the local farmer’s market or in our own garden.
minus-squareVeraxus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoAnd tomatoes. Tomatoes used to be amazing. Even the worst ones were amazing. Now they just taste like “wet”. If you want a good tomato you have to track down lovingly and carefully bred heirloom plants and grow them yourself.
minus-squareBoozilla@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoOMG, yes. The flavor “wet” has been added to my lexicon.
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoMelons taste just as good to me now as the 80s or 90s.
Any of them before soil depletion and banana blight. Fruits and veggies tasted so much better in the 80s. Melons in particular taste lifeless now. Once in a while I strike gold at the local farmer’s market or in our own garden.
And tomatoes. Tomatoes used to be amazing. Even the worst ones were amazing.
Now they just taste like “wet”. If you want a good tomato you have to track down lovingly and carefully bred heirloom plants and grow them yourself.
OMG, yes. The flavor “wet” has been added to my lexicon.
Melons taste just as good to me now as the 80s or 90s.