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In reply to the discussion: Did pastries and fast foods use to taste better? [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)25. Yes, most everything did. I used to think it was simply getting older, but then
I found some imported European butter and, wow, it tasted exactly like I remembered butter tasting. So, I started buying other stuff from Europe and it all tasted like what I remembered food tasted like before.
I now believe that our entire food supply here in the Corporate States of America is tainted.
It reminds me of this quotation from Crocodile Dundee (1986), "Well, you can live on it. But it tastes like shit."
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Your reasoning is correct, but also remember: your taste buds get weaker as you get older. n/t
FSogol
Jul 2013
#1
Wonderful that you treat your coworkers with your home cooked cakes and cookies..
nenagh
Jul 2013
#109
The four years I spent in Europe gave me the opportunity to get away from all of that crap
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#5
Not fried in beef extract, but it was added to the fries until about ten years ago ...
SomeGuyInEagan
Jul 2013
#61
Just remember, the local bakery may buy its donuts wholesale from a chain. 40 years ago I worked the
Nay
Jul 2013
#55
I went to school in tenth grade with the daughter of one of the franchise owners of A & W.
Cleita
Jul 2013
#37
I've planted nothing but 'heirloom' varieties in my garden, and they taste the way they should.
ColesCountyDem
Jul 2013
#39
Yes, most everything did. I used to think it was simply getting older, but then
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2013
#25
I suspect ingredients are part of it, but I also think our individual tastes change
petronius
Jul 2013
#28
Yep. Unless you buy it from a mom n pop bakery or make it yourself, it all tastes basicallythe same.
Myrina
Jul 2013
#32
The OP is right though that the quality of commercial food has gone down...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#95
Pasturizing milk w moderate heat = better taste. Pasturizing w higher heat = quicker & profitable.
AnotherMcIntosh
Jul 2013
#45
50 years has increased profits in the biotech fake food industrial complex. That is all.
ancianita
Jul 2013
#56
My mother was a young Navy wife in Oakland in the 50's when she was pregnant with me -
hedgehog
Jul 2013
#91
Ah yes, and the huge Venice Blvd. Helm's building is a treat to this day.
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2013
#118
The bakery I used to go to used HFCS. I suspect that is the reason why baked goods don't
applegrove
Jul 2013
#127