Organic versus Processed
February 17th 2010 02:00
Yummy flavoursome vegetables
My first lesson on the difference between the organic, dare I say, older style of flavour to today's mass-produced chemically grown version, was when instead of buying frozen fish fillets at the shop, we had a friend catch a fish for us.
It was delicious! It absolutely melted in our mouths (and not just from the great recipe I had).
Then another time hubby bought an organic chicken and I couldn't get over the flavour compared to the 'pumped up with water and grown with hormones' version I had been used to.
It got me thinking about families in years gone by who only got to eat vegetables if they grew them themselves, or ate meat if they kept livestock. While the work was harder, the reward was greater in culinary terms.
If you've never had this type of revelation and have been blindly buying flavourless, un-lucious food try this experiment.
Buy a typical tomato from the supermarket and then another from an organic fruit and vege shop and have them on a separate sandwich, or even have them straight. Let me know if you can taste the difference.
As for my family, we have a brand new backyard with plenty of room for a vege patch, so that will be my next big project.
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Comment by Helen Randell
Rough Cooking
I went to my Nanna's for dinner a little while ago and she served some lamb from her farm. I had the same sort of experience - it fell apart in your mouth and just smelt and tasted so fresh.
It's such a different world these days though!
Comment by Samantha Elley
Food Journo
The Sandwich Shak
Vintage Foodie
Little House among the Canefields
It will be a big task, but we've already started with some tomatoes in pots along with some spinach. I already notice the difference.
So where does your Nanna live and what time is dinner?? LOL.
Sam