LKL wrote:
That's an old joke, Fnord.
Personally, I have found that 'organic' food does generally taste better than the conventional stuff at the supermarket, particularly the fruits like tomatoes and apples. The celery is more stringy but much more flavorful; the greens are occasionally bug-nibbled but sharp and peppery. That may be that I'm also buying local and thus more fresh as well, though.
This is not a hard an fast rule, and I can't talk for the US market, which has different rules, but one of the main reasons why organic, can taste better is it isn't produced for high yield. Generally speaking especially where there is competition, you are goign to get a better quality. Not always containing more nutrients, but it isn't all about nutrients, it is about what is generally in them, and the quality.
Cheap tomatoes are mostly water (hyper saturated) and are grown in a substrate, they are force ripened with ethylene gas. The most tasty tomatoes grow naturally near sewage farms, no secret how that happens. But seriously, you need animal fertilizer to produce nice tasting tomatoes. They are odd shaped, and different colours. It could be synthesized, but that would be more expensive and highly theoretical.
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04 Feb 2013, 2:11 pm
