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GA is a huge agricultural state. There is no reason to buy tomatoes, peaches, melons, squash, corn, etc from out-of-state sources this time of year. You should invest in these storage containers. They are terrific for keeping produce fresh for days longer than I've ever had it last before.
GA is a huge agricultural state. There is no reason to buy tomatoes, peaches, melons, squash, corn, etc from out-of-state sources this time of year. You should invest in these storage containers. They are terrific for keeping produce fresh for days longer than I've ever had it last before.
Thank you, Mattie!! I think I'd seen those before but I never knew they are so good. Will get them. Do you happen to know of any walk-in store that might carry them so I can look at different sizes, etc?
And next Saturday I will go to the nearest Farmer's Market - far or not far - you guys managed to motivate me.
If I received the confirmation that the flavorless produce in chain grocery stores is not just something in my head and that the problem COULD be fixed, at least partially, by shopping mainly at a FM, then there is still hope.
It would be nice to find most of my produce in one place - so hopefully they also have carrots, onions, peppers, celery, lettuce, etc - not just tomatoes, which is what I usually see at small FM-s in the summer.
Either way, I look forward to some improvement in the meals - or else, I'll throw in the towel with all this "cooking from scratch" time-killer thing and just serve candy at every dinner table. :-))
I have been in North America since I was 16 and I am now 57. I still miss two things quite badly from home (the UK) -- strawberries and tomatoes. Pure flavour. In all these years I've never ever tasted any as good from the stores both in Canada and the US. I don't know why. Only if it's home grown here, is it the same wonderful flavour as at home. So I guess the flavour has been compromised by US breeders who try to make larger, sturdier produce? Or maybe in the case of strawberries and tomatoes, the climate is better over there, I've no idea. Hmm, the celery and rhubarb is also better over there.
I wondered if I was romanticizing my memories but whenever I went back on holiday, there it was, that wonderful taste, no mistake.
So I keep saying I'll grow my own, and I never do... but last year my neighbour grew tomatoes and wow... we almost fainted from pleasure, eating them She also grew cucumbers. There was a LOT more taste to those and such a crispy texture. In my compost heap last year I found a butternut squash growing!! It lasted 6 months on my kitchen counter before I ate it.. and it was the most amazing taste imaginable. The ones I buy in the stores don't last a month so you can tell how long the stores have had them...
I have been in North America since I was 16 and I am now 57. I still miss two things quite badly from home (the UK) -- strawberries and tomatoes. Pure flavour. In all these years I've never ever tasted any as good from the stores both in Canada and the US. I don't know why. Only if it's home grown here, is it the same wonderful flavour as at home. So I guess the flavour has been compromised by US breeders who try to make larger, sturdier produce? Or maybe in the case of strawberries and tomatoes, the climate is better over there, I've no idea. Hmm, the celery and rhubarb is also better over there.
I wondered if I was romanticizing my memories but whenever I went back on holiday, there it was, that wonderful taste, no mistake.
So I keep saying I'll grow my own, and I never do... but last year my neighbour grew tomatoes and wow... we almost fainted from pleasure, eating them She also grew cucumbers. There was a LOT more taste to those and such a crispy texture. In my compost heap last year I found a butternut squash growing!! It lasted 6 months on my kitchen counter before I ate it.. and it was the most amazing taste imaginable. The ones I buy in the stores don't last a month so you can tell how long the stores have had them...
You are romanticizing things...I was in England last year...the tomatoes were okay....but I'll put a home or local farm grown beefsteak to taste just as good...better compared to some meals I had.
I have been in North America since I was 16 and I am now 57. I still miss two things quite badly from home (the UK) -- strawberries and tomatoes. Pure flavour. In all these years I've never ever tasted any as good from the stores both in Canada and the US. I don't know why. Only if it's home grown here, is it the same wonderful flavour as at home. So I guess the flavour has been compromised by US breeders who try to make larger, sturdier produce? Or maybe in the case of strawberries and tomatoes, the climate is better over there, I've no idea. Hmm, the celery and rhubarb is also better over there.
I wondered if I was romanticizing my memories but whenever I went back on holiday, there it was, that wonderful taste, no mistake.
So I keep saying I'll grow my own, and I never do... but last year my neighbour grew tomatoes and wow... we almost fainted from pleasure, eating them She also grew cucumbers. There was a LOT more taste to those and such a crispy texture. In my compost heap last year I found a butternut squash growing!! It lasted 6 months on my kitchen counter before I ate it.. and it was the most amazing taste imaginable. The ones I buy in the stores don't last a month so you can tell how long the stores have had them...
I once tried to grow my own tomatoes and I got about 3 per the entire summer.
Those who advise modern people with corporate-type jobs to have a garden and grow their own vegetables...I am not sure whether they are just pretending or it really is THAT easy to do even with a day job...and I was just a miserable failure at something that easy.
I once tried to grow my own tomatoes and I got about 3 per the entire summer.
Those who advise modern people with corporate-type jobs to have a garden and grow their own vegetables...I am not sure whether they are just pretending or it really is THAT easy to do even with a day job...and I was just a miserable failure at something that easy.
I grow tomatoes, peppers and herbs on the balcony of my condo...and I get a lot more than three the entire season...takes me 5 to 10 minutes to water the plants every morning....once in awhile I put in some fetilizer to the water.
Really not that hard from someone that works a corporate job. You are making excuses.
I once tried to grow my own tomatoes and I got about 3 per the entire summer.
Those who advise modern people with corporate-type jobs to have a garden and grow their own vegetables...I am not sure whether they are just pretending or it really is THAT easy to do even with a day job...and I was just a miserable failure at something that easy.
I'm a modern person with a corporate-type job and I have a vegetable garden. For several years, I grew vegetables year-round, but have cut back to just the summer. It's extremely possible. Just about everyone I know who grows vegetables in their back yard have full-time jobs. It is a skill, though, and you have to be willing to learn how. I've seen some pretty amazing container gardens by people in condos or apartments too.
Part of your problem is that you're in the south. It seems like every time someone from here in California visits the south (New Orleans being an exception), they come back and complain that everything is fried and restaurants don't know what a salad is. That you don't have a farmer's market nearby indicates that probably isn't an exaggeration.
I have been in North America since I was 16 and I am now 57. I still miss two things quite badly from home (the UK) -- strawberries and tomatoes. Pure flavour. In all these years I've never ever tasted any as good from the stores both in Canada and the US. I don't know why. Only if it's home grown here, is it the same wonderful flavour as at home. So I guess the flavour has been compromised by US breeders who try to make larger, sturdier produce? Or maybe in the case of strawberries and tomatoes, the climate is better over there, I've no idea. Hmm, the celery and rhubarb is also better over there.
I wondered if I was romanticizing my memories but whenever I went back on holiday, there it was, that wonderful taste, no mistake.
So I keep saying I'll grow my own, and I never do... but last year my neighbour grew tomatoes and wow... we almost fainted from pleasure, eating them She also grew cucumbers. There was a LOT more taste to those and such a crispy texture. In my compost heap last year I found a butternut squash growing!! It lasted 6 months on my kitchen counter before I ate it.. and it was the most amazing taste imaginable. The ones I buy in the stores don't last a month so you can tell how long the stores have had them...
I've grown strawberries and tomatoes. Those are the very best. Now, I can buy decent berries in season at the roadside stand. Good tomatoes are hit or miss. Even the farm stand doesn't always have good ones. I guess it's the variety or they pick them too soon.
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She also grew cucumbers. There was a LOT more taste to those and such a crispy texture. In my compost heap last year I found a butternut squash growing!! It lasted 6 months on my kitchen counter before I ate it.. and it was the most amazing taste imaginable. The ones I buy in the stores don't last a month so you can tell how long the stores have had them...
