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...they don't even smell like a tomato...
You can tell a lot about produce, regardless of whether it is organic or non-organic...simply by how it smells.
...they don't even smell like a tomato...
Like the tomatoes that will looks so delicious and they don't even smell like a tomato and when you cut them up, they're all white and dry inside?
I think, as with most things, it's about doing what works for your family, and moderation. I try to eat local and with little processed foods, but that doesn't mean that the occasional fast food, delivery, and processed mac and cheese doesn't happen in our family. I figure it's the same with most folks.
The idea of organic Doritos cracks me up. It's not good for me (though yummy!), organic or not.We do as often as we can. I buy organic any fruit that we eat whole (strawberries, apples, etc). For fruits whose skin we do not eat (bananas, watermelon, etc) I buy conventional. I also buy organic meat.
I still buy conventional “junk” (Doritos, etc).
The idea of organic Doritos cracks me up. It's not good for me (though yummy!), organic or not.
I stand corrected. I do buy Late July and Food Should Taste Good tortilla chips, actually, but more so because they are not as salty as Tostitos and other more mainstream brands.There are snack food manufacturers claiming to use organic ingredients. One I've seen is Garden of Eatin'.
I guess Frito-Lay has done that. They don't have my favorite though, which is Cool Ranch. I guess they can't manage to get those little red and blue specks without artificial food coloring.
https://www.fritolay.com/snacks/special-dietary-needs/certified-organic-products.htm
They don't last as long for sure, so a lot of them end up in smoothies as I can't stand bananas with brown spots.
Yes, our HEB has a great selection Central Market products.Central Market is awesome. I wish I didn't have to drive into downtown San Antonio to shop there. But a lot of Central Market products are trickling into regular HEBs.
I only buy bananas that have lots of brown spots. I learned they are the sweetest. My local deli loves me as I clean them out of their brown spotted bananas.
I stand corrected. I do buy Late July and Food Should Taste Good tortilla chips, actually, but more so because they are not as salty as Tostitos and other more mainstream brands.
Like the tomatoes that will looks so delicious and they don't even smell like a tomato and when you cut them up, they're all white and dry inside?
I think, as with most things, it's about doing what works for your family, and moderation. I try to eat local and with little processed foods, but that doesn't mean that the occasional fast food, delivery, and processed mac and cheese doesn't happen in our family. I figure it's the same with most folks.
How much of the organic food from China do you think is actually organic? They supply a substantial amount of organics.
I try my hardest to avoid any food from China but that is a whole other thread.
Also can be a challenge to find some kinds of fresh seafood that isn't from China. And kelp from China may be in any number of processed foods from beans to ice cream.That's very, very difficult unless you manage to completely avoid processed foods. So many of the food additives and basic ingredients in processed foods come from China these days because they have the lowest prices.
Also can be a challenge to find some kinds of fresh seafood that isn't from China. And kelp from China may be in any number of processed foods from beans to ice cream.
How much of the organic food from China do you think is actually organic? They supply a substantial amount of organics.
I kind of wonder the other way. With labor so cheap (undepaid/slave labor) and them wanting to keep costs so low, do they really pay for the latest advancements of pesticides & chemicals? They may have simply been continue to do centuries old farming practices which are considered "organic" nowadays by current norms.
I never knew this, thanks for the infoThe biggest issue with tomatoes is that many are picked green for transport/shelf-life and then ethylene gassed to turn them red. They'll taste nothing like a vine-ripened tomato. The ethylene doesn't really do anything to ripen the tomato. I've driven along I-5 in California's Central Valley, and I'll see all these open trucks carrying tomatoes. Vine-ripened tomatoes would need refrigeration and might still bruise easily.
If you don't need it sliced and it's being used in cooking, canned tomatoes are usually superior because they're picked ripe and nobody cares if they're bruised. A lot of "fresh" tomatoes aren't picked at the best time, and of course there's the whole thing about picking them green. Also ketchup usually has way more tomato flavor because it's vine ripened and concentrated.
Me too, I avoid foods from China & Mexico, try to buy in season & localI try my hardest to avoid any food from China but that is a whole other thread.
I never knew this, thanks for the info