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Cleaning out my fridge I found some lettuce that I had forgotten about. It had been sitting down there for three or four weeks. It looked as if I had bought it yesterday, some really freaky shit going on with our food.
I’ve noticed this also. A few years ago I had bought the little tomatoes in the plastic box. I don’t refrigerate tomatoes because it makes them taste weird. The tomatoes got behind something on the counter for a few weeks. So I left them out as an experiment. After about four months they were not moldy, I tossed them. I have an extra fridge on my back porch, don’t go in it everyday. I had put a jar of marinara that’s supposed to be by a small company. It tastes just like my local Italian restaurant’s sauce. The jar got pushed behind something for several months. When I saw it I tried to open the top to pour it out. Due to arthritic hands couldn’t open, put back for hubby to open. I forgot again, it was in the fridge a year and didn’t mold. I read an article many years ago the person had left an apple on her desk for several weeks and it didn’t go bad. She decided to keep watching it, after several months it was still not rotten. Even if you grow your own food it’s been genetically modified to the point the food isn’t what it was fifty years ago. The old saying, “eat an apple a day keeps the doctor away” isn’t true anymore. Don’t remember the source, they said you would have to eat ten a day to be equivalent to one apple a hundred years ago. That’s because of gmo & depletion of nutrients in the soil.
I don't think the nutrients have gone anywhere, it's the bacteria in the soil that helps transfer the nutrients to the roots. If we rehab the soil and stop poisoning it things will be fine. I'm getting the willies from this Frankenfood, I've tried to avoid it but at this point it's impossible. I love how certain people are like "Just go buy a farm and homestead just like we did!", sure I'll quit my job, sell my house, add two or three hundred grand to the cost of the land and house and grow a garden with a pig. I love the idea but it's out of reach for your average blue collar guy.
Interesting observations! I agree the soil is a major factor. The modern world doesn’t farm like we did for centuries. That’s probably one reason the soil is junk now, plus the toxins used to grow bigger food and spraying the crops has not been beneficial to the soil. Buffalo and cattle can improve the soil tremendously. “They” know this and that’s why they are trying to get rid of grazing animals. Those people that homestead are incredible for making that leap. It’s not for everyone! I grew up in 70s, one grandparent had chickens and hogs, I remember eating fried squirrel & my grandma killing a chicken to cook. The other grandparents farmed tobacco and raised hogs. The old smoke house is still on my property but it’s a storage building now. That set of grandparents & great grandparents at some point stopped farming and worked a full time job. I can certainly understand that, they were not working as hard and making more money. I have fond memories of feeding the chickens and holding new born chicks. I pray I never have to farm or raise animals. out of reach for your average blue collar guy Absolutely! My husband works average of 45-60 hours a week in four days. It’s enough strain on him keeping up maintenance on an 70+ year old house. That doesn’t include cutting the grass on several acres. I haven’t worked in a long time because of medical conditions. Before I used to help keep up the yard and he cut the grass. I keep up the house and keep my granddaughter a few days a week. When you are off work you want to enjoy your family and hobbies.
Look into carnivore diet that cuts out most of the toxic foods. It’s not for everyone and I never thought I’d last two months and I’m fourteen months in. We do get slack sometimes and cheat. You wouldn’t believe how bad you feel after giving up plants then eating them again. There’s many vegetables I can’t eat. Also if I eat certain fruits my mouth burns. Main stream searches generate gov and sites that say it’s the pollen on the produce. I believe it’s the toxins sprayed on them. I was watching a guy from South Africa who is carnivore said he can’t eat avocados because his mouth burns. Said growing up there wasn’t an issue. So much has changed with our food in the past fifty years.
If you have the space for a freezer find local raised meats. We buy 1/4 of a cow about once a year. I want to find chicken & pork locally also. I’ve been buying eggs for a local person that raises chickens.
I’m not trying to push a certain diet! It works for me.
https://blackgold.bz/genetically-modified-apples/
Thankfully I don’t eat apples or any produce much. You would have to find an older apple tree to get non gmo. Even the seeds are genetically modified now. All the trees, plants and seeds at your local garden center are gmo. I wish I could find the apples my grandparents had, the trees have all died. I saved seeds but wasn’t successful. The apples were so bitter it would give you a stomach ache. They made the best apple pie and stewed apples. I read several years ago India will not buy apples from USA because they are gmo.
The biggest change I’ve I noticed is in bread. I love baking my own but can’t always and since I switched to healthier bread a few years ago, I have to eat it quickly or freeze/refrigerate it within days. I could have a loaf of chemical-filled bread in my cabinet for 3 months and it never molds. I can’t wait for fresh garden vegetables.
I have noticed the same thing, even the supposed better breads like the sour dough bread exhibit’s the same qualities not just the wonder bread crap that I refuse to ingest anymore.
We experienced the same thing with bread. I rarely eat bread. Recently I walked down the bread aisle in Walmart and it smelled like toxic chemicals. Forty years ago we loved that smell when we passed by the local Merita bakery. Now it’s so gross. I made toast for my granddaughter with white bread. The old me wants to taste what I used to love. My stomach hurt so bad for hours after eating one piece of butter toast. I can eat tortillas with Mexican food and I’m fine. Dave’s bread used to be good but expensive. It’s been sold so you have to watch ingredients, still better than the white bread. I haven’t eaten Ezekiel’s bread, most health experts say that’s the best if you can’t get homemade. It’s in the freezer section. My daughter cooks sourdough bread, tortillas, pancakes and a lot more. I would like to learn so when I want some I know what’s in it. One problem bread in USA is the way the flour is processed. In Europe they still grind the wheat the old fashioned way. Some people that bake bread a lot get flour from Europe or grind the wheat (can’t remember the term for the part used to make flour).