Comments on: Do Organics Taste Better? http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/09/do-organics-taste-better.html Culinary Adventures for Ordinary People Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:22:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chef Edwin http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/09/do-organics-taste-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-1372 Chef Edwin Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:08:16 +0000 http://www.dinnercakes.com/?p=449#comment-1372 That's some great information. Thanks. It's all about the lovin'. That’s some great information. Thanks. It’s all about the lovin’.

]]> By: Maggy http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/09/do-organics-taste-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-1371 Maggy Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:45:24 +0000 http://www.dinnercakes.com/?p=449#comment-1371 Oh, and on the eggs...it's not that they are organic, it's what they eat. One of my dad's employees has four daughters who, as a 4H project, separated their chickens and fed them different things to see how the yolk colors were affected...the darker yolks came from higher-protein diets. Oh, and on the eggs…it’s not that they are organic, it’s what they eat. One of my dad’s employees has four daughters who, as a 4H project, separated their chickens and fed them different things to see how the yolk colors were affected…the darker yolks came from higher-protein diets.

]]> By: Maggy http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/09/do-organics-taste-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-1370 Maggy Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:43:51 +0000 http://www.dinnercakes.com/?p=449#comment-1370 This is my favorite conversation to have in general. I think it's not so much the 'organic' as the way it's grown and also, especially with fruits and vegetables, the variety. Both Clark and I come from families where the same tomato (and potato, and everything else) plants have been passed down from house to house and family to family, and because they're bred to taste good, rather than to pack well in a box or to stay ripe-looking for two weeks, they taste much more incredible and different, even as sauces. You can see the same thing with meat, too. Heather knows I'm into the beef thing, but a few years in the past we had identical cuts from beef raised on Clark's farm and beef from the grocery store; we did blind taste tests and everyone could tell the difference. The whole subject fascinates me, especially since we've started a garden and we have tried raising different varieties of the same thing (i.e. sweet corn). This is my favorite conversation to have in general. I think it’s not so much the ‘organic’ as the way it’s grown and also, especially with fruits and vegetables, the variety. Both Clark and I come from families where the same tomato (and potato, and everything else) plants have been passed down from house to house and family to family, and because they’re bred to taste good, rather than to pack well in a box or to stay ripe-looking for two weeks, they taste much more incredible and different, even as sauces.
You can see the same thing with meat, too. Heather knows I’m into the beef thing, but a few years in the past we had identical cuts from beef raised on Clark’s farm and beef from the grocery store; we did blind taste tests and everyone could tell the difference.
The whole subject fascinates me, especially since we’ve started a garden and we have tried raising different varieties of the same thing (i.e. sweet corn).

]]> By: Heather (Ghost Baker) http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/09/do-organics-taste-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-1347 Heather (Ghost Baker) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:08:59 +0000 http://www.dinnercakes.com/?p=449#comment-1347 I'm voting that food quality is the determining factor. Actually, I'd be interested to do a taste test. Sometimes I think it's a psychological difference in taste :-) But I will say, have you noticed organic eggs actually have an orange yolk instead of the yellow grocery store yolk we're used to? I’m voting that food quality is the determining factor. Actually, I’d be interested to do a taste test. Sometimes I think it’s a psychological difference in taste :-)

But I will say, have you noticed organic eggs actually have an orange yolk instead of the yellow grocery store yolk we’re used to?

]]> By: Chef Edwin http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/09/do-organics-taste-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-1346 Chef Edwin Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:55:13 +0000 http://www.dinnercakes.com/?p=449#comment-1346 That does bring up another good point: just plain food quality. Does a small-size farmer produce higher quality produce than one that produces ten-fold as much? We've all been to buffets and we've all been to high quality restaurants. There's something to be said about the quality of mass-production. That does bring up another good point: just plain food quality. Does a small-size farmer produce higher quality produce than one that produces ten-fold as much? We’ve all been to buffets and we’ve all been to high quality restaurants. There’s something to be said about the quality of mass-production.

]]> By: tanner http://www.dinnercakes.com/2009/09/do-organics-taste-better.html/comment-page-1#comment-1345 tanner Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:12:21 +0000 http://www.dinnercakes.com/?p=449#comment-1345 Strawberries and raspberries! Or maybe it's that I buy them at Fresh Market as opposed to Publix. But YUMMMMMMMMMM. Strawberries and raspberries! Or maybe it’s that I buy them at Fresh Market as opposed to Publix. But YUMMMMMMMMMM.

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