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S16e08: Free-Range, Organic, and Natural; The Original Promise
I don’t think I have ever felt more simultaneous awe and heartbreak than when I realized what food is actually supposed to taste and look like. So much supermarket produce and meat is a pale and lifeless mimicry of nature’s gifts. You eat a truly high quality, "heirloom" piece of fruit or meat and you suddenly taste these umami notes or sweetness... See more
Mayasubstack.comThat food should be fresh and natural has become an article of faith. It comes as something of a shock to realize that this is a latter-day creed. For our ancestors, natural was something quite nasty. Natural often tasted bad. Fresh meat was rank and tough; fresh milk warm and unmistakably a bodily excretion; fresh fruits (dates and grapes being... See more
Rachel Laudan • A Plea for Culinary Modernism
You have to consider what comes along with the protein – things like cholesterol, saturated fat, drug residues, pathogens (E.coli and Salmonella)