What has gotten better (or worse) in your life time? Starting with food!

Cars certainly have improved, although the price of them makes the new ones unaffordable to most.

I remember the old days when the temperatures were near or below 0F. It was hit or miss that the car would start! Turn over the engine too many times and there goes the battery! Get out the comb to open the butterfly plate on the carburetor and spray in some starter fluid, and pray. And I mean quite literally, pray. So thankful for fuel injection!
 
Gary O' said:

Store Tomatoes​

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They do, however, make good hockey pucks
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Nothing beats the ones from the garden. I have found that the little grape tomatoes from Cherub has tomato flavor. The little round tomatoes from them are bland as are the little grape tomatoes from other brands.

Have you tried the sun dried tomatoes, either in oil or dried. They aren't bad when you need something for recipes.
 

Lilac said:
@Murrmurr, I understand how you feel. The shots that used to help me isn't doing anything for me know. My feet are truly killing me. I think I need to go to a podiatrist to see if my problems aren't coming from my feet up to my back.
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Yeah, you should. The shots have 2 main ingredients; anesthetic to kill nerve pain, and steroids for inflammatory pain. If that didn't work for you, the problem might be physical, like a bone deformity or a ganglion cyst or some kind of growth...something like that.
 
Murrmurr said:
Yeah, you should. The shots have 2 main ingredients; anesthetic to kill nerve pain, and steroids for inflammatory pain. If that didn't work for you, the problem might be physical, like a bone deformity or a ganglion cyst or some kind of growth...something like that.
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I am not saying this is the case here but only going by my personal experience. Our bodies get used to every pain reliever and we need increasing dosages as time goes on. My doctor was so afraid of addiction that he refused to do so and I took myself off them in frustration because they didn't help me anyway! They were opioids and I am still amazed how easy it was to wean myself off them after all the horror stories in the news!
 
I am still desperately looking for the orange-y egg yolks of my youth. Eggs like that were so flavourful compared to what I buy in the store. I buy free range but have learned in the meantime that this simply means the chickens roam the barn floor instead of being caged. Certainly a humane progression but the flavour of the eggs is the same because they eat the same seed.

Excerpt from the Today Show:

"While egg yolk's shade may not impact its health value, many chefs, farmers and home cooks swear that the yolk's color does actually affect the flavor of the egg — and the dish it's used in. The more vibrant the shade, the more vibrant the taste, they say."

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Old Salt said:
I am not saying this is the case here but only going by my personal experience. Our bodies get used to every pain reliever and we need increasing dosages as time goes on. My doctor was so afraid of addiction that he refused to do so and I took myself off them in frustration because they didn't help me anyway! They were opioids and I am still amazed how easy it was to wean myself off them after all the horror stories in the news!
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Some people do build up a tolerance to opioids and some other pain meds, but not all of us do. Those who do likely have the "addict gene", and that's less than 50% of us.

I've gone without my pain medication (an opioid) for months on end and never experienced any sort of withdrawal. I only experienced more pain.

I've kept my dosage at a minimum for decades, but I did finally increase it a tiny bit last year and a little more this year because my pain has greatly increased. And proof of that is on my MRI images.

I'm really lucky to have a doctor who trusts what I say about my pain, and she knows I prefer to keep my dosage on the low side, which is just a personal choice, really.
 
Old Salt said:
I am still desperately looking for the orange-y egg yolks of my youth. Eggs like that were so flavourful compared to what I buy in the store. I buy free range but have learned in the meantime that this simply means the chickens roam the barn floor instead of being caged. Certainly a humane progression but the flavour of the eggs is the same because they eat the same seed.

Excerpt from the Today Show:

"While egg yolk's shade may not impact its health value, many chefs, farmers and home cooks swear that the yolk's color does actually affect the flavor of the egg — and the dish it's used in. The more vibrant the shade, the more vibrant the taste, they say."
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I get eggs from my brother whenever I visit him. He has several chickens. He gives them "chicken feed" but also mealy worms and a variety of dried (but not dehydrated) insects, and that absolutely makes for yummier eggs.
 
Jules said:
There was no garlic in the house when I was a kid. Probably no more than 10 spices, including S&P. A meal was meat, potatoes and one vegetable. In a word, it was blah. Admittedly, the farm fresh chicken did have flavour.
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Food didn't need a bunch of spices when we were kids. I mean, that's what dipping sauces are all about, right? You got your ranch, BBQ, honey BBQ, your sweet n sour and all that because there's no flavor in the meat.

Everything "tastes like chicken" now, but only elderly people know what chicken actually tastes like. (in the West, anyway)
 
Murrmurr said:
I get eggs from my brother whenever I visit him. He has several chickens. He gives them "chicken feed" but also mealy worms and a variety of dried (but not dehydrated) insects, and that absolutely makes for yummier eggs.
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Absolutely! I have been buying farmer's eggs at the local market lately but am always disappointed because they taste the same. Letting the chickens roam in a large yard, complete with herbs, worms and insects will produce a better tasting egg (and orange yolk). I would gladly pay the extra price!
 
Murrmurr said:
Some people do build up a tolerance to opioids and some other pain meds, but not all of us do. Those who do likely have the "addict gene", and that's less than 50% of us.

I've gone without my pain medication (an opioid) for months on end and never experienced any sort of withdrawal. I only experienced more pain.

I've kept my dosage at a minimum for decades, but I did finally increase it a tiny bit last year and a little more this year because my pain has greatly increased. And proof of that is on my MRI images.

I'm really lucky to have a doctor who trusts what I say about my pain, and she knows I prefer to keep my dosage on the low side, which is just a personal choice, really.
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Strange how our bodies (minds?) work. I had pains for many years in my neck and back from an injury suffered in basic training. I progressed from Tylenol, to Tylenol # 1 (prescription free in Canada), then # 2, 3, 4. Only mild effect on the pain. Tried pure codeine, results even worse, they were totally useless, then finally Oxycocet (Oxycodone with Tylenol). And my neck and back kept hurting.

As I wrote, my doctor was reluctant to take things further, so I finally took myself off them in frustration. What's the use taking something that made doctors and pharmacists look in suspicion, if it didn't help!

Here is the kicker, and I swear it's the truth: My pain has lessened considerably since I stopped taking Oxycodone! I now only take some ordinary Tylenol once in a while but without really trusting them, only guided by the thought: the pain might possibly be worse without them!
 
Murrmurr said:
Food didn't need a bunch of spices when we were kids. I mean, that's what dipping sauces are all about, right? You got your ranch, BBQ, honey BBQ, your sweet n sour and all that because there's no flavor in the meat.

Everything "tastes like chicken" now, but only elderly people know what chicken actually tastes like. (in the West, anyway)
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There were no dipping sauces when I grew up, unless you count ketchup which doesn’t go with chicken.

We always had real maple syrup in the house and I still do.
 
One of the good things is the variety of foods. The international section has foods I’d never heard of even a few years ago. Even many vegetables and fruits are unique.
 
We live in a beachside area that’s very popular with tourists during school holidays / long weekends / Christmas / Easter
and we have lots of cafes in the main street ,they are packed with people eating breakfast at 8-10 am , we don’t have any fast food places where I’m ,they are 18 Km away,

I’ve been though that town at 7 am during tourist season and Macca’s and hungry jacks are packed to the brim as well as subway (I didn’t know they had breakfast foods )

Id personally rather a little tub of yoghurt for breakfast than stuffing myself with lots of carbs served at many take away food outlets, I’ve noticed many of the “cooks” on TV are now pushing fast food types of meals, to make at home like burgers / tacos / wraps.
 
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Jules said:
One of the good things is the variety of foods. The international section has foods I’d never heard of even a few years ago. Even many vegetables and fruits are unique.
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Our local main grocery chain (Sobeys) does little to cater to tastes other than those of the average Maritimer! We have to go to the Atlantic Superstore, miles away, if we want anything "exotic!"
 
Old Salt said:
I am still desperately looking for the orange-y egg yolks of my youth. Eggs like that were so flavourful compared to what I buy in the store. I buy free range but have learned in the meantime that this simply means the chickens roam the barn floor instead of being caged. Certainly a humane progression but the flavour of the eggs is the same because they eat the same seed.

Excerpt from the Today Show:

"While egg yolk's shade may not impact its health value, many chefs, farmers and home cooks swear that the yolk's color does actually affect the flavor of the egg — and the dish it's used in. The more vibrant the shade, the more vibrant the taste, they say."

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One of the ladies I worked with had chickens who were her pets & always brought me in a lot of eggs. Unbelievable how orange the yolks were. Now my neighbor has chickens & when they get too many they give us some. These yolks are just as orange. I really do think it makes a difference in the flavor.
 
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