• bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    There are a few heirloom plants that bear fruit with more intense flavor than industrial crops, which is a pretty well known fact if you are into food as a business/ home cook/ attend farmers market etc

    Tomatoes here https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-heirloom-tomatoes-taste-so-good/

    Farmer brags about corn http://masienda.com/blogs/learn/about-heirloom-corn#%3A~%3Atext=In+this+case%2C+heirloom+corn%2Con+to+the+next+generation.

    Mentions of the distinct taste https://www.reddit.com/r/farming/comments/15a83zu/why_the_nostalgic_flavor_of_this_heirloom_corn_is/

    https://tinybutmightyfoods.com/why-heirloom/

    Like this is common knowledge, it’s specifically selected for flavor and grown in different ways. Not sure why you think one plant is going to be the same as another variety of the plant.

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      2 days ago

      The point of my comment was to call out the comment poster because it’s obvious they were using their own conjecture and just saying “I did a study.” Very common in this community because people just trust what other people say on face value. The fact they never followed up with anything at all means it was a bot or a dumbass just spouting off at the mouth about some bullshit. I appreciate you taking the time to find similar studies though, thank you.

      I was not arguing anything except, “please show me where you read that” because I don’t know about this subject. But if you make a claim about a subject, you should be able to back it up or you’re lying.

      I find it hard to buy that Mexican tortilla companies somehow buy only heirloom corn and American companies don’t. We know exactly why the tortillas suck in the US and it’s not cornmeal degradation ffs.

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        1 day ago

        Dude you are just super ignorant about food.

        Like - can you imagine the idea that the tortillas he’s talking about are not factory made? Like maybe locally grown produce is used for hand made stuff?

        You should know their are regional differences in how foods are produced.

        People aren’t going to hold your hand so you can what’s common knowledge. But

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          13 hours ago

          I absolutely reject the notion of food science being common knowledge. If you can’t back up what you say with anything when asked, you are simply lying, full of shit, or haven’t actually proved what you claimed.

          Yes I know there are regional differences in how food is made that is my whole point. I’m saying there is difference in quality between the two countries, but that has no link to degradation of cornmeal which is what the op claimed, said “I did a study” and everyone just believed them when they quite literally cannot backup what they said.

          How hard is it to keep your conjecture to yourself or just simply backup what you claimed?