The Best Food I’ve Ever Tasted
I’ve eaten in some amazing restaurants and I’ve also eaten very well in my own house or those of others.
But whether, I’m talking about meat, fish, fruit or vegetables, all good food has one thing in common.
It has been cooked from the finest ingredients, that have been grown or gathered with the utmost care.
I remember eating some vegetables once in guest house in a small stately home, that was owned by the local farmer somewhere near Bishop Auckland. He had grown the vegetables in the kitchen garden and didn’t serve any vegetables he didn’t grow. I’ve also eaten vegetables and chickens raised in the same way on a West Indian island and the taste couldn’t be faulted.
I actually don’t think either of these places were certified organic, but they were just grown, by someone who knew their stuff.
And this is the key fact, when you are growing food. It’s all about knowledge and careful husbandry.
I’ve also had beef, that was illegally home-killed by the farmer. But as he shot the animal in the field, there was no stress. It was without compare!
The trouble is that most people don’t know the taste of real food! To find out the difference this summer, try a few strawberries from a proper farm or garden, where they are grown with care and compare them to those in the local supermarket.
I don’t like parsnips. But three years ago, we did a favour for a farmer, who grew them for the supermarkets. He brought round a tray of just harvested and hand washed parsnips from the field, as part of the thanks. Because they were quality vegetables, just an hour or so out of the field, they were unrecognisable when compared to the product sold in any supermarket. And yet they were the same!
In my view, the only reason to buy organic food, is that the farmer has put more care into its production. So for a start they’ve probably grown it in their best field, and as they get a premium price, they’ve made sure, it’s had the best of husbandry.
The Anonymous Widower 
The best food I have ever tasted are the lettuces, radishes, carrots and spring onions from my own garden. My family are Greek farming folk and are used to growing and raising their own food, baking their own bread, etc, but, as a vegetarian, I omit the meat, fish and poultry.
It hasn’t had any harmful effects on my health and I am the only blood donor I know who gives blood three times a year.
Comment by Janice Mermikli | February 11, 2013 |