Eggs and meat in the US

[TerokNor]

Having been to the UK and Europe, I can say from experience that US foods are far superior in quality to what I had 'across the pond'.

Hmm see I would say from my experience the exact opposite. I found US supermarket food, including that sold as 'fresh', either comically oversized and hence flavourless or stuffed so full of additives it barely qualified as food anymore. I think you just prefer what you are used to. Having grown up with British and our various imported foods I enjoy it a lot. America's fat=flavour approach makes for a bloated and sluggish cultcross.

Agreed. If I take just my experience Id describe lots of american food as too fat, WAY to sweet (this goes especially for joghurts), too artificial tasting.
However the self cooked things of my host with fresh veggies were really nice.
In the UK some things I found also sweeter and more artifical tasting then here, but again, my hosts were great cooks. Many of the things they used they grew in there garden though.
What I always miss (in the USA or the UK) is real bread...and water that does not taste like chlorine.

As to eggs... the eggs in the UK tasted like..eggs (no difference). In the US I did not eat eggs.
In Germany I only eat eggs that have a 0 (or sometimes a 1) imprinted on it. Cause the 0 stand for biological and free running outside, the 1 for free running outside, 2 would be free running inside and 3 cage.

I don´t eat meat, however my family says that it is very noticable if a piece of meat is from an animals that got hormones, had a stressful transport etc. or if its local, grown up like it should, no long way to get killed etc.
The second one is more tender and tasty, and its also to notice when you make it ready, that it "behaves" differently in the pan.

Oh and just so, even it may sound stereotype-like...the best pizza I have ever eaten was in Italy/ Venice. It was just perfect!

TerokNor

 

[STR]

I don´t eat meat, however my family says that it is very noticable if a piece of meat is from an animals that got hormones, had a stressful transport etc. or if its local, grown up like it should, no long way to get killed etc.
The second one is more tender and tasty, and its also to notice when you make it ready, that it "behaves" differently in the pan.

I have a chef (as in formally trained) that married into the family, he'd probably give me one of those "who the hell told you that?" stares if I read this to him. His whole line if you're worried about cancer (he's not a doctor, so he won't discuss the merits of THAT argument) by all means go organic/free range, but it all tastes the same (so long as it's the same grade of meat from the same line of animal, fed the same kind of feed) any difference is made up in your head.

 

[scotpens]

. . . What I always miss (in the USA or the UK) is real bread...and water that does not taste like chlorine.

I've never detected any chlorine taste in the tap water here in L.A. I mean, it's not like the water from your kitchen faucet tastes like a public swimming pool.

And you can get fresh-baked bread at plenty of local panaderias here. Even a lot of big supermarkets have in-store bakeries and sell fresh bread every day.

. . . Posting on this board, I often get the impression that foreigners really don't quite get just how big the US is.

Actually it's about the same size as Australia, except with more than 12 times as many people -- and we live everywhere in our country, not just around the edges!

 

[RoJoHen]

. . . Posting on this board, I often get the impression that foreigners really don't quite get just how big the US is.

Actually it's about the same size as Australia, except with more than 12 times as many people -- and we live everywhere in our country, not just around the edges!

Um...neat? Are you a foreigner? If not, you missed my point.

 

[Canadave]

. . . What I always miss (in the USA or the UK) is real bread...and water that does not taste like chlorine.

I've never detected any chlorine taste in the tap water here in L.A. I mean, it's not like the water from your kitchen faucet tastes like a public swimming pool.

And you can get fresh-baked bread at plenty of local panaderias here. Even a lot of big supermarkets have in-store bakeries and sell fresh bread every day.

Yeah, tap water here tastes pretty neutral. And even places I've been where the tap water is bad, I've never tasted chlorine.

We also have lots of local bakeries, where I get fresh bread all the time.

 

[bigdaddy]

If you have never tasted chroline you have never been to Florida. My water tastes great, but even one town over I wouldn't drink the water. It's hit or miss, but that's the town's fault.

 

[sojourner]

The thing is, just because it's from a bakery, does not make it great bread. The good bakery's have been using the same "seed" yeast for decades and it shows in the flavor of the bread.

Also, I lament the U.S. regulations to pasteurize everything to death. We miss alot of good cheeses here.

 

[TerokNor]

. . . What I always miss (in the USA or the UK) is real bread...and water that does not taste like chlorine.

I've never detected any chlorine taste in the tap water here in L.A. I mean, it's not like the water from your kitchen faucet tastes like a public swimming pool.

And you can get fresh-baked bread at plenty of local panaderias here. Even a lot of big supermarkets have in-store bakeries and sell fresh bread every day.

Yeah, tap water here tastes pretty neutral. And even places I've been where the tap water is bad, I've never tasted chlorine.

We also have lots of local bakeries, where I get fresh bread all the time.

Maybe. I haven´t been everwhere in the US, nor everywhere in the UK, but at the places I were the water tasted terrible. However I also noticed my hosts found it just fine... I still tasted it.
As for bread...also here it probably differs what one understand under real good bread. The bread I considder that I could not find in the USA/UK, at least not in the places I was, which does not have to mean there isn´t a crump of good bread to find in the whole countries.

As for the meat... as I said, I don´t eat it anyway. So can´t speak from expeiences. Its what I´ve heard. Though the meat does behave different in the pan...hormone meat shrings more and the other stays the same size. *shrug* But whatever... if I´d eat meat I would, no matter the taste, choose the second option anytime. I could not shallow the frist option.

TerokNor

 

[Brent]

America is big, and the quality and taste of food and water varies depending on where you are. For example, I use to live in Texas, but in the DFW area, and I drank city water, and out of the tap it tasted pretty bad. Now, I live up in the mountains in NC, and my water comes from well water, and it tastes great outta the tap! Just depends on the source I guess. Same for food, you can spend more money and get the good stuff, or go cheap and get the bad and cheap stuff. Also some grocery stores carry some variety, while others carry other stuff. So it just depends where you shop, what stores, if you go to the market, and how much you are willing to spend. The point is, you can get whatever quality you want, and America has a wide variety available.

 

[scotpens]

. . . As for bread...also here it probably differs what one understand under real good bread. The bread I considder that I could not find in the USA/UK, at least not in the places I was, which does not have to mean there isn´t a crump of good bread to find in the whole countries.

I'm Jewish. If there's one thing I know, it's good bread.

 

[TerokNor]

. . . As for bread...also here it probably differs what one understand under real good bread. The bread I considder that I could not find in the USA/UK, at least not in the places I was, which does not have to mean there isn´t a crump of good bread to find in the whole countries.

I'm Jewish. If there's one thing I know, it's good bread.

I see... well... its great for you, that you like the bread you eat.
However I could not find the bread I like in the US in the places I visited...my experience until now at least (I may still have other experiences in the future).
Though... what does it have to do with being Jewish?
That is as if I would say: I am German...I enjoy beer, sausage and kraut and I am always in time. (I never drink beer, I never eat kraut, I am vegetarian and punctuality is one of my weaknesses.)

TerokNor

 

[RoJoHen]

However I could not find the bread I like in the US in the places I visited...

And where exactly were these places? The US is ginormous. You probably just didn't know about the good bakeries in the area. It's easy to find mass-produced crap in the US (which is probably what you ate). Finding quality food requires some hardcore investigation and experience.

 

[TerokNor]

However I could not find the bread I like in the US in the places I visited...

And where exactly were these places? The US is ginormous. You probably just didn't know about the good bakeries in the area. It's easy to find mass-produced crap in the US (which is probably what you ate). Finding quality food requires some hardcore investigation and experience.

I certainly believe you that.
If you have a sample of good american bread, beam it over! (But if its all fluffy or too solid, too white or artifical brownish looking and has a soft crust I throw it right back over the ocean :P)

I was at different places in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas.

TerokNor

 

[scotpens]

I see... well... its great for you, that you like the bread you eat.

. . . Though... what does it have to do with being Jewish?
That is as if I would say: I am German...I enjoy beer, sausage and kraut and I am always in time. (I never drink beer, I never eat kraut, I am vegetarian and punctuality is one of my weaknesses.)

Well, you can call it a stereotype if you like, but my experience has been that American Jews, at least those of my acquaintance, appreciate good bread. Also good Chinese food.

In fact, I think I'll stop at Ralphs market on the way home from work and pick up a loaf of fresh corn rye.

 

[TerokNor]

Take a picture of your loaf of fresh corn rye. Thought that the words fresh, corn and rye are inside there does give me hope, that we indeed speak about good bread.

TerokNor