One of the most difficult adjustments for me has been getting used to American food.
While on the road, I had gotten used to eating homemade meals and shopped a lot for fresh produce.
So, when I got back here, I was mortified by the food we eat. Still trying to be as healthy and fresh-food friendly as I’d been in the East, I walked to Whole Foods Market in St. Louis. Trying to buy the ingredients for a soup, I couldn’t find one normal-sized onion there. Each one was easily as big as both my fists. Same for the tomatoes. And they were all practically identical.
Even at this arguably healthier supermarket, nearly every vegetable I picked up was genetically modified. Nothing was real or really natural.
Call me crazy, but I just want to eat a tomato with spots or have an onion that isn’t going to last me for a month.
Word on the street is that some European countries require produce to be marked as genetically modified. I would LOVE if we did that in the states. I mean, if people don’t like to refer to KFC’s meat as real chicken, why should I have to refer to that crunchy white thing as a real onion?
Have you looked for any local farmer’s markets in St. Louis? When I want produce that doesn’t look like it came from a factory, that’s where Melanie and I go. By the way, welcome back to the states (as this is the first comment I think I’ve posted since you got back!
Just grow your own vegetables :-p
I wish I could grow my own veggies. No room…unless I get my window sill to hold up some potted plants! Hehehe.
Farmer’s markets are aplenty here in NYC…I still think that a lot of these places sell GMO vegetables, too, though. I don’t know that there’s any policies on what can/can’t be sold there…
And thanks for the welcome back!