why has the food become so tasteless

[opalred]

over the years here the food gets less taste maybe add more chillies the answer

it makes me angry to buy products and cook and no flavour there ok might say dont know how to cook but doing it now for 55yrs

what do you eat now only products from certified countrys

you look at seafood on market it can sit in market for over a week still look fresh but bad taste

pork beef chicken same

now vegs have been hit same

take a tomato they will never go bad can sit on shelf for 3 weeks and only stay same

why every product has been loaded with let you guess

[marko kok prong]

Dear chap ,i think the word you are looking for is preservative,but i am a cook too,and cook a lot of Indian food,which is anything but tasteless,i recently had wonderful seafood in prachuap kiri khan,full of flavour,and the pizza i have made tonight is awesome,maybe you should stop boiling everything.

[nidieunimaitre]

Have you tried MSG?

But seriously: The same thing happened in Farangland a long time ago, Thailand is slowly catching up.

Mass production and standardizing are the future of food production.

For the time being, enjoy the small scale local products of Thailand, it will not last.....

[marko kok prong]

Agree about the Msg,i never use it,but for the Thai's they throw it everything,it has a certain taste that some Jap guy named years ago,between savoury and bitter i think.

[CharlieH]

Moved to Food

[Crazy chef 1]

I think the op gets older and the tastebuds needs more stimulation same as the other senses...

[h90]

My wife and I thought the same here in Bangkok.

Having a weekend house in the south now, buying from the market:

The pork doesn't get smelly as fast as in Bangkok (fresher??), sometimes it is harder sometimes not, but it tastes different. Together we couldn't figure out what is the difference.

Same for the chicken, for the fish (OK buying from the fisherman that is no surprise) and for the ready to eat food (which we don't buy often).

Can't tell why, it isn't impossible that we only imagine it, but I doubt it.

[katana]

Unfortunately as you get older, it's very common to you lose your sense of taste. Just as your other senses such as eyesight, hearing etc also decline.

[i claudius]

Come to our house ,my food tastes great

[SoiBiker]

As others have pointed out, it's not the food, it's you.

[rabid old goat]

I think the op gets older and the tastebuds needs more stimulation same as the other senses...

read somewhere that is was an indication of death is neigh.

also read that meth drugs do this too.

[AyG]

May not be loss of sense of taste, but loss of sense of smell.

[LuckyLew]

Must be you

I eat different meals every day and they always taste yummy

Maybe you have been cooking the same things day in day out

If you change things up a little you might find food tastier again

[billd766]

Have you tried MSG?

But seriously: The same thing happened in Farangland a long time ago, Thailand is slowly catching up.

Mass production and standardizing are the future of food production.

For the time being, enjoy the small scale local products of Thailand, it will not last.....

Actually that is not quite correct. Perhaps the food that people buy in supermarkets is like that but certainly out here in rural Thailand the food is a lot fresher at the local markets. Thai housewives were brought up using fresh ingredients and if the food at a market stall is not that fresh it will go out of business as customers go elsewhere.

Very little of the food that my wife cooks for us is processed and I make a lot of my own farang style food so I know what goes into it. Stuff like butter, cheese and milk etc is processed but the meat and veg is bought at the local markets 2 or 3 times a week.

Boil in the bag or microwaved it isn't.

[JingerBen]

I think the op gets older and the tastebuds needs more stimulation same as the other senses...

Quite so... but the OP does make some good points.

[opalred]

over the years i had many different farms pestersides and fungrsides used here were banned 30 to 40 yrs ago in oz

capon chickens in market i rememder when child my father wanted me to hold chickens so could needle hormone pellet in neck

they were called capon chickens still sold in shops

that was banned 60yrs ago in oz

the wost one now asian countrys have found or big chemical monolopys wanting to get quick money from at health and kill people

is formaldyde i used when once had mushroom farm in oz it kills EVERYTHING AND PRESERVE it was banned 30yrs agoin oz

in last 5yrs they have found it here to wash products seafood and vegs and meats to stop products going of

before naturally last 3or4 days now 3or 4 weeks and guess where chemical ends up

this is same chemical used to preservs people whe die

[Enoon]

over the years i had many different farms pestersides and fungrsides used here were banned 30 to 40 yrs ago in oz

capon chickens in market i rememder when child my father wanted me to hold chickens so could needle hormone pellet in neck

they were called capon chickens still sold in shops

that was banned 60yrs ago in oz

the wost one now asian countrys have found or big chemical monolopys wanting to get quick money from at health and kill people

is formaldyde i used when once had mushroom farm in oz it kills EVERYTHING AND PRESERVE it was banned 30yrs agoin oz

in last 5yrs they have found it here to wash products seafood and vegs and meats to stop products going of

before naturally last 3or4 days now 3or 4 weeks and guess where chemical ends up

this is same chemical used to preservs people whe die

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