One of the symptoms of covid 19 is a loss of smell and taste. Well, we have experienced that for some time before the pandemic and we are often told that it is related to the aging process. I am inclined to the view that it is also related to eating foods that have been processed or manufactured in some way.
Almost everything that we eat these days has been through some processing. You may think that raw vegetables do not come into this category but with the emphasis on "natural", or "organic" there has been some interference with the normal growing process. Farming today is as much a factory-type activity as the production of bread. so even the humble potato or carrot is not safe from being manipulated in some way and tomatoes grown in chemical fluids rarely if ever taste like tomatoes.
In ordinary food processing then the recipes have changed over time and the emphasis on being salt-free has changed most foods that we buy. But simply removing salt from some recipes would not have been enough so something had to be substituted. Going salt free of course had an added bonus for manufacturers, less cost!
Even meat goes through processing even if it is still referred to as butchering. If your chops arrived prepackaged, cryovacced etc then they have gone through a process that is far removed from what used to happen at your local butcher. And it is tempting to wonder if beef mince has ever been near a cow let alone being part of one!
Had one of these for breakfast:
Dont know what it tasted like, but it was not like a crumpet.
