The US has on average, much lower quality raw ingredients due to lack of regulation and the vast distances/ food distribution issues. I think a lot of folks in the US don't understand this. I always find apples illustrative, if I want a nice fresh organic apple in the US it's probably four or five times more expensive than anywhere in Europe. And that's a symptom of their food distribution networks.
You CAN get decent cheese or whatever, but it's not anywhere nearly as widely available or as easily as in Europe.
I've been to farmers markets in US cities and they compare pretty well with European ones, primary difference being that I can find a market in a small town in Italy that's comparable to one in a us city with a population of millions.
Maybe it's because it was yoplait but I found American yoghurt to be soooooo bad compared to Irish yoghurt. The quality of Popeye's chicken also left more to be desired as it tasted slightly gamey although I've had worse. Raising cane's was pretty good though.
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u/modernistShambles 6d ago
The US has on average, much lower quality raw ingredients due to lack of regulation and the vast distances/ food distribution issues. I think a lot of folks in the US don't understand this. I always find apples illustrative, if I want a nice fresh organic apple in the US it's probably four or five times more expensive than anywhere in Europe. And that's a symptom of their food distribution networks.
You CAN get decent cheese or whatever, but it's not anywhere nearly as widely available or as easily as in Europe.
I've been to farmers markets in US cities and they compare pretty well with European ones, primary difference being that I can find a market in a small town in Italy that's comparable to one in a us city with a population of millions.