The new hybrid vegetables often have increased size, hardiness, and resistance to diseases; but they may not have the old-fashioned good flavor of the heirlooms. Beauty is ultimately in the mouth of the holder. Is it the fading sensitivity of my taste buds, or are store-bought vegetables and meats such as poultry less savory these days?
When I stayed with a SIL, her neighbor would bring over the most delicious cherry tomatoes to share. The dogs would even threaten to attack if they didn’t get a couple, lol. (Though they would roll them around on the floor until I bit a tiny hole into them so they could taste them, silly dogs!) Unfortunately, I never thought to get the name of the tomatoes from the neighbor.
Templo S.U.D. almost 2 years ago
Like radishes, cauliflower, and broccoli in my case (when it came to eating them rather than planting them).
jmolay161 almost 2 years ago
The plugger bypasses the latest in high-tech crop genetics.
jmolay161 almost 2 years ago
Are his kitchen appliances heirlooms too?
jmolay161 almost 2 years ago
I actually visited an old relative as a very young kid, out in the country, who used a wood stove. Her father had been in the Civil Wsr!
sousamannd almost 2 years ago
It’s possibly coming back, unless…
Gent almost 2 years ago
Eh me never knews there was purple coloured carrots too.
PraiseofFolly almost 2 years ago
The new hybrid vegetables often have increased size, hardiness, and resistance to diseases; but they may not have the old-fashioned good flavor of the heirlooms. Beauty is ultimately in the mouth of the holder. Is it the fading sensitivity of my taste buds, or are store-bought vegetables and meats such as poultry less savory these days?
juicebruce almost 2 years ago
To me heirlooms are using your own saved seeds …
Ichabod Ferguson almost 2 years ago
It’s the roses I miss. Modern roses are bred for beauty and size but without the classic rose scent.
ctolson almost 2 years ago
I always though heirlooms were objects handed down through the family. Any vegetables handed down would be really dried out and hard.
Watchdog almost 2 years ago
Sure beets (not a pun) the vegetable and fruit pills in red and green bottles seen endlessly on TV
david_42 almost 2 years ago
Gave up on “heirloom” veggies; poor yield, bug-ridden, diseased… There’s good reasons people have spent hundreds of years breeding better ones.
Just-me almost 2 years ago
“Heirloom” has become a marketing gimmick. Same Beefsteak tomato, but now its called an heirloom…sigh.
ladykat almost 2 years ago
I like buying the different coloured carrots when they are on special.
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
“I’m not old, I’m vintage.” ~?
goboboyd almost 2 years ago
No doubt by saving the seeds from previous years crops. Pre GMO. And you graciously exchange cuttings and seeds with your neighbors.
finnygirl Premium Member almost 2 years ago
When I stayed with a SIL, her neighbor would bring over the most delicious cherry tomatoes to share. The dogs would even threaten to attack if they didn’t get a couple, lol. (Though they would roll them around on the floor until I bit a tiny hole into them so they could taste them, silly dogs!) Unfortunately, I never thought to get the name of the tomatoes from the neighbor.