I think you may have me with that one. Yeah... I season the bird inside and out stuffing it with herbs and a little lemon or whatever. Sigh perhaps you're right in that what we had for dinner was a well seasoned meat thing that happened to taste a bit like, chicken The tomatoes we grow in the yard throughout the summer have flavor just can't be found at the grocery store. I wasn't alive in the 60's but I was a small child on the farm in the 70's with our own in yard eats and yes!! That farm had real, natural flavor just the way God made it. My wife makes the best ham in the world. It really is what I remember as a child.
But yep, you're right. Washing machines ETC ain't what they used to be either but that's a whole other thread.
My daughter was in FFA in HS and raised 2 pigs, 32 chickens and a MaineAnjou heifer she had bred resulting in a bull calf. She coddled these animals and loved them and I know exactly how well they were treated and everything they ate.
I bought one of her pigs that didn’t sell at auction and half of her chickens. They were all slaughtered and processed properly.
Even with knowing the history I did not enjoy the taste of the pork or chicken. It was basically flavorless due to the nature of what genetics have been forced into to make everything conform to some imagined standards for quality and time to market.
She had the calf castrated into a steer. I couldn’t see myself eating a steak that came from him so I let her sell it at auction.
I love heirloom fruits and vegetables. I have been struggling to establish a viable heirloom apple, peach and pear orchard. So far only the pear trees show promise. I don’t get up to my woods often enough to care for them properly. A multi year drought killed my peach trees and most of my apples.
I had bought a crab apple to help with pollination. That one is thriving probably because it is native to North America.
Oh well. I wasn’t trying to ruin your memory of a pleasant chicken dinner. No matter how over spiced you made it.
Peace. Out.