What are you eating?

[Buffalobiian]

If you're landlocked, you might simply have better luck with frozen foods since they're frozen while they're fresh. Frozen veges are pretty good as long as you microwave them (without adding water) instead of boiling them. Even then they're not bad.

If it's the place of origin you're worried about though, then that's a different matter then. There was a segment on TV the other week about how imported vegetables don't have the same stringent chemical-banning standards as Australian grown vegetables, thus making Aussie produce cost more and reducing our competitiveness. It's pretty BS to have such double standards.

[Animeniax]

I don't mind frozen seafood but all the frozen tilapia I've checked originated in China, versus the "fresh" fish which supposedly came from Mexico.

I've never cared that much about where my food comes from, but I'm trying to be more aware. I'm not a big anti-Chinese products person, but I draw the line at food and prefer to buy food sourced from other countries. Of course, you can't trust food from a lot of places (like Vietnam) and it's hard to tell what countries have stringent standards and how strictly they are followed. Even in the US, only a small fraction of food products are checked by the FDA, and large scale checks are performed only after a lot of people get sick.

[Animeniax]

Update on the fish... I reheated leftovers in the microwave and the dish is amazing again. I wonder that maybe I didn't cook it long enough, as the recipe says to bake it in the oven for 8 minutes, but this gas oven I use is notoriously bad at maintaining temperature. So buying "fresh" was worth it after all, as it does taste better (flakier, better texture) than frozen.