Pickles

[frustrated1]

It's not so much the trade with food, it's safety and quality. In many cases food is allowed into our country without the same stringent conditions the CFIA puts on food produced here. If you were to produce pickles for mass market you would have to have an inspected facility and quality control. I don't believe our imported foods have the same standards and it seems to me they can use some smoke and mirrors and fine print to get around some of the issues. Quality control in India may be a lot different than in Canada for example. So, they were inspected; by whom? for what? the lids were on?

[Fransisco]

You don't trust food from another country then just don't buy food from another country.

[btjadenlepp]

i heard a news report on cbc last year
about those pickles from india and how
they were stealing market share from
local producers. it boils down to cost.
labour cost obviously.

my own efforts in the gardening and
canning department have far more to do
with pressure from my grandma and
mother-in-law than concerns about food
safety. for that matter i'd trust a
store-bought pickle far more my own
half-botched efforts, at least at this
stage. i'm also worried that it's going
to be a lost art someday and pretty soon
there won't be anyone left to teach us
how to do it, and sure as anything that
will be when we need it.

plus i just kind of enjoy the work. and
it sets a great example for the kids.

the last thing it has to do with is
saving money. there is nothing cheap
about preparing your own food, or
shopping at farmers markets for that
matter, not when there's a costco
anywhere nearby.

[Fransisco]

A lost art at our house is making popcorn. But I don't miss it one bit, the microwave stuff is far more convenient and in my opinion tastier.