Subsidies. Many of the items grown on huge farms receive large federal subsidies. Industrial agriculture - if you plant very close together, load soil with heavy chemical fertilizer, spray with pesticide, pick mechanically, grow rows and rows of genetically identical plants that are all ready to pick at the same time, there is certainly an economy of scale. Any home vegetable gardener, and I have a very large one, can tell you how much labor is involved in composting, mulching, hand picking snails, tending plants individually, picking only at peak. The difference is in taste, of course, but also in renewing soil rather than wearing it out. You could argue that industrial agriculture is more expensive in the long run. And let's face it, farm workers even when unionized are not exactly highly paid.
And I can attest organic farming is a 365 day a year job! Anyone want any Thai basil? I have an overload, I've packed so much Thai food into my big freezer things fall out when I open the door. That's another thing, organic gardening is much more subject to over and undersupply than industrial agriculture.
What crandc said was spot on. The reason why most of our food is so inexpensive is partially due to subsidies and partially due to how the industrial food system is set up. We externalize the real cost of food (and everything else we buy). oh my glob yes please
Can you just send up the Thai food you already made? I love the Thai Basil but my cooking skill set is really limited to toast, microwave popcorn, and oatmeal.
thai food is actually deceptively easy to make. as long as you've got coconut milk, thai basil, lemongrass and keffir lime leaves (all of which can be found at any asian grocery store), it tastes amazeballs
ive been making my own pad thai for years NEED: rice noodles bean sprouts shrimp or whatever couple eggs crushed peanuts a lime green onions and a jar of some authentic pad thai sauce like this: not some thai kitchen cheeseball sauce PREPARATION: soak the rice noodles heat up a frying pan to nuclear with basil/garlic/ginger and a bunch of oil, i use vegetable oil or peanut oil with a dash of sesame drop the shrimp in drop an egg in and scramble right quick drop the noods and the sauce in drop the sprouts in stir fry that shit for a minute or so throw a handful of scallions on top, and a handful of crushed peanuts lime on the side fucking perfect everytime, tastes exactly like a restaurant
While I really do appreciate your belief in me I guarantee I absolutely could and probably would fuck it up. Although that does give me an idea... do Zombies eat Thai food or just Thai people? And also, does food poisoning make Zombies sick or are they just immune because they're already half dead?
interesting! i wonder if zombies would become connoisseurs of particular races, seeing as how their innards would taste distinctively different...if i was a zombie, i would feast upon thais exclusively
Zombies don't eat people, only their brains. While it's true that you are what you eat, I don't know if your cuisine would flavor your brains.
Well my advice then would be to move to Thailand instead of trying to eat local Thais. Zombies move pretty slowly* and your chances of catching one is much higher there. Plus it's authentic and you would be able to feel superior over fellow Zombies who just eat American Thais. *Except the streakers, of course, but they usually just hide in corn fields and (from what I've heard) don't eat Thais unless they're desperate
Would those who want Thai basil PM me if you live in the Bay Area? I'm not shipping it to Portland. Spud, you could visit me. You can choose: Red curry chicken Green curry pork Panang curry beef Yellow curry vegetables Thai chicken with rice Thai chicken with noodles Thai chili beef And whatever else I'll make before the cold sets in.
