{"id":210365,"date":"2025-12-31T18:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/210365\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T18:27:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:27:08","slug":"5-foods-people-over-55-say-used-to-be-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/210365\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Foods People Over 55 Say Used to Be Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

People over 55 say these classic foods used to taste far better than today.<\/p>\n

Times have certainly changed, with food quality among certain items being affected. Technology and the use of antibiotics play a role in our food over time, and the 55 plus<\/a> generation can remember the days when certain foods were just\u2026better. Here are 5 foods that generation says used to taste better overall.<\/p>\n

\tMcDonald\u2019s French Fries<\/p>\n

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McDonald\u2019s French Fries are one salty treat diners say used to be even better than they are today (if you can believe it). \u201cMcDonald\u2019s french fries tasted better frying them in beef fat was much tastier than whatever they are using today,\u201d one commenter said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\tFresh Produce<\/p>\n

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Quite a few people mentioned the simple pleasure of better produce. \u201cFresh fruit and vegetables used to taste better. That was before they were altered to improve appearance and shelf life,\u201d a commenter said<\/a>. \u201cSome of them were smaller and didn\u2019t look like perfect specimens, but they tasted wonderful. Also many more people had vegetable gardens and fruit trees so the produce we ate was fresher.\u201d<\/p>\n

This 10-Minute Daily Routine Builds More Strength Than Hour-Long Gym Sessions After 55<\/a><\/p>\n

\tPork Chops<\/p>\n

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Pork chops used to be a regular part of the dinner rotation in many households. \u201cPork chops had fat on them and when those chops were grilled they were fantastic,\u201d a commenter said<\/a>. \u201cI would say pork tasted better before they started producing leaner pork as the fat was the flavor,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n

\tMilk and Dairy<\/p>\n

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Even dairy was different according to those who remember the simple tasty pleasures of raw milk. \u201cWe still had access to fresh raw milk in supermarkets and drive\/walk up diaries and in some areas home delivery,\u201d a commenter said<\/a>. \u201cThe quality of the milk, cream, butter, etc was phenomenal and beyond compare to any you could get in contemporary supermarkets. But you can still get fresh raw milk in LA, it\u2019s just really expensive and while it is better than supermarket milk it isn\u2019t as good as my memory of dairy 50+ years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHostess Treats<\/p>\n

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Some mentioned the popular snack foods from Hostess tasted better back then. \u201cEven processed snack foods were better. Hostess products like Ding Dongs & Twinkies were so much better. So good. Wonder bread was delicious,\u201d the commenter said<\/a>. \u201cNow snack foods are nothing but preservatives. They taste gross. It\u2019s been decades since I\u2019ve eaten them. Even now with krispy cream donuts have so much preservatives they don\u2019t grow moldy even though they\u2019re made with \u2018fresh\u2019 ingredients.\u201d6254a4d1642c605c54bf1cab17d50f1e<\/p>\n

Jess Kelly<\/p>\n

\t\tJess Kelly is an accomplished freelance writer and journalist with nearly a decade of experience contributing to renowned media outlets, including The Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan, AAA, Elite Traveler, Eater, Food52, Insider, Wine Enthusiast, Kitchn, AAA World Magazine, Thrillist, Conde Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet, Hemispheres, and TravelPulse.\t\t\t\t\tRead more about Jess <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People over 55 say these classic foods used to taste far better than today. Times have certainly changed,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[4745,134,111,139,556,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-210365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-groceries","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nutrition","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}