Which veggies have the biggest difference in taste compared to store bought?
 

Someone posed this question at GW and I though it was a good question. While I am fairly new to the whole home garden veggie growing, I really notice the biggest difference in tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and okra out of what I have grown. Squash was one I couldnt tell much difference and Eggplant was one that I couldnt compare since its been so long since I have bought it. Just wondering what everyones thoughts are on the subject.

I'll add sweet corn to your list. Eating sweet corn from a grocery store is not comparable to eating home grown. Grocery store corn is hard and dried out. When you pull back that shuck and the juice squirts you in the face, then you've got some real sweet corn.

Store bought tomatoes and garlic cannot even be compared to homegrown ones.

Tomatoes
Eggplant-big ones at the store can be bitter, I pick smaller from the garden
Sweet Potatoes-I like the white ones, which I can't find at the store
Sugar Snap Peas
Snap Beans
Field Peas
Okra
Corn
Carrots-the ones at the store are not as sweet, maybe it's storage time?

I agree with all of the above, and I would like to add one more that really surprised me: CELERY.
Let me say here that Celery is my least favorite veggie, but since it is good for High Blood Pressure I make a drink with it, plus I add a banana, some flax seeds and a bit of honey; but I found that the homegrown celery is somewhat more intense and I like it A LOT BETTER.

potatoes, potatoes, potatoes.
i had no idea what fresh potatoes actually tasted like...until i grew some!

i agree that carrots are sweeter when home grown, as are onions.
also swedes (rutabega) are very buttery, actually, when home grown.

i did not notice any difference in the zuchinnis, pumpkins, capsicums (bell peppers) or herbs and other leafy greens, except that the stems on the silverbeet (swiss chard) was sweeter.

gosh. come to australia and re-learn the names for most of your favourite foods! LOL!

I can eat fresh cabbage out of the garden raw with a little sea salt, and I sure can't with store bought...
Radishes too.

Jeanne

[B]i did not notice any difference in the zuchinnis[/B]

Oh my, you've never had zucchini like I grow it then.

We try to pick it about the size of your hand, young and tender. You don't need to peel it and there are no seeds. Plus when it's fresh it's not rubbery like the stuff I find in the grocery stores here.

Strawberries. The strawberries you get in the grocery store are a laugh. Big and tasteless. A homegrown strawberry is ambrosia.

Tomatoes are another obvious one. What they have to do to something soft like a tomato to make it shippable 'cross country (or between countries) makes it darn near inedible.

Sometimes peppers from the grocery store are waxed to keep them from drying out and I hate the feel of the wax when I handle the pepper. Makes me want to put a match to it and see if it would burn.:twisted:

I am starting to lose my memory of grocery store fresh vegetables. We are able to pretty much eat all year long on what we grow in the garden, preferably fresh but if not, then frozen. We still have to buy garlic and potatoes and part of our onions.

I'm new here but wanted to chime in. I just tasted my first homegrown carrot from my garden and it was soooo much better than store bought carrots. Really nice and sweet!

Everything !!!!

But Peas the most for me :)

Greg

Tomatoes,green beans and spinach..Spinach tastes so much better when you get it fresh from the garden.

I'd like to add broccoli (also the sprouting broccoli),cauliflower, collards,chards and a lot more.
Home grown vegetables are eaten very fresh (max 1 hour after harvest).
I am afraid no supermarket bought vegetables can compete it!

arugula, mustard greens and lettuce - absolutely wonderful from the garden, very bland from the store.