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To: TimF who wrote (265290)	6/3/2008 7:03:33 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 281500

It seems any time I list an example you just ignore it and continue to ask the same question. Ok, I think I recall you listing frozen TV dinners. I freely admit I don't know much about that sector. Perhaps they have increased in quality. However, to the degree that that sector has increased as a significant food source for Americans, I CAN state that Americans food quality has gone DOWN and not UP. 3 is an aspect of quality. Certainly not the only one, and not as important IMO as taste, but it still is part of quality. 4 is also connected to quality, because it allows for more diversity of food choices, and because it allows you to have fresh food when otherwise you would only have frozen versions of the same thing. I've stated numerous times that if appearance, availability, or cost are you metrics, things have improved. My point is that those metrics have directly impacted in a negative way, eating quality of food. Have you been listening at all? 6 is an incentive for quality. Yes, and it is this item which finally started causing problems for many of those food items which had declined in quality to the point that consumers no longer wanted them, even at cheap prices. What I have is my own observation of food over the years, and the observations of a number of other people. Particularly with the diversity of choices in local restaurants, and even more with the improvements in frozen and convenience foods the increase in quality is clear and dramatic. I've not noticed that restaurants offer better foods. Which ones did you have in mind? I've generally gone to small mom & pops ones that are Italian or Greek or Mexican, or specialty vegetarian restaurants. They have always been good. On the frozen front, I don't buy much of anything frozen. But from what I know of the production side of produce which is frozen, I know that varieties destined for freezing have been subject to the same dynamics I've pointed out which decrease quality. Perhaps you are thinking of more complex processed frozen products? If so, once again, your food quality is lowered by using such, assuming you are halfway awake at preparing your own meals from fresh produce. So I remain at a loss to comprehend how you think the average calorie going into the average American's mouth has increased in quality. If it had, I would expect to see slimmer Americans as "clear and dramatic" living proof. I don't seem them. Do you?