As far as the food that are produced on farms in Russia and in the surrounding countries like Georgia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, these nations are poor, so they don t have the money for insecticides, pesticides, and artificial fertilizers. Plus, there is a distinct difference in taste, which would indicate the above is true. The taste of such food as tomatoes, cucumbers and grapes is something that you can t find in the U.S. unless you know someone who has grown it himself or herself. The tomatoes are ripe, juicy and sweet not like the greenhouse variety that you get. The cucumbers are tasty, too, and without the wax that is put on it for some reason that I ll never know.
Grapes taste like grapes.
When I was in the U.S. this past winter, I had some grapes, and they had the strangest taste. All I can say is that they were not grapes in their taste, but just looked like grapes. Over the next week, as I continued to eat the grapes, my mind started to associate the taste of what these grapes tasted like, as grapes, though I know that they were not grapes. On the average, Russians eat better than the Americans, as usually buy fresh produce in the market place, and have unadulterated grains. Those who have the money do buy processed foods, but they don t go over board on it as you would find it in your country.