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Cyclefrance · 02-05-2007, 07:10 PM

Ah, yes, apples…

Our supermarkets have this habit of displaying nice, fresh, crunchy, juicy apples during the first week of a promotion, but then these are suddenly replaced by ones that are fresh… out of storage! They still look good, but the act of eating is a gruesome exercise – all pap and no flavour - absolutely no modicum of eating enjoyment is delivered at all, for that matter.

Red Delicious, howoever, seem to achieve gruesome status whether fresh off the tree or fresh off the storage rack.

But all is not lost! Our local Waitrose (supermarket division of the John Lewis Partnership – ‘never knowingly cheap’ or something similar is their motto) has started selling a US derived variety known as ‘Empire’ – absolutely no disappointment so far and I’ve been buying them for over two months now. And they’re predominantly red in colour as well!

02-05-2007, 07:10 PM	#69
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Ah, yes, apples… Our supermarkets have this habit of displaying nice, fresh, crunchy, juicy apples during the first week of a promotion, but then these are suddenly replaced by ones that are fresh… out of storage! They still look good, but the act of eating is a gruesome exercise – all pap and no flavour - absolutely no modicum of eating enjoyment is delivered at all, for that matter. Red Delicious, howoever, seem to achieve gruesome status whether fresh off the tree or fresh off the storage rack. But all is not lost! Our local Waitrose (supermarket division of the John Lewis Partnership – ‘never knowingly cheap’ or something similar is their motto) has started selling a US derived variety known as ‘Empire’ – absolutely no disappointment so far and I’ve been buying them for over two months now. And they’re predominantly red in colour as well! __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears