Red "Delicious" Apples - Page 3

Shawnee123 · 02-02-2007, 03:09 PM

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02-02-2007, 03:10 PM

When I was in NC there was one with pink flesh that was AMAZING.

Flint · 02-02-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

When I was in NC there was one with pink flesh that was AMAZING.

footfootfoot · 02-02-2007, 03:43 PM

Honeycrisp is the most amazing thing to come down the apple road. They are the best. They can keep up to 7 months with no deterioration if kept at 99% humidity and 32f.

I once met an apple grower who told me the red delicious cross was beautiful, travelled well, and had a reasonable shelf life at room temp, only it taasted like wet cardboard. So they hired a marketing company who came up with the orwellian name "Delicious". It's still going downhill as far as veracity is concerned.

Although, "honeycrisp" actually barely covers how amazing this apple is, especially when cold. Don't even bother eating apples if you aren't buying directly from the orchard. I'm serious. get fresh or get lost.

EAT THE FOOD!!!

Mixie · 02-03-2007, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

no deterioration if kept at 99% humidity and 32f.

99% humidity? What do you do, drown them in your fridge?

To me, the ideal apple for baking apple pies is the "Goudreinet", or golden rennet. If they're out of season, I go with Elstar. I don't often eat apples, but if I do I like both the Grannies and the Jonagold.

footfootfoot · 02-03-2007, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mixie

99% humidity? What do you do, drown them in your fridge?

To me, the ideal apple for baking apple pies is the "Goudreinet", or golden rennet. If they're out of season, I go with Elstar. I don't often eat apples, but if I do I like both the Grannies and the Jonagold.

damp cloth, plastic bag. The orchards keep them sprayed with water all the time. It is damp in the storage area.

ZenGum · 10-10-2009, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I once met an apple grower who told me the red delicious cross was beautiful, travelled well, and had a reasonable shelf life at room temp, only it taasted like wet cardboard. So they hired a marketing company who came up with the orwellian name "Delicious". It's still going downhill as far as veracity is concerned.

I just wanted to note that this post has an exceptionally high truth:word ratio.

They develop strains that look good in the shop but have the taste and nutrition of, as you say, cardboard; then stick some BS name on them to make people buy them.

I hate that shit.

Gimme a pink lady. (I was thinking of apples, but now that I reconsider...)

glatt · 10-19-2009, 10:22 AM

We bought some honey while we were at the apple place last weekend. This place has bee hives to pollinate the trees, and a local beekeeper comes and collects the honey. It's packaged for the orchard and they sell it with their own label in their little store.

OMFG! All my life, I thought honey was just honey, and it was nothing special. But man, is this stuff awesome. That stuff you buy in the grocery store is nothing compared to this fresh raw local honey. We keep finding excuses to use it, and already the jar is about a third gone in a week and a half.

Nobody told me.

limey · 10-19-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

We bought some honey while we were at the apple place last weekend. This place has bee hives to pollinate the trees, and a local beekeeper comes and collects the honey. It's packaged for the orchard and they sell it with their own label in their little store.

OMFG! All my life, I thought honey was just honey, and it was nothing special. But man, is this stuff awesome. That stuff you buy in the grocery store is nothing compared to this fresh raw local honey. We keep finding excuses to use it, and already the jar is about a third gone in a week and a half.

Nobody told me.

I've discovered that about local honey, too!

xoxoxoBruce · 10-19-2009, 11:34 AM

You are what you eat. Honey and milk (of all kinds), takes on the taste of what the maker is eating. The stuff you usually buy at the supermarket is blended and processed to even out the taste.

Hippikos · 02-02-2007, 04:09 PM

What about the "Golden Delicious"?

I use to like Grannies (no pun intended)

but prefer Elstars now.

Cloud · 02-02-2007, 04:20 PM

ick. I have to say Golden Delicious are also seriously tasteless. I buy Fuji or Gala most often.

I will look for Honeycrisp.

Flint · 02-02-2007, 04:29 PM

"We" is a general term for "the human population" - the people who buy apples, in this case.
What don't you buy? Somebody ("we") has to be buying these apples, or they wouldn't be around anymore.

glatt · 02-02-2007, 04:34 PM

I guess so. And you are doing your part now by educating those in the Cellar who didn't know that Red Delicious Apples suck.

Flint · 02-02-2007, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

And you are doing your part now by educating those in the Cellar who didn't know that Red Delicious Apples suck.

I'm not afraid to tackle the tough issues facing this great nation. I won't bow down to Big Apple and their fat-cat friends in Congress.

02-02-2007, 03:09 PM	#1
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	To Flint, touche . __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby Last edited by Shawnee123; 09-25-2007 at 11:49 AM.

02-02-2007, 03:43 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Honeycrisp is the most amazing thing to come down the apple road. They are the best. They can keep up to 7 months with no deterioration if kept at 99% humidity and 32f. I once met an apple grower who told me the red delicious cross was beautiful, travelled well, and had a reasonable shelf life at room temp, only it taasted like wet cardboard. So they hired a marketing company who came up with the orwellian name "Delicious". It's still going downhill as far as veracity is concerned. Although, "honeycrisp" actually barely covers how amazing this apple is, especially when cold. Don't even bother eating apples if you aren't buying directly from the orchard. I'm serious. get fresh or get lost. EAT THE FOOD!!! __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-19-2009, 11:34 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	You are what you eat. Honey and milk (of all kinds), takes on the taste of what the maker is eating. The stuff you usually buy at the supermarket is blended and processed to even out the taste. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-02-2007, 04:09 PM	#11
Hippikos Flocci Non Facio Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In The Line Of Fire Posts: 571	What about the "Golden Delicious"? I use to like Grannies (no pun intended) but prefer Elstars now. __________________ Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

02-02-2007, 04:29 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	"We" is a general term for "the human population" - the people who buy apples, in this case. What don't you buy? Somebody ("we") has to be buying these apples, or they wouldn't be around anymore. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

02-02-2007, 03:10 PM	#2
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	When I was in NC there was one with pink flesh that was AMAZING.

10-19-2009, 10:22 AM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	We bought some honey while we were at the apple place last weekend. This place has bee hives to pollinate the trees, and a local beekeeper comes and collects the honey. It's packaged for the orchard and they sell it with their own label in their little store. OMFG! All my life, I thought honey was just honey, and it was nothing special. But man, is this stuff awesome. That stuff you buy in the grocery store is nothing compared to this fresh raw local honey. We keep finding excuses to use it, and already the jar is about a third gone in a week and a half. Nobody told me.

02-02-2007, 04:20 PM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	ick. I have to say Golden Delicious are also seriously tasteless. I buy Fuji or Gala most often. I will look for Honeycrisp.

02-02-2007, 04:34 PM	#14
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I guess so. And you are doing your part now by educating those in the Cellar who didn't know that Red Delicious Apples suck.

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