Red "Delicious" Apples - Page 5

Undertoad · 02-03-2007, 08:49 PM

If you liked that you'll like Mr Pollan's piece in last Sunday's NY Times.

footfootfoot · 02-03-2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you liked that you'll like Mr Pollan's piece in last Sunday's NY Times.

Awesome. It kind of bummed me out though. Even though I eat remarkably closely to what he talks about, I still am far away from how I ate in my 20's. More vegetables then.

Lately, we've been eating a lot more meat, though it is all "organic-ish" meaning I know the farmers who raised the meat, I helped slaughter some of it, and I know the animals didn't eat anything but food. ie no hormones or antibiotics. (one cow did die of a bad cold however...) The farmers aren't USDA certified as organic, not that that has any meaning.

So now I am thinking I need to eat more broccoli and carrots. I could go for a good Cobb salad right now. God, those are great.

BigV · 02-03-2007, 10:22 PM

Had some of these at the end of last season. Honeycrisp apples from the grower's backyard. Now I'm not an apple guy. I prefer citrus, but I left the land of citrus for the land of stone fruits and apples, and I'm trying to adapt. This apple will do it. God it was delicious. I had maybe ten.

footfootfoot · 02-04-2007, 03:19 PM

Red is passion
Green is envy, and sea sickness

We planted a Honey Crisp and a Northern Spy. I plan to espalier them along a fence.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-04-2007, 03:28 PM

I don't think this is the proper forum to discuss your perversions you picked up in France.

footfootfoot · 02-04-2007, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I don't think this is the proper forum to discuss your perversions you picked up in France.

I predict you are thinking of the joke whose punchline is "Yeah, and I wish it was dark."

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2007, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

I predict you are thinking of the joke whose punchline is "Yeah, and I wish it was dark."

Nope, haven't heard that one.

footfootfoot · 02-05-2007, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Nope, haven't heard that one.

Meet me over at the humor thread.

02-04-2007, 05:29 PM

red apples make me wanna shyt.

02-04-2007, 06:09 PM

My mom gets sick with gas and the trots with red bell peppers... I wonder what does that... other things high in fiber don't?

lumberjim · 02-04-2007, 11:29 PM

Red Delicious Apples float in water, exactly like a bowling ball doesn't.

monster · 02-05-2007, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by lumberjim

Red Delicious Apples float in water, exactly like a bowling ball doesn't.

WITCHES!

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!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2007, 07:59 PM

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With the popular Red Delicious and McIntosh for parents, Empire apples were destined to be a hit. It's a sweet-tart combination that's great for everything. The New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva introduced this new variety in 1966.

Trilby · 02-06-2007, 09:42 AM

I like an honest man, Flint. Good for you.

02-03-2007, 10:22 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Had some of these at the end of last season. Honeycrisp apples from the grower's backyard. Now I'm not an apple guy. I prefer citrus, but I left the land of citrus for the land of stone fruits and apples, and I'm trying to adapt. This apple will do it. God it was delicious. I had maybe ten. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-04-2007, 03:19 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	Red is passion Green is envy, and sea sickness We planted a Honey Crisp and a Northern Spy. I plan to espalier them along a fence. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-04-2007, 03:28 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I don't think this is the proper forum to discuss your perversions you picked up in France. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-04-2007, 11:29 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Red Delicious Apples float in water, exactly like a bowling ball doesn't. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-05-2007, 07:10 PM	#13
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

02-03-2007, 08:49 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you liked that you'll like Mr Pollan's piece in last Sunday's NY Times.

02-04-2007, 05:29 PM	#9
racer4536 Guest Posts: n/a	red apples make me wanna shyt.

02-04-2007, 06:09 PM	#10
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	My mom gets sick with gas and the trots with red bell peppers... I wonder what does that... other things high in fiber don't?

02-06-2007, 09:42 AM	#15
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I like an honest man, Flint. Good for you. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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