This is simply fantastic - learned plenty of stuff about apples while genuinely laughing until my face hurt.
Apple Rankings
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#252Red Delicious hate is is one of the corniest high-status opinions I see currently in rotation.
Red Delicious apples are regarded as some of the best apples on the planet by most people, the SV and NYC types hate on them because poor people like them.
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#253They are severely underrating cosmic crisp imo. It’s got all the flavor of the best honey crisp you’ve ever had with an unbelievably slow browning rate. You can cut one up and leave it out for hours and it’s still not brown. My only beef with them is that they are too big. One cosmic is practically 2 meals.
I was excited for the Cosmic Crisp to broadly hit the market. I have been a Honey Crisp fan for a long time, but was looking forward to seeing if the CC could beat it.
Turned out, I just don't like the CC at all. It's too sweet? And the sweetness is syrupy almost. And I miss the tartness of the HC, I guess.
Cool looking apple, with all the stars on it and all, but I actually think the ranking places it just right. e.g. in "The Most Overhyped Apple of All Time" category.
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#254Not a fan of HoneyCrisp. HC are too acidic. Tangos are pretty good.
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#255To me the source of the apple matters a lot more than the breed itself. Put another way: there is a high variance in the quality of apples independent of the breed. The absolute best apples I've ever had were pick-ur-own at a well-regarded apple orchard in Connecticut. I believe they are McIntosh although it could also be macoun. Every apple is crisp (not mealy), sweet and tart, with a thin skin and lots of flesh. Th…
Apples in season at the orchard are not comparable to apples at the local big chain market. The latter are picked green and ripened with ethylene gas when needed.
The varieties of apples best eaten fresh at the orchard differ from the best orchard varieties to save at home, and those are in turn different from the varieties used in general commerce, which are chosen for survival, not taste.
And, pie apples are not eating apples, nor are they cider apples.
The rating listing is laughable.
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#256To me the source of the apple matters a lot more than the breed itself. Put another way: there is a high variance in the quality of apples independent of the breed. The absolute best apples I've ever had were pick-ur-own at a well-regarded apple orchard in Connecticut. I believe they are McIntosh although it could also be macoun. Every apple is crisp (not mealy), sweet and tart, with a thin skin and lots of flesh. Th…
Hit Berkeley Bowl or farmers markets which will have much fresher apples.
Monterey Market is just as good or better than Berkeley Bowl for apples.
(Incidentally Monterey Market has quite a better mushroom aisle than Berkeley Bowl..)
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#257I don't know what's with the hate on Granny Smith. I love Granny Smith apples. They are especially good for making Waldorf salad. They are also my favorite to eat with honey at new years. They have a nice crispy texture and are delightfully tangy.
Purely as a standalone apple, the Granny Smith does NOT (in most opinions, it seems) hold its own against other apples. A 1v1 challenge against some of the more popular apples seemingly places the GS as the loser.
However, you mentioned the pairing and combinational use of the GS, which is where it shines. Granny Smith is meant to be dipped, diced, baked, smothered, cheesed, etc. The GS goes way up in rankings, when you pair it with other foods.
I think that's why GS is low on the rankings. It's probably getting a bit harsh of a review on that site, I grant you, but again I don't think it holds up as a standalone apple quite the same as others.
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#258Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fine, sure. How bad does something have to taste for it to stop being snobbery? Is there any time you can criticize any food? Taste is subjective at the margins but Red Delicious are famously reviled, and for good reason. Whatever measure you pick for "aspects of foods that humans like" they will fail. You're allowed to be that one person that them, I like things that nobody else likes too but I'm not stupid enough t…
>Is there any time you can criticize any food? perhaps not during a global food crisis, from a first-world (obese) nation, which is seeing some fruits and vegetables tripling in price
This is the “you should finish your plate, there are children starving in __” argument just stated differently. Red delicious apples suck and if we dropped into a depression where that was my only option that isn’t going to suddenly make them taste good and I’ll complain the whole time eating them.
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#259This is good. We need one for mangoes as well.
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#260The problem with the popular apple breeds is they are too sweet. Actually, sweetness is what makes them popular. I couldn't find fresh and not too sweet apple breeds in grocery stores in Canada.