What's wrong with granny smith?????
Apple Rankings
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#262Everyone who is taking this too seriously and disagreeing with the rankings is missing the fact that this is some absolutely hilarious comedy. Look at the review for the arkansas black apple, it's hilarious. > This teeth-shattering oddity, boasting a deep red hue that’ll make a dark cherry look like a fluorescent glow stick, will destroy your helpless mouth with every unfortunate bite. A ten out of ten on the Mohs Ha…
Even just the subtitles. At the very bottom, the only apple to land in "Apple Hell" Newton Pippin Apples "Long Island's Sand Filled Condom"
I didn't pick that one because I didn't want to have a comment on HN with "Long Island's Sand Filled Condom" :D
It's hilarious.
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#264Braeburn has a lower rank than Pink Lady? This ranking system is broken.
politely but firmly (with all my soul) disagree.
It's the level of sweetness and crispness I'm troubled with most of the time. Braeburns are crispier and are better balanced at sweetness (neiter sour nor too sweet) IMO.
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#265Honestly - I think this list prioritizes basically just "sweetness" and "crispness" (despite his claimed categories) which is fine - those are generally appealing things for eating. That said - many of the apples in the "shit" category are fucking delicious. There are days when I want a sweet, crisp apple, and there are days I have a serious hankering for a good ol' granny smith. Even the classic Red Delicious - whic…
You might find this breakdown of popular american supermarket apples (in the context of pie):
https://www.seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-what-are-the-best-a...
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#266It's not on the list, but if you haven't had Ananas Reinette apples you're in for a treat. Look for them!
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#267You rank Jazz apples a 65? What?
Clearly flawed site is clearly flawed.
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#268This is weird site run by someone who clearly isn't an apple fan. My personal favourite apple, the Cortland, is rated "24 Despicable" because:
> "The general public usually doesn’t have access to an apple fresh off the tree in a cold orchard. My rankings must reflect what is available to regular folks."
In Ontario, this apple is only available for a few weeks in the fall because it ages and travels poorly. At least they have the proper opinion about the Granny Smith ...
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#269A lot of terrible eating apples are great for baking, Granny Smith for example. Also, red delicious _used_ to be, well, delicious. But selective breeding made them taste terrible: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Delicious Wonder if the same will happen to other popular varieties, or if apple growers know better now.
I distinctly remember picking red delicious as easily my favorite apple in the 80's. It's unrecognizable now.
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#270He's got Granny Smith in the shit category, and this just reminds me of a funny story about dogs! We had two corgis and my wife made all their meals by hand. Part of their diet was apples, but we found one of the corgis would almost always eat around the apple (usually just a cheap red apple) pieces and leave them for the other dog. Then one time Granny Smith apples were cheaper at the grocery store so that is what w…
Came here to say that this invalidates the entire list!
Great to see this as the top comment!