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Re: Apple Rankings

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Post by alach11 »

stephencoyner wrote: post #229

They 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 have to agree that Cosmic Crisp was unfairly ranked here. I did a blind tasting of ten apple varietals with 14 friends and Cosmic Crisp was the winner. Now there are factors (the perfectly unbrowned flesh and small bites) that may have given it a slightly unfair advantage. But middle of the pack seems far too low.

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Post by nl »

droopyEyelids wrote: post #325
ishjoh wrote: post #285

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I love Golden Delicious apples. To me they are the standard of what a green apple should taste like. Crisp and tart, truly an amazing apple. Rating on this site was a 33. I suspect you're right that sweet was the highest priority. I also really like HoneyCrisp but I would rate it in the 70s, not the 90s.

A golden delicious is neither crisp (mealy) nor tart (bland, watery)- are you thinking of Granny Smith?

> I love Golden Delicious apples. To me they are the standard of what a green apple should taste like.

Nor are Golden Delicious' green, so I guess they do mean Granny Smith

Re: Apple Rankings

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Post by nl »

horsawlarway wrote: post #231

Honestly - 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…

I love apples - even blogged about them once.

I agree with the assessment of Red Delicious - it's just garbage. Being fed them as a kid put me off apples for years. I don't mind the taste of them when cooked or something, but the floury nature of them when eaten fresh is just horrible.

I'd be interested in what you think of Jazz apples? To me they are somewhat similar to Red Delicious in taste but the crispness (is there a more crisp apple? I don't think so) makes them a much better experience.

Re: Apple Rankings

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

jacobr1 wrote: post #294
horsawlarway wrote: post #231

Honestly - 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…

> Even the classic Red Delicious You are right about the flavor profile - but Red Delicious gets its bad rap from being mealy. Now that might be due to historical transport and storage practices during the era when Red Delicious reigned supreme, in which case it is indeed a bad rap. But for me crispness is king and I remember eating mealy red delicious apples at school lunch and hating them. I had no problems with th…

I used to like red delicious as a kid and my perception is that they got worse over time. I still like the other apples I ate as a kid. So I don’t know if this is all in my mind or not.

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Post by irrational »

Pink Lady not being ranked higher is a crime.

Though, there should be different rankings for what use the Apple is being put to. You want different varieties depending if you are using it to make applesauce, eating it plain, making a pie, etc.

Except for red delicious. It is the absolute worst and has no uses. Such a mealy Apple.

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Post by matwood »

jamiek88 wrote: post #320
matwood wrote: post #272

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Dogs are as unique as people :) All 3 of my dogs love love love bananas. To the point where they can be dead asleep and they wake up from the sound of peeling the banana. My guess is they all would have preferred the sweeter apples over the tart ones.

I had a dog who loved watermelon. She was a (rescue) pug too so you can imagine the mess she made of that. Even on her deathbed, literal hours before crossing the bridge, she still managed a little. (Wow, I’m 45, it’s been nearly 5 years and I suddenly started crying after writing that. Goddamn I miss that dog. RIP Lucy.) (I defensively stated rescue as I’m often assailed with ‘pugs should not exist’ replies. I tend…

No explanation needed. We have 3 frenchies - also rescues. People get them, realize their vets bills are insane, and then dump them off. They are also a big breed in puppy mills that get shut down. We have spent an inordinate amount of money on frenchies over the years (we've had 5 - not at the same time, but 2 died prematurely from health issues), but these dogs didn't chose be here, and deserve a good life.

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Post by ceejayoz »

johnbcoughlin wrote: post #302
appleflaxen wrote: post #286

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That list is incomplete without honey crisp being listed

Without having tried it... honeycrisp would be very likely to make a terrible apple pie due to too much water and sweetness.

A waste of money, too. They're 3-4x as expensive as the other apples here.

Re: Apple Rankings

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Post by rkagerer »

The SweeTango apple was developed by the University of Minnesota (UM), which also developed its parents, the Honeycrisp and Zestar! apples. Accordingly, SweeTango is intellectual property owned by UM and licensed to our farmer cooperative of 47 growers that sell the fruit throughout the United States and Canada. In fact, our growers lease the trees.

https://sweetango.com/find-faqs/

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