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[k0ua]

Well there's your problem... it's apple pie with cheddar cheese, not cheddar cheese on apple pie. The latter is just crazy talk.

You take a bite of each separately.

(with vanilla ice-cream too! :licking

Well... Now that we have THAT worked out..

Or do you guys say "sorted" like our British cousins?

 

[aczlan]

True enough... the acid levels in the soil are a huge driver in the taste. And also true enough... the taste can vary based on the orchard they come from even from nearby areas. Exactly the reason why some wines (vineyards) are more coveted than others within a particular appellation.

Yep

Best eating apples IMO are 'Honey Crisp'....they are worth the extra they cost...their texture, flavor and sweetness are all top of the list...
My second favorite is 'Arkansas Black' (smaller a little on the tart side)
Granny Smiths are for cooking (pies etc...)

If you can get a good one, sure. However, I have sampled hundreds of them and you can have a completely different flavor out of two apples that came out of the same bin, probably picked within 10 feet of each other in the orchard. Additionally, they are a very delicate apple and they do not store well at all.
Give me a crisp Johnagold or a Gala any day of the week.

I found out that apples can spend 2 years in a cool store before going on sale

2 years? That's stretching it. Depending on the type 6-9 months is common, up to 12 months for juice or sauce apples.
You won't see much past that unless they are one that store well (Crispin/Mutzu, Granny Smith, Northern Spy and some others) or there is a spring apple crop failure and someone is planning for the next year.

Aaron Z

 

[Wagtail]

Well... Now that we have THAT worked out..

Or do you guys say "sorted" like our British cousins?

'Sorted' is the preferred vernacular.

 

[Alan W.]

Speakin of where eggs come from I was listening to a fella talk about the smell of chicken pee and poop. I told him my best chicken analogy which is a piece of pipe. Everything goes in one end and everything else comes out the other. He said he could never look at eggs the same again. He grew up in the city.

 

[k0ua]

'Sorted' is the preferred vernacular.

Well, I am glad we have that sorted!

 

[Doofy]

Well there's your problem... it's apple pie with cheddar cheese, not cheddar cheese on apple pie. The latter is just crazy talk.

You take a bite of each separately.

(with vanilla ice-cream too! :licking

Yes Sir! WITH the pie, not ON the pie.

 

[bunyip]

2 years? That's stretching it. Depending on the type 6-9 months is common, up to 12 months for juice or sauce apples.
You won't see much past that unless they are one that store well (Crispin/Mutzu, Granny Smith, Northern Spy and some others) or there is a spring apple crop failure and someone is planning for the next year.

Aaron Z

I did some work for a cool store and that was what the owners told me, there was something about prepping the apples first, don't know what sort they are but we have some biggish orchards closeby.
If that is the case it would probaBLY account for tasteless fruit.

 

[lilranch2001]

I do not think I have ever had a bad honey crisp

 

[goeduck]

Those Arkansas Black apples are likely very good, but not good enough for me to drive all the way from north Texas to Arkansas for them.:laughing:

I do not have an Arkansas Black but a friend does, they grow out here in WA just fine. I have a Honeycrisp that is about 8 feet tall and I am hoping that it has apples on it next year. My peach (not common around my part of the state) had a small crop this year. I transplanted my fig trees next to the creek in hopes the easy source of water helps them mature better.

 

[dragoneggs]

and red wine do the opposite...

Unfortunately... but I still stand behind the Surgeon General who said drinking a glass or two of red wine daily is good for your heart. Best yet, he didn't specify the size of the glass!