Popular mythconceptions

[lilranch2001]

Live in Indiana and had it served here in resturants.
Its not as awful as you might think.

 

[k0ua]

Live in MD, never heard of cheese on pie.
Sounds awful.

put a piece of american or white american on top of your apple pie, an hit it with the microwave for a few seconds. Give it a try. If you don't like it you NEVER have to try it again. Honest.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Do it all the time. Nice if the apple pie is a bit tart/spicy. Then, vanilla ice cream or some whipping cream from spritz can. :licking:

 

[aczlan]

Now hold on. You might be referring to Red Delicous which is a commercial variety and I agree not much flavor, but all the varieties you mention grow here and MANY MORE.

Red Delicious? Note that Red Delicious was NOT in the list of apples that I had in my post, IMO they are only good for apple sauce and juices.
We get a lot of apples in at work to store, some come from Washington State, but most come from NY.
The Washington State apples that I have tried generally have much less flavor than the NY ones.
One reason for that is that apples grown on the Southern shore of Lake Ontario have a higher acid content than the Washington State ones.

So biggest MYTHCONCEPTION posted to date is that NY grows better apples than WA. Completely incorrect WA grows the best apples , always has

Washington State grows more apples, I will give you that, but quantity is not the same as quality

Yeah we keep the good ones to ourselves... suckers! Yeah we grow Gala as well... but you need to slice up a Fuji or a Granny Smith to appreciate a fine Washington varietal.

Those are both good, but I have tried a Washington State Fuji next to a NY Fuji and the NY Fuji had a lot more taste, the Washington State one was just bland and blah by comparison.

Suppose you will try to put your wine up against ours too! Good luck with that one.

I hear that our wine is good, I know that the grape jelly and pies that we buy are great, but I don't drink wine, so I have no idea how they compare.

Aaron Z

 

[Industrial Toys]

That Gasoline prices will always be jacked up on long weekends, AND

that Canadian Media cannot possible utter a nice word about TRUMP.

WELL, UNBELIEVABLY, Our gas dropped four cents a litre this long weekend, AND

the media said you can thank Trump, regarding Chinese Trade Talks!
Not sure what that has to do with it.

I feel like I have entered the Twilight Zone!

 

[Bird]

Of course it's been awhile since we lived in Baltimore (1940-43) We lived in an apartment with Italian neighbors that became very good friends, but some of the stories Mother liked to tell about those times:
1) the apple pie with cheese was just one that I didn't care for
2] when they ordered a hot dog they were always asked "with or without kraut". That was one that I still like today although I've not seen that in cafes.
3) of course my Mother was accustomed to milking cows and mentioned giving me fresh warm milk when I was a baby, and one of her friends said, "you mean you gave that baby milk before they put the cream in it?"
4) a peddler would come around with a push cart with fresh vegetables and such and when any of the women saw him coming, she'd knock on the other doors to tell them the cart was coming. And one day the neighbor knocked on the door AFTER she'd gone out to the cart, and told Mother that the cart is out there "and he has a good price on eggs today, but make him let you pick out your own. Some of them are so old they've turned brown."
5) being country folks, Mother & Dad liked blackeyed peas, but couldn't find any in the grocer store. Someone told them you could get them at a feed store. Dad said they had 100 lb. bags of dried blackeyed peas, but the guy agreed to open a bag and sell them 10 lbs.

Incidentally, when my job sent me to Northwestern University in 1972, I couldn't find blackeyed peas in the grocery stores so when we came home for Christmas, I bought a case of them to take back with us.

 

[k0ua]

Apparently this apple pie with or without cheese thing is quite polarazing:

The Long, Storied Controversy Over Cheese on Apple Pie - Gastro Obscura

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I first heard about it from a co-worker who was originally from New Jersey. His recipe was "Hot apple pie topped with melted American cheese". It sounded awful, but I tried it and found it not bad.

 

[the old grind]

... we lived in Baltimore (1940-43) .. in an apartment .. some of the stories Mother liked to tell about those times:
4) a peddler would come around with a push cart with fresh vegetables and such and when any of the women saw him coming, she'd knock on the other doors ... one day the neighbor knocked on the door AFTER she'd gone out to the cart, and told Mother that the cart is out there "and he has a good price on eggs today, but make him let you pick out your own. Some of them are so old they've turned brown."

I brought fresh brown-shelled eggs to share with neighbors. One couldn't get enough of them, one said if they weren't store-bought their 'quality couldn't be relied on'.

First one has chickens now, but Grandson saw how they were laid, and won't eat what came out of Dolly's butt at Grandma's.

Back at home, Mom's eggs from the fridge were fine and he gobbled them up. Gran looks at Cowboy and says, "do you know where those eggs came from? From YOUR chicken's butt, that's where eggs come from." I haven't seen moon eyes like his in decades, wish I'd had my phone cam ready for that one. :laughing:

My family are from SE MI and NW IN since the 1700s. I must be the only one at the reunions that doesn't ask for a chip of sharp chedder with apple pie, prefers that only blueberries belong in rhubarb or rhubarb pie, and doesn't play golf.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Of course it's been awhile since we lived in Baltimore (1940-43) We lived in an apartment with Italian neighbors that became very good friends, but some of the stories Mother liked to tell about those times:
1) the apple pie with cheese was just one that I didn't care for
2] when they ordered a hot dog they were always asked "with or without kraut". That was one that I still like today although I've not seen that in cafes.
3) of course my Mother was accustomed to milking cows and mentioned giving me fresh warm milk when I was a baby, and one of her friends said, "you mean you gave that baby milk before they put the cream in it?"
4) a peddler would come around with a push cart with fresh vegetables and such and when any of the women saw him coming, she'd knock on the other doors to tell them the cart was coming. And one day the neighbor knocked on the door AFTER she'd gone out to the cart, and told Mother that the cart is out there "and he has a good price on eggs today, but make him let you pick out your own. Some of them are so old they've turned brown."
5) being country folks, Mother & Dad liked blackeyed peas, but couldn't find any in the grocer store. Someone told them you could get them at a feed store. Dad said they had 100 lb. bags of dried blackeyed peas, but the guy agreed to open a bag and sell them 10 lbs.

Incidentally, when my job sent me to Northwestern University in 1972, I couldn't find blackeyed peas in the grocery stores so when we came home for Christmas, I bought a case of them to take back with us.

I know I've posted this before, but my oldest daughter lived in Michigan for about three years; she said that getting raw peanuts to make peanut brittle at Christmas time was almost impossible, as was finding okra, frozen or otherwise. The few times I've gone very far South, my problem was keeping grits off my plate.