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[Steppenwolfe]

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...)

You are right about the Honey Crisps... really good. I like the Fuji's as well.

 

[lilranch2001]

The only apple I buy is Honey Crisp

 

[Steppenwolfe]

I found out that apples can spend 2 years in a cool store before going on sale and those huge strawberries that are irrigated are tasteless.

Very hard to find a good strawberry anymore. We have been getting some really good California cherries and black plums this year. Of course the local peaches are amazing, but only last a few days.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

now give me a good ole pineapple upside down cake like my momma used to make.....
that was a creation first made by GOD!

My wife makes one that'll bring tears to your eyes... :licking:

 

[lilranch2001]

If they are not made in an iron skillet, they are not my mommas!

 

[Bird]

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:

And I agree that the pineapple upside down cake is hard to beat. And my mother, too, made them in an iron skillet.

Those giant sized strawberries are sure pretty, but they're not really as tasty as the smaller ones, especially the ones my grandfather used to grow in Ardmore, OK. And my Dad used to grow them in Anchorage (indoors, of course). On one trip to Alaska, I picked a few wild ones in northern Canada, and I even found just a few wild ones in northern Pennsylvania once when walking a natural gas line for leaks through the hills.

 

[JPRambo]

This is the apple state and I have trees planted in 1860 that I covet. :thumbsup:

has any one here ever heard of the RAMBO apples. I have found a supplier of the summer Rambo?


and potatoes are best from Long Island NY

 

[lilranch2001]

ya I heard they rolled down the steps at Phily

 

[Diggin It]

I tried a Honey Crisp once.

Once.


(Bet nobody will get that reference).



I still prefer MacIntosh or Jonathon. A good Golden Delicious also.

Red Delicious ... aren't. They remind me of the fake craft apples sold at hobby stores for decorations. No myth there.

 

[the old grind]

Mom always said that the best way to serve strawberries is to crush a few and stir among the whole ones before you put them on shortcake, scone, biscuit, or my alt in a pinch .. pound cake. IMO, canned whips are just foamed veg oil, real whipped cream is a bear to keep handy. Vanilla ice cream or I'll do w/o. (Got Breyers?)

When she bought frozen ones, (my fave) they didn't need anything but thawed and on something. They'd already be 'crushed' a little and laced with enough sugar for me to be ok with the uh, basic flavor. (shudder) No offense to common sense, guys, it's just a taste that's pretty far down my list. As fruits, I much prefer corn, tomatoes, and if you stretch the definition ... peanuts.

Favorite apple is Gala for storage life, texture, very "apple-y" taste. I was surprised with the flavor of a friend's pie made with Transparent (on the ground by the 1st day of school). IMO, Granny Smith is a 'no fault' apple for pie or apple-sauce. Mom used macs(?) or spy(?) to cook with, ran her sauce through a colander that might have had .080" holes, 3/32" at most. (I work in +/- .001"s) 'Loose' and you'd want to eat it with a spoon. Her 'style': per batch, instead of two cups of sugar it'd be one, and one of those ~1/4" cinnamon hearts. (DO try that. ) Pink, yummy, and you'd want to drink it from a glass, roll it on your tongue like a nice wine or a nicer brandy. Did I say try it?

Yellow/Golden delicious is pollinated with pear. See similar skin freckles, mild flavor. IMO, red delicious is a fruit equivalent of window putty.