Apples: the poll

[gaijingirl]

Fujis would be my first choice
Then pink ladies!

 

[Gavin Bl]

in sainsburys they sell a Dutch variety of Jonagold for 20p per lb - whats the deal with them, they taste perfectly decent - they are available now too, are they kept from the previous autumn or something?

 

[bi0boy]

granny Smith are sour and evil

Gold Delicious for me - nice and sweet and get nicer the older they get.

 

[D]

pink ladys
fujis
mcintosh

...all grown in NY state.

yum, yum.

 

[Vintage Paw]

It's official - I don't like Fuji apples but I bloody love Pink Lady apples.

Yum.

Only place around here with them seems to be M&S - which is fine by me - gives me an excuse to buy their egg custards while I'm at it.

 

[Madusa]

Why is it that I can not stand the sound of people eating apples near me? I just feel like slapping them right in the chops. Just makes my skin crawl and my mouth feel itchy. Especially if it's one of those *very* crunchy ones.

 

[May Kasahara]

The only thing I miss about living in Reading was the superlative farmer's market that used to be held round the corner from our house. At that market was a lady who sold sacks of apples that she grew on her farm/bit of land/whatever it was in Berkshire. All good English varieties that are never sold in the shops. I used to buy 3kg sacks of Katy apples for about £3. They were so delicious

 

[pootle]

Pink Ladies or Pink Cripps - mostly cos the Pink Cripps makes me think of a certain LA gang and the thought of them sharing a name with a pink apple makes me

 

[Vintage Paw]

I have to eat my apples with a knife. I can't bite into them because of dodgy front teeth

Means it's not really an on-the-go snack for me.

It raises some eyebrows too when I bring a sharp knife into work

 

[Orang Utan]

It raises some eyebrows too when I bring a sharp knife into work

I got laughed out of the office once for bringing in a cheese knife. Barbarians.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I got laughed out of the office once for bringing in a cheese knife. Barbarians.

Indeed. It is a cheese knife that I take to work. Although I don't take cheese. Just my apple. But it is nice to have cheese with apples. Although I don't take cheese into work. Just my apple.

 

[May Kasahara]

Mmmmm, cheese.

 

[Orang Utan]

Mmm Cheese!

 

[Vintage Paw]

Mmmm cheese

 

[Orang Utan]

cheese!

 

[Vintage Paw]

 

[izz]

pink lady, crisp, zingy and numptious.

pink ladies & cheese, double numptious.

cheese and cake, very odd, in a Yorkshire kind of fashion. But then, there's nowt so strange as fowk.

 

[Vintage Paw]

pink lady, crisp, zingy and numptious.

pink ladies & cheese, double numptious.

cheese and cake, very odd, in a Yorkshire kind of fashion. But then, there's nowt so strange as fowk.

People eat cheese with cake? Wow. Are they the same people who eat battered mars bars?

Mmm, cheese and pineapple, on sticks

 

[seeformiles]

Russetts are the way forward for apples!

 

[izz]

They most certainly do eat cheese with cake, fruit cake, in tea rooms like Betty's.

mindyou this is just hearsay, i've never seen it happen !
i belive the battered mars bar to be a peculiarly Scottish delicacy.

 

[seeformiles]

People eat cheese with cake? Wow. Are they the same people who eat battered mars bars?

Mmm, cheese and pineapple, on sticks

It's very common in Yorkshire. I thought it was all fucked up until I tried it and never looked back.

 

[Badgers]

Got some apples that need using. Any tips?

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Crumble

 

[platinumsage]

Jonagored, which is a red version of Jonathan x Golden Delicious (Jonagold) but sounds like a nasty incident with a bull.

 

[hash tag]

Another vote for russets. Not the best looking but great flavour and texture. As others have mentioned a very short season.

 

[prunus]

Of that list Braeburn are usually acceptable, except when too floury.
But I voted other, because my favourite apple of all time is a Lord Lambourne - very rarely (never?) seen in supermarkets as it has a very short shelf life when picked, can sometimes be found in markets etc. Or in my garden, where I have a tree (Oi! Stay away from my tree!). It is the ur-apple, the Platonic ideal apple, the apple all other apples are trying to be. You know when you have an apple and it’s really nice, just the right crunch and blend of sweetness and tartness? That’s an apple tending towards the state of being a Lord Lambourne.

 

[Saunders]

Russets probably taste quite nice, but the teeth shiver/ shudder thing (see also french beans and fresh apricots) is too extreme to even try eating one.
i would have said Cox, but Bramleys are so obligingly useable in everything. Even when they’re half brown and covered in spots, there will be a part you can use that will give lovely apple-y flavour and body.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Braeburns, granny smith, cooking apples, crab apples, pink lady and cox apples are nice.

granny Smith are sour and evil

Nonsense - sourness is good for you. Can't beat a good sour apple - just like eating a lemon or raw rhubarb is lovely.

 

[weltweit]

Last week had some lovely New Zealand Braeburns - firm yet slightly softer inside and juicy .. bruise easily though.

 

[hash tag]

There are plenty of good English apples in the shops now, I believe.