Apples

[Tulip86]

This thread makes me hungry

[LAblondeGPhi]

Golden Delicious and Gala.

Red Delicious are NOT, in fact, delicious.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

How many freaking different types of apples are there?

From my mind to your fingertips

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

How many freaking different types of apples are there? I guess I'm different than you all in the sense that I only eat Granny Smith apples and they have to be rock hard and extra tart-ish.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple

Apparently about 7,500 types.

[Low C Sharp]

Honeycrisp are fantastic for eating raw. I go nuts over them at the farmer's market every year.

For caramel apples, you can't beat Granny Smith. That's the one right answer to balance the caramel.

[dukemama]

Granny Smith apples are my absolute favorites, followed by the Pink Lady variety. A restaurant near us has a cheese fondue appetizer that has GS slices for dunking - heaven!

I used to eat Red Delicious apples all the time as a kid; can't stand them now.

[Shellfish]

A guy at the farmer's market last year recommended Gold Rush for crispness and tartness. I wouldn't say they're as sharp as Granny Smiths, but not bad. I'm going to give them more of a shot this fall.

[Still BLUTANG]

i'm an "apple a day" kind of chick. I keep one on me at ALL times in case a snack attack hits. I used to buy Red Delicious apples b/c they looked the best in the store. All nice and shiny - and BIG!

however, the quality of my local grocer has declined rapidly so i recently started buying whatever apples are on sale at the organic market. They're not as big, but they taste great.

[PiKA2001]

[QUOTE=AlphaFrog;2136743
Apparently about 7,500 types.

[/QUOTE]

And I'm willing to wager that all but 5 were created by cross breeding.

[DrPhil]

The Apple Cult would be mad if you ignored what I put in my OP and quoted wikipedia instead.

http://usapple.org/consumers/all-abo...ucts/varieties

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I just ate my daily giant Gala. Hard and sweet. Gotta love it!

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

And I'm willing to wager that all but 5 were created by cross breeding.

Probably just about all except red delicious, granny smith, and jonagold (I think those are the standard red, green & gold), but I don't see as where that makes a difference in discussing which type we like.

[christiangirl]

I'm always up for a standard granny smith or a fuji as long as they aren't mealy. I tend to avoid gold or red apples because green ones are less mealy. The exception is a pink lady. Give me a pink lady apple and I'll give you my heart.

For heaven's sake, someone please point me in the direction of the nearest farmers' market!

[MysticCat]

Gala, Fuji and Braeburn for me.

[whiteandblack]

Golden Delicious are too bland. I love Red Delicious but they make my throat itch. my favorite is Granny Smith (w/ peanut butter WHAT!). I've given up my apple a day craze for bosc pears, the candy of the fruit world.

[SWTXBelle]

Team Granny Smith!