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Posted by Valour Gull (U1637480) on Saturday, 20th September 2008
Which type of apples are most convenient?
It's all very well considering taste when buying apples - I'd choose a lovely Braeburn every time - however, one also has to consider the resilience of the species. I am beginning to consider sacrificing taste for an apple that doesn't bruise on transit from the supermarket or to the workplace.
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Posted by joandlottie-dub (U13511797) on Saturday, 25th October 2008
those pink ones are best those granny smiths are rotten.
Used to really like Braeburns when you could get an English one (those were the days). Then the New Zealand Braeburns usurped the English ones. Now they are from France and total rubbish.
A good Granny Smith is great but hate French Golden Delicious, no taste and yucky. (sounding a bit of a Francophobe here, but only with apples!)
Have found the usual culprit of bruised apples are little old ladies playing squash with them, and loudly complaining that all the apples are bruised…………should I be on another thread??????
P.S. We have a James Grieve apple tree in the garden, but have to fight the birds to get a good one
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Posted by joandlottie-dub (U13511797) on Saturday, 25th October 2008
thats why im glad im not keen on apples.those apples are too much hard work.no offence.whats your tree called,the apple tree
golden delicious
The apples are James Grieve and can't be found in supermarkets as they don't travel well - they get car sick.
Sometimes we call it James ' Good Grief' though........
A year or three back, I tried the best tasting apple EVER at Wolvercote Community Orchard Apple Day. They were the size of plums, and had the most beautiful smell and flavour. Can't remember the name unfortunately....
But second best is yer Russett.
You can stick yer Pink Ladies tho'. Taste like a potato.
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Posted by PeteIsLegend (U10945656) on Wednesday, 29th October 2008
Cooking apples. Much underrated. Bramley - apple of the duffers. Great in crumbles and pies alike.
I'm glad that the apple debate is still relevant, I predict that this will become a more pressing issue as the recession deepens.
I find that Cox's apples are now my apple of choice, for taste and robustness, they win my vote.
Speaking of apples and hard times / financial prudence; when is it acceptable to retreive fallen apples from someone else's property? In fact, is it ever acceptable?
Whilst out walking I often pass road-side gardens and the like where there are fallen, autumn apples. I have to resist the almost over-powering temptation to retreive them. If left I am almost certain they will simply rot.
What's a fiscally sensible, eco-forager to do?
Do waht my binmen used to do, and just pick the pears straight off the tree.
Was this liberty a pre-emptive strike in lieu of the fabled "Christmas bonus" they were expecting not to receive from you?
Or were they just being ill-mannered?
Well, I think a polite knock on the door with a request to take the fruit would not be unreasonable, perhaps with an offer to bag some up for the householder. All this provided it is a sociable hour of the day, obviously.
Relations took a nose dive after the "slaughtered chickens incident".
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