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Apples are good. I love Granny Smith. You know, if ever there were a Granny Smith she was a lovely lady to have such wonderful apples. Thanks Granny!

I'm definitely an apple person. YUM. I love fuji and big ol' Red Delicious.

GRanny Smiths are THE apple to cook with. I just lurve stewed apple and cream.

We used to buy 'snow' apples when I was a child. Do you have them in America? They came in twice a year, only for a very short time (about 2 weeks) and they were very small, very red-skinned and were snow white inside. And were always very sweet tasting. Alas, I've not seen them for many a year.

My favourite eating apples are "Jonathons"


Have a nice day, whistler.


If you can keep a sense of humour and see the funny side of life, you will never be old. SMC.

I like Braeburns. They are as firm as Granny Smiths but slightly sweeter. Very nice on rye bread with pickled herring in sour cream (yes, really!).

We had a lot of apples in our garden when I was a kid. Those things never made it to the markets or shops--a lot of varieties are just grown locally in a few villages or farms. In Sommerset you can buy scrumpy made from locally grown apples at the farm gates.

Here's a photo from an apple festival in Surrey (over 100 varieties. They could be tasted, but weren't for sale):


Best cooking apple in my opinion is Bramley.

P.S. Moving this to the food thread. Anyone have a good recipe to post?

No snow apples here Maybe you can import some for us

My favorite apples are Red Delicious. Very sweet and juicy.

I love Pink Ladies apples sliced with a a slab of triple cream and a walnut baguette. yumms!!

nothin like a canadian macintosh or a tart little spartan!

Granny Smith . . . Granny Smith . . .. Granny Smith.

Toss them in tuna or chicken salad for an unexpected crunch.

I live in Costa Rica and apples seem hard to come by and tend to be expensive. And mostly all I can find in my town are Golden Delicious (but they seem to be mealy) . . . yuch!!

Thankfully I have found some gringo supermarkets where I can finally get my Granny Smith fix and they aren't outrageously overpriced (but then again I am originally from NYC so I guess I am used to overpaying ;-)).

Honey Crisp apples from Snowline Orchards in Oak Glen, California. To die for.

Cook up some granny smiths or pippins in a pie, crisp or sauce = fine.

Raw apples(of any kind) = disgusting.
Raw pears too.