Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtech.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!amdahl!rtech!jeff From: jeff@rtech.UUCP (Jeff Lichtman) Newsgroups: net.cooks Subject: Re: Apples- which kind? Message-ID: <667@rtech.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 06:50:21 EDT Article-I.D.: rtech.667 Posted: Sun Sep 29 06:50:21 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 08:16:50 EDT References: <489@petfe.UUCP> Organization: Relational Technology, Alameda CA Lines: 38 > > 1. (And this is the imnportant one) What type of apple makes the > best apple pie? I like Rhode Island Greening. They are tart and hard, with a lot of flavor. > > 2. There is an orchard nearby that sells about 10 different types of > apples (e.g. Macintosh, red delicious, stayman, etc.) Can anyone > enlighten me as to the characteristics of different apples? Which > are tart? Which are sweet? Which are good for eating? Which > makes the best apple pie (see #1 above)? > Dan Masi Most orchards will let you taste the apples before you buy them, but here are my recommendations anyway. I consider Red Delicious to be a travesty. They are like water-soaked styrofoam. Golden Delicious are very good if tree-ripened. They have less tendency to turn brown than most other apples do, so they're good for salads. My favorite apple for plain eating is the Gravenstein. This variety is very nice-looking, with red and yellow vertical stripes. They have an distinctive and intense acid/sweet flavor. You might have trouble finding them outside of the San Francisco Bay Area; I've heard that 95% of all Gravensteins are grown locally. Another one I like is the Jonathon. These are pretty tart when ripe, and are quite juicy. -- Jeff Lichtman at rtech (Relational Technology, Inc.) "Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent..." {amdahl, sun}!rtech!jeff {ucbvax, decvax}!mtxinu!rtech!jeff Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com