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They are the Edith Piafs of the apple world. I cannot go back to anything else. I am eating one as I write this. I may just pass out from pleasure.

― moley, Thursday, 14 April 2005 10:50 (twenty years ago)

too sweet and obviously engineered. more like the celine dion.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 14 April 2005 10:56 (twenty years ago)

T-Bird apples are cooler.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Thursday, 14 April 2005 10:58 (twenty years ago)

I like a nice russet mseself, but you don't seem to be able to get them over here.

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:03 (twenty years ago)

Cox's Orange Pippins, mo'fo'.

Golden Delicious are the Dannii Minogue of the apple world.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:05 (twenty years ago)

I like them but I don't eat them very often because I feel guilty that they are from far away.

pink lady apples

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:10 (twenty years ago)

That we have done pink lady apples twice amazes me.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:12 (twenty years ago)

Too sweet and bland, but with a really tought skin. Dud.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:17 (twenty years ago)

i love them, but their being at least twice as expensive as other apples makes them a dud, really.

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)

I suppose it's where you're at -- cheap around here and rather than being the horror you describe, they're crisp but just sweet enough. I switch between them and Fuji.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:43 (twenty years ago)

flavourless, all sugar

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:50 (twenty years ago)

i only buy these now also but i suppose what Lauren says is correct and RJG too. i actually do eat them, though, and i dont really like apples or, indeed, any fruit. im just as amazed as madchen about the threads.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 14 April 2005 11:52 (twenty years ago)

two threads about apples rank really low on my ilx-shock-o-meter, actually.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 14 April 2005 12:30 (twenty years ago)

My uncle swears by them. I swear at them, preferring something more tart.

― David Merryweather (DavidM), Thursday, 14 April 2005 12:52 (twenty years ago)

Children like them. They encourage children to eat fruit.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 14 April 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

Lauren - 2 whole threads about apples on ilx that do not mention macs?

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 14 April 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

i think pink lady apples are wonderful. you're all apple rockists.

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 14 April 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

I almost had one today in the name of giving it another chance, but saw their dimpled slaggy-golden-delicious skin and couldn't face it. I had an Empire instead (it was pretty decent).

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 14 April 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

i like braeburn, cortland, macintosh, and granny smith. the tarter the better.

― lauren (laurenp), Thursday, 14 April 2005 13:29 (twenty years ago)

Empire apples are great. I've switched to them after sticking with Braeburns for far too long

― Greig (treefell), Thursday, 14 April 2005 13:30 (twenty years ago)

you guys like your apples tarty but not slaggy then.

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 14 April 2005 13:32 (twenty years ago)

i actually only really eat apples in september and october, when they're in season here and cheap and plentiful and awesomely good.

― jody the country girl doll (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 14 April 2005 13:34 (twenty years ago)

I was so sure we hadn't done it I didn't check. More fool me!

― moley, Thursday, 14 April 2005 20:08 (twenty years ago)

i love these bitches!!

― jill schoelen is the queen of my dreams! (Homosexual II), Thursday, 14 April 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

I just made an apple pie mostly of pink ladies, and while they were OK they weren't very good baking apples.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 14 April 2005 20:50 (twenty years ago)

too sweet and obviously engineered.

The ones that I buy are 100% organic, and yes, they are the best apples ever.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 14 April 2005 21:29 (twenty years ago)

i'm always very excited for macintoshes and they are ALWAYS mealy, do good ones actually exist?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 14 April 2005 21:31 (twenty years ago)

five years pass...

best apples
i pretty much eat one every single day except for when honeycrisps are in season

― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 19:29 (fourteen years ago)

the honeycrisp is such an apple

― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 19:37 (fourteen years ago)

Pink Lady - unfuckwithable imo

― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:11 (fourteen years ago)

Waaaay too sweet

― just sayin, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:13 (fourteen years ago)

honeycrisp is the best

― minecraft on a milk sea (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:14 (fourteen years ago)

Orange pippin 4 me

― just sayin, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:16 (fourteen years ago)

Give me Pink Lady or give me death

― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:21 (fourteen years ago)

reading this thread like 'pink Lady apples' in the same way you might say 'lady lumps'

>_>

― dayo, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:51 (fourteen years ago)

you know there's actual p0rn on the interwebs right, dayo. you don't have to sex up the apple thread. I mean, I don't object, just trying to help a bro

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 00:50 (fourteen years ago)

on one end u have pink ladies & honeycrisps, and on the other like Granny Smiths & Arkansas blacks
so many apples in the apple tree. why pick just one?

― Blazes Boyband (Pillbox), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:00 (fourteen years ago)

Waaaay too sweet
― just sayin, Tuesday

crazy talk. love pink ladies and blood oranges. also, just bought a bunch of tiny little apples from washington (they're just a little bigger than maybe two cherries tied together, if they're even that big).

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:03 (fourteen years ago)

Oh man I revived an apple thread like two weeks ago to talk about how I eat a Pink Lady apple every day, and how I prefer them to honerycrisp! I only ate one honeycrisp tho...I really liked it, but I just wished it was a Pink Lady. I should gave them a second chance.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:18 (fourteen years ago)

I bought honeycrisps earlier this week.

― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:20 (fourteen years ago)

honeycrisp has a great texture but was not as flavorful as my standby steady PL!

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:21 (fourteen years ago)

sometimes i do think i'm going to pass out when i eat a pink lady apple

― i like lucy (surm), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:25 (fourteen years ago)

the are just so nice

― i like lucy (surm), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:25 (fourteen years ago)

Yes. Eating one of these during lunch is usually the highlight of my work day.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:28 (fourteen years ago)

they're so strong and not-mushy
partly why i like them so much

honeycrisps are generally juicier, but more expensive out of season and kinda hit and miss wrt quality

pink ladies are almost always good ime

― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:29 (fourteen years ago)

found a picture of those bite-size apples

http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/sarah_aerni/archives/smallApple.jpg

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:31 (fourteen years ago)

uhh, that's ^^^^^^^^^^^^ not me, obv.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:32 (fourteen years ago)

omg i have tiny granny smiths in house

― i like lucy (surm), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:32 (fourteen years ago)

they're good! apparently they get sweeter when refrigerated.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:33 (fourteen years ago)

yes we always keep our apples in the fridge -- there is really nothing like a cold crisp apple

nothing.

― i like lucy (surm), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 01:59 (fourteen years ago)

I want to find out what the most consistently firm apple is - I really hate mushy apples

― dayo, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:42 (fourteen years ago)

my supermarket has giant fuji apples which are pretty consistently firm but not very flavorful. but it feels so nice when you take that first, big bite.

― dayo, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:42 (fourteen years ago)

pink ladies are very firm iirc.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:45 (fourteen years ago)

wait, that sounds naughty.

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:46 (fourteen years ago)

La lechera has the fuckin apple game on lock

― Z-Ro Price (m bison), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:46 (fourteen years ago)

Basically the best apples sound like stripper names

― Z-Ro Price (m bison), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:47 (fourteen years ago)

granny smiths are often firm in my opinion

― i like lucy (surm), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:47 (fourteen years ago)

granny smiths are best when sliced thinly & added to a salad, or served with similarly configured slices of good, sharp cheddar cheese.

― Blazes Boyband (Pillbox), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:51 (fourteen years ago)

i used pink ladies in a spinich salad last week, to surprisingly great results

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:52 (fourteen years ago)

thinly sliced granny smiths and cheese is one of the best snacks

i put salt on my apples sometimes, it's like a sour patch kid

― i like lucy (surm), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:57 (fourteen years ago)

granny smiths too tart imo

― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 19 January 2011 02:58 (fourteen years ago)

Best sandwich I ever had was a Dijon, roast turkey breast, granny smith apple and cheddar....damn I still dream about.

Don't much like Grannies for snacking though, I always get stuck with the tart ones that make your face suck in.

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:03 (fourteen years ago)

Actually I would like to report that I recently had an organic "Jazz" apple (from Washington state iirc) and it was Pink Ladyesque (v firm & crispy, sweet/tangy), but cheaper. ($1.49/lb) I got them at lol wholefoods.

― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)

jazz apple =
http://www.foodgal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/apple.jpg

― ergonomically chromium plated fish slice (La Lechera), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:08 (fourteen years ago)

got pink laydeez for buck29 a pound

― Z-Ro Price (m bison), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)

They were for sale for 60¢ a lb recently! It was fucking crazy!

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:11 (fourteen years ago)

i just ate 2 apples

― i like lucy (surm), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:13 (fourteen years ago)

I had one for lunch today, I told her, u will be my dessert today ma'am

― Z-Ro Price (m bison), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 03:23 (fourteen years ago)

2nd the jazz apple. small, but sweet, crunch and tart enough to have some character. they often come in boxes for some reason, like zipper fruit @ christmastime.

cameo can be good.

― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 05:00 (fourteen years ago)

What is zipper fruit pls?

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 05:41 (fourteen years ago)

it's like a mandarin orange type fruit where the protective skin slips easily from the flesh beneath. clementine, tangelo, etc.

― normal_fantasy-unicorns (contenderizer), Wednesday, 19 January 2011 05:44 (fourteen years ago)

I have never heard them called that, I like it!

― VegemiteGrrrl, Wednesday, 19 January 2011 05:46 (fourteen years ago)

three months pass...

I heard this morning on the radio (npr lol) that pink lady apples have been affected by the recent infestation of stink bugs in the SE (US)

Then I ate a pink lady apple and it had a terrible TERRIBLE aftertaste/bitterness.

Could disgusting stinkbugs be to blame?

― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 19:41 (fourteen years ago)

probably more because it has been in cold storage for months

― buzza, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 19:49 (fourteen years ago)

yeah it tasted like shit tbh but there were also some gross brown spots on it that i haven't seen on other apples
i am so ready for stone fruit season

― deez m'uts (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 April 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)

yeah my market usually has awesome WA pink lady apples, but they haven't been so great

goddamn stink bugs

― VegemiteGrrl, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 19:55 (fourteen years ago)

California stone fruit crops will likely get off to a slightly late start, but growers are expecting good quality and an empty pipeline.

A warm, sunny April could help negate some of the effects of a cold, wet end to winter and beginning to spring, said Atomic Torosian, partner in Crown Jewels Produce LLC, Fresno, Calif.

“There were problems early on the nectarines and white-flesh (peaches),” Torosian said. “It remains to be seen how the early varieties set, but with that said, we’re looking at a good crop.”

Official peach, nectarine, plum and pluot volume projections for California hadn’t been made as of April 5, but Torosian said early reports suggested supplies could be down from last season.

And that may not be a bad thing.

“The southeast has a big peach crop, so it could be good,” he said.

Michael Reimer, sales manager for Brandt Farms Inc., Reedley, Calif., said the company expects to begin shipping peaches May 7, with nectarines following five to seven days later and plums the fourth week of May.

Fruit was running about 8 to 10 days later than normal, but could catch up as May approaches, Reimer said.

― buzza, Tuesday, 26 April 2011 19:56 (fourteen years ago)

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