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Why do bad things happen to good fruit? I wish something would wipe out the red delicious apple.
by asaph 8y ago
Why do bad things happen to good fruit? I wish something would wipe out the red delicious apple.
- nkrisc 8y agoI think all red apples are kind of bland. Green apples are where it's at.
- Grazester 8y agoSeems like we share the same sentiment where the red delicious is concerned.
- nickspacek 8y agoI remember this being a good apple in the past. Is it possible that modern practices of breeding and packing for shipping fitness have caused a decline in the quality?
- asaph 8y agoYour memory deceives you. They look good but they've always been inferior in taste and texture. Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-evil-reign-of-the-red-delicious/379892/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/09/the-evil-...
- loco5niner 8y agoHis memory is correct. My grandma has lived in Yakima, WA (major apple producer) for 80+ years and tells me all the time that the red delicious used to be a good apple, but was changed with the goal of being prettier, but lost flavor/texture. Even the article you linked agrees: "But as genes for beauty were favored over those for taste, the skins grew tough and bitter around mushy, sugar-soaked flesh. "
- asaph 8y agoThanks for pointing that out. It's not clear from the article when precisely this change happened. It would have been somewhere between 1923 when the crimson "freak bud" appeared and prior to the 1980's. So red delicious apples have tasted bad for somewhere between 38 and 95 years.
- loco5niner 8y agoMy grandma is 82, so somewhere between 38 and 82 years. Scientifically speaking ;-)
- asaph 8y agoGood news! > The Red Delicious is no longer the dominant apple in American orchards, the U.S. Apple Association said last week, after lasting five decades in the top spot. The Gala apple is now first;[0] [0] https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/08/red-delicious-apples-suck-so-good-thing-theyre-no-longer-the-most-produced-in-american-orchards.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/08/red-delicious-apple...
- lotsofpulp 8y agoHoneycrisp is where it's at!
- zonged 8y agoCheck out Sweet Tangos if you have the chance, they are an improved Honeycrisp.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoThanks, haven't seen those anywhere yet.
- jmckib 8y agoJuici is another amazing apple with Honeycrisp parentage, though I can barely ever find them. I believe they come out of Washington state.
- tomrod 8y agoMy first thought. Greeks would have called their honey and milk honey crisps if they'd had it.
- fencepost 8y agoIf you find Opal, my take on them is that they're what Golden Delicious wants to be when it grows up.
- hateful 8y agoI wonder how much of the popularity is based on availability. Like the fact that grey cars are the most popular, and twice when buying a car, they only had the grey available - but I would prefer blue. Salesmen said they only carry grey because they are more popular.
- wafflesraccoon 8y agoThey have such a mealy texture, I can't stand them.
- simonebrunozzi 8y agoThere are several problems with apples in general, especially in the US, besides the specifics of the red delicious. For example, most of the apples we buy are 10-12 months old [0], and stored in facilities where they use toxic gases to keep them "fresh". [0]: https://www.foodrenegade.com/your-apples-year-old/ https://www.foodrenegade.com/your-apples-year-old/
- delecti 8y ago"Toxic gases" is unnecessary FUD. Carbon dioxide will kill you, but it's not tainting the apples.
- chrisseaton 8y ago> toxic gases Is 'toxic gases' the new 'chemicals'?
- StavrosK 8y agoYep. Carbon dioxide is as toxic as nitrogen, and our atmosphere is 78% nitrogen! Stop breathing now!
- jimmy1 8y agoThe weariness against 'chemicals' is not FUD. Yes, a little trace amount of formaldehyde, benzene, ethanol and other VOCs isn't going to kill you, but it certainly has a cumulative effect on the body. You got a tiny amount in your lacquered floors you walk on, a tiny amount in your mattress, a tiny amount in those fancy non-iron dress shirts you wear, you bring back a tiny amount from the dry cleaners, a tiny amount in those moth balls you use, a tiny amount in your scented candles and perfumes and dyes, a tiny amount in your workout "sweat wicking" clothing, a tiny amount from all those various forms of plastics you use to eat and drink with, a tiny amount from all those foams you encounter throughout the day -- whether its car seats, office chairs or your pillows, all of a sudden you now have a little bit constantly in your system. And it's not about having a tiny amount of one. What happens when you have built up a couple micrograms in your system, and how does it react when combined with another? Who knows right -- no one is studying that. Combine this with all the processed junk most Americans eat, the lack of sleep and exercise and de-stressing time, and the increasingly dirty air we breathe, I don't think it is a stretch to say we aren't doing anything to help our body and to be weary of things made with 'chemicals' considering we already have so much shit out there that has more than what we should probably be getting exposed to.
- mrguyorama 8y agoI like the subtle bittersweet flavor of a fresh red delicious apple. If you eat it before it gets mealy it's a very good fruit in my opinion :(