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Ha! I thought I was the only one who hated those apples. Worst part is that it's got "delicious" in the name. World's falsest advertising!

Ericson2314 7y ago
I remember when very young repeated begging my mom to buy red delicious and each time being disappointed such a beautiful looking apple tasted so bad.
- repiret 7y ago
  Recently an apple truck turned over, and so the wrecking company ended up selling damaged 50lb boxes of apples for $10. I bought a couple and was disappointed to learn they were red delicious. But they turned out to actually be really good. First time I remember ever liking a red delicious.
ceejayoz 7y ago
You're definitely not the only one. The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious: How the worst apple took over the United States, and continues to spread 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-... The Long, Monstrous Reign of the Red Delicious Apple Is Ending: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/business/red-delicious-apple.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/business/red-delicious-ap...
ip26 7y ago
They used to taste better. Key excerpts from the Atlantic article: as genes for beauty were favored over those for taste, the skins grew tough and bitter around mushy, sugar-soaked flesh. U.S. apple growers [...] made the apples redder and redder, and prettier and prettier, and they just about bred themselves out of existence
- stormdennis 7y ago
  The same thing happened to tomatoes I believe, or breeding for appearance and losing flavor in the process.
  - baq 7y ago
    tasty tomatoes are nigh impossible to store fresh. i think i've heard a story about a lab or some other enterprise working on storeable, transportable, tasty tomatoes. first couple companies to get there certainly have my money.

Ericson2314 7y ago

I remember when very young repeated begging my mom to buy red delicious and each time being disappointed such a beautiful looking apple tasted so bad.

repiret 7y ago
Recently an apple truck turned over, and so the wrecking company ended up selling damaged 50lb boxes of apples for $10. I bought a couple and was disappointed to learn they were red delicious. But they turned out to actually be really good. First time I remember ever liking a red delicious.

ceejayoz 7y ago

You're definitely not the only one. The Awful Reign of the Red Delicious: How the worst apple took over the United States, and continues to spread 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-... The Long, Monstrous Reign of the Red Delicious Apple Is Ending: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/business/red-delicious-apple.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/29/business/red-delicious-ap...

ip26 7y ago

They used to taste better. Key excerpts from the Atlantic article: as genes for beauty were favored over those for taste, the skins grew tough and bitter around mushy, sugar-soaked flesh. U.S. apple growers [...] made the apples redder and redder, and prettier and prettier, and they just about bred themselves out of existence

stormdennis 7y ago
The same thing happened to tomatoes I believe, or breeding for appearance and losing flavor in the process.
- baq 7y ago
  tasty tomatoes are nigh impossible to store fresh. i think i've heard a story about a lab or some other enterprise working on storeable, transportable, tasty tomatoes. first couple companies to get there certainly have my money.