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> Even the classic Red Delicious You are right about the flavor profile - but Red Delicious gets its bad rap from being mealy. Now that might be due to histor
by jacobr1 4y ago
> Even the classic Red Delicious
You are right about the flavor profile - but Red Delicious gets its bad rap from being mealy.
Now that might be due to historical transport and storage practices during the era when Red Delicious reigned supreme, in which case it is indeed a bad rap. But for me crispness is king and I remember eating mealy red delicious apples at school lunch and hating them. I had no problems with the apples my mother bought which were all sorts of non-Red-Delicious varities.
- 2muchcoffeeman 4y agoI used to like red delicious as a kid and my perception is that they got worse over time. I still like the other apples I ate as a kid. So I don’t know if this is all in my mind or not.
- telchior 4y agoYou're probably right, not sure how old you are but growers kept selectively breeding solely for appearance up to (I think) the 2010s.
- nine_k 4y agoAppearance and shelf life. That's how an apple attracts a buyer on a store shelf. Once you've bought grocery in a store, you're not going to return it if it's so-so but not outright dangerously rotten. And your choice of large stores nearby is limited, so you're not going to stop going to that store.