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Glad that you've found what works for your you. At the same time, it is worth noting that not everybody likes crisp apples, so the ranking in that website is..

Glad that you've found what works for your you. At the same time, it is worth noting that not everybody likes crisp apples, so the ranking in that website is... daringly interpretive.

bscphil 2y ago
Yeah, I find the idea of using a rating site like this extremely bizarre. And after clicking on the link, that opinion is only further cemented by what seems to be a deliberate opinionated and sarcastic tone. I can only assume they want to court controversy for the sake of clicks. For what it's worth, the only apples I buy, when they're local and in season, are McIntosh, which this site helpfully puts in the "pure shit" bin. That's just, well, wrong? Apples can be good without being bred for flavorless crispness like so many are today. And there's a difference between "soft" and "mealy", and good McIntosh apples are firmly (ha) on the soft side. I like pink lady apples too, which this site rates "excellent", and honeycrisp are consistently acceptable - the Starbucks of apples - so it's not that they're making things up, but I think they are only rating apples along one axis and seem to have a thing for recent cultivars over classics and heirloom varieties.
- axpy 2y ago
  I lived for some time in eastern Canada and I have very fond memories of freshly picked McIntoshes and I even dare to say they were my favorites. Fresh and crisp with a good amount of acidity that balances the sweetness beautifully. That being said, they don't age super well.
- djur 2y ago
  It's the personal opinions of a comedian, and he does explain his rankings. I don't agree with all of his takes, but there's no such thing as an objective review, anyway.
- fma 2y ago
  The site has SugarBee sweetness of 3 out of 5...The author of the site is a comedian, so I guess one can't anything on that site seriously, at all. "SugarBee® apples emit a sweet aroma and have high sugar content, generally reaching 14.6 Brix, compared to their parent variety honeycrisp, that reaches 13.8 Brix. " https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/SugarBee_Apples_18673.php https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/SugarBee_Apples_18673.p...
Wowfunhappy 2y ago
I mean, the author is a comedian: > Brian Frange is a comedian and writer who has been yelling about apples for years. He started yelling about apples professionally in 2016 while working on Comedy Central’s Not Safe with Nikki Glaser while serving as co-host on the Not Safe Podcast. [...] What started as a bit revolving around his love of apples has now become a full-time job where Brian makes $700,000,000,000 per week providing apple advice for wealthy fruit enthusiasts. Brian is not in the pocket of big apple and all reviews are inarguably accurate and not corrupted by corporate influence. https://applerankings.com/about/ https://applerankings.com/about/ It's all in good fun. Obviously if you prefer Red Delicious you're free to [strikethrough]have terrible taste[/strikethrough] disagree.
- david-gpu 2y ago
  >Obviously if you prefer Red Delicious you're free to [strikethrough]have terrible taste[/strikethrough] disagree. I made the mistake of purchasing that variety once, and learned from that experience. Fuji apples, on the other hand, do not deserve a score of 56 FFS.
  - jfengel 2y ago
    Red Delicious are the canonical example of a product that was optimized for looks (and storage) over flavor and texture. I'm told that the original Red Delicious are in fact very good. So good that we made them our Platonic ideal of "apple". And then... we targeted the wrong metric.
    - mrguyorama 2y ago
      And yet. The slight sweet-bitterness to a real fresh red delicious apple is completely unmatched by any other apple variety I've ever had. It tastes like apple. It is satisfying and juicy and doesn't overwhelm your stomach with sourness or sweetness. I think people just don't realize how fast Red Delicious apples go mediocre and have rarely tasted the real thing.

Glad that you've found what works for your you. At the same time, it is worth noting that not everybody likes crisp apples, so the ranking in that website is... daringly interpretive.

bscphil 2y ago

Yeah, I find the idea of using a rating site like this extremely bizarre. And after clicking on the link, that opinion is only further cemented by what seems to be a deliberate opinionated and sarcastic tone. I can only assume they want to court controversy for the sake of clicks. For what it's worth, the only apples I buy, when they're local and in season, are McIntosh, which this site helpfully puts in the "pure shit" bin. That's just, well, wrong? Apples can be good without being bred for flavorless crispness like so many are today. And there's a difference between "soft" and "mealy", and good McIntosh apples are firmly (ha) on the soft side. I like pink lady apples too, which this site rates "excellent", and honeycrisp are consistently acceptable - the Starbucks of apples - so it's not that they're making things up, but I think they are only rating apples along one axis and seem to have a thing for recent cultivars over classics and heirloom varieties.

axpy 2y ago
I lived for some time in eastern Canada and I have very fond memories of freshly picked McIntoshes and I even dare to say they were my favorites. Fresh and crisp with a good amount of acidity that balances the sweetness beautifully. That being said, they don't age super well.
djur 2y ago
It's the personal opinions of a comedian, and he does explain his rankings. I don't agree with all of his takes, but there's no such thing as an objective review, anyway.
fma 2y ago
The site has SugarBee sweetness of 3 out of 5...The author of the site is a comedian, so I guess one can't anything on that site seriously, at all. "SugarBee® apples emit a sweet aroma and have high sugar content, generally reaching 14.6 Brix, compared to their parent variety honeycrisp, that reaches 13.8 Brix. " https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/SugarBee_Apples_18673.php https://specialtyproduce.com/produce/SugarBee_Apples_18673.p...

Wowfunhappy 2y ago

I mean, the author is a comedian: > Brian Frange is a comedian and writer who has been yelling about apples for years. He started yelling about apples professionally in 2016 while working on Comedy Central’s Not Safe with Nikki Glaser while serving as co-host on the Not Safe Podcast. [...] What started as a bit revolving around his love of apples has now become a full-time job where Brian makes $700,000,000,000 per week providing apple advice for wealthy fruit enthusiasts. Brian is not in the pocket of big apple and all reviews are inarguably accurate and not corrupted by corporate influence. https://applerankings.com/about/ https://applerankings.com/about/ It's all in good fun. Obviously if you prefer Red Delicious you're free to [strikethrough]have terrible taste[/strikethrough] disagree.

david-gpu 2y ago
>Obviously if you prefer Red Delicious you're free to [strikethrough]have terrible taste[/strikethrough] disagree. I made the mistake of purchasing that variety once, and learned from that experience. Fuji apples, on the other hand, do not deserve a score of 56 FFS.
- jfengel 2y ago
  Red Delicious are the canonical example of a product that was optimized for looks (and storage) over flavor and texture. I'm told that the original Red Delicious are in fact very good. So good that we made them our Platonic ideal of "apple". And then... we targeted the wrong metric.
  - mrguyorama 2y ago
    And yet. The slight sweet-bitterness to a real fresh red delicious apple is completely unmatched by any other apple variety I've ever had. It tastes like apple. It is satisfying and juicy and doesn't overwhelm your stomach with sourness or sweetness. I think people just don't realize how fast Red Delicious apples go mediocre and have rarely tasted the real thing.