Jazz are great, like a better version of a Pink Lady, but i don't see them in shops very much around here. Never seen a Honeycrisp, probably never will :(
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
the name is based on 90s 60s cereal nostalgia
http://www.mrbreakfast.com/ucp/192_2816_ucp.jpg
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― the deli llama, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
Jazz apples have a hint of acetone flavor, I think.
― not uplifting (Abbott), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
We happened to be in Sebastopol (CA) once during the short Gravenstein season, and got a few at the farmer's market -- those were some game-changing apples right there.
― William (C), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
big honeycrisps are too big -- it's the little ones i can't quit
jazz apples are second best but they're usually not on sale
― league of women voters, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
macoun 4 life
― smh, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 3:33 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
^^gets it
― cad, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
Not sure I've noticed small Honeycrisps. Usually I just make a beeline for the Galas, though. I'm a man of habit.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
they are in big bags of little apples just like the galas, only they taste AWESOME
― league of women voters, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
nothing that comes out of the u of m is 'hipster' come on now
― slandblox goole, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
gala, jazz, pink lady, braeburn, i'm not picky, i'm a big apple skank
nothing with 'delicious' in the name tho thx, i'm eating it not cursing a princess.
honeycripss are really good but not quite worth the extra money #shotsfired
― slandblox goole, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 22:46 (twelve years ago) link
I like the McIntoshes when I can find them.
― William (C), Tuesday, 6 December 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
cortlands are good when they are ripe and the flesh is firm yet pillowy
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
there's a starchiness about a good cortland that's hard to replicate imo
i eat at least two of these bad boys a day. the big ones are where the money is. i like it when i go for a bite and half the side fractures off and i'm chewing on way too much apple. best.
― arb ys, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
WE STARTED THIS HONEYCRISP SHITTHIS THE MUTHAFUCKIN THANKS WE GET?
Minnesota all day - put the apple game on BLAST
real talk, wait till you see the other flavorful shit we got cookin' up in the lab, you be up on it in like 5 years
― upper mississippi 2: still shakin, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 3:25 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
XD
― river wolf, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:06 (twelve years ago) link
I like honeycrisp a lot but prefer something more tart like northern spy.
― Nicole, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:39 (twelve years ago) link
what about....a prairie spy?
― river wolf, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
northern spy is the best apple for pies (and can be kinda hard to find sometimes)
― smh, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:51 (twelve years ago) link
I used northern spy for my apple pie for thanksgiving, it was good
seemed pretty mushy when I was cutting it up though, I hate mushy apples
― dayo, Tuesday, 6 December 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
it's no arkansas black but― remy bean in exile, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 3:20 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
― remy bean in exile, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 3:20 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Permalink
there is no finer apple than a thinly sliced arkansas black
― Pollbix, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
― dayo, Tuesday, December 6, 2011 5:55 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
^^^also gets it
― cad, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
too fucking sweet
Cox's Orange PippinEgremont RussetWilliam Crump
all the way
― Ed, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
pink lady pink lady pink lady
― quincie, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
I hate sweet apples! They have to be tart-verging-on-sour for me to like them.
― Nicole, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
wait are Haralsons are MN only??????? NO WONDER I CAN'T FIND THEM
my dad has started eating SweeTangos like they are made out of The Stuff, I fully expect him to explode into a pile of apples around New Year's
― OH NOES, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 19:47 (twelve years ago) link
imna try out a sweeTango as soon as i can get my mitts on one
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
I had completely forgotten there was an apple variety named after me! Someday I'll try to be in the UK from Oct-Dec to taste one.
― William (C), Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
― Ed, Wednesday, December 7, 2011 2:08 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Permalink
lol @ britisher apple names
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Wednesday, 7 December 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link
― quincie, Wednesday, December 7, 2011 1:43 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark
We used to give our patients a pink enema that was called "Pink Lady Enema" and that's how the MD's would order it. The pharmacy would make it up with a mixture of things, like mineral oil, but I don't know what made it pink!
ordered two of these last week iirc
― river wolf, Thursday, 8 December 2011 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
and how do you feel now
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Thursday, 8 December 2011 01:46 (twelve years ago) link
asks the chucklebutt
― Dranke, the German Drake Impersonator (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 8 December 2011 02:04 (twelve years ago) link
they didn't chuckle, they wept
― river wolf, Thursday, 8 December 2011 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
"weepbutt" just sounds... awful
― OH NOES, Thursday, 8 December 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/tPU6t.jpg
ok i just bought honeycrisp & arkansas black for apple thunderdome.we're sorting this out!
― philip nunez, Friday, 9 December 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
it's not looking good for arkansas black...
― philip nunez, Friday, 9 December 2011 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
ok they both tasted kind of bleagh after leaving them out for awhile. jazz apples still the best!
― philip nunez, Saturday, 10 December 2011 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
jazz apples are a neat lil apple package. maybe they wouldn't be be such a good option if they were bigger, myabe the extra bites would expose some flaws, but they're just right the way they are, a perfect little apply window in your day.
surprised FUJIs only got one mention in this thread, they are a market leader imo. i never ate a honeycrisp. i don't like apples that look too much like cartoon apples, idk if i would be into arkansas black?
― Never translate German (schlump), Saturday, 10 December 2011 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
Ark Black has a thick peel which is sometimes a little bitter -- I always peel mine. But the inside is wonderful, really tart but balanced, not a punch in the mouth like Granny Smith.
― William (C), Saturday, 10 December 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
Honey Crisp is one of the better widely-available apples, but a bit big, sugary, wet, and, as said above, engineered-feeling. Imo, the best cultivars for eating include the Mcintosh, Paula Red, Cortland, Macoun, Stayman-Winesap (what Red Delicious should taste like), Golden Russet, and York, while the best for pie-making are tarter green apples like the Rhode Island Greening and Newtown Pippin. These are all American, and primarily Northeastern.
― C.K. Dexter Holland, Saturday, 10 December 2011 01:47 (twelve years ago) link
Stayman-Winesap
I forgot about these, they're sooo good.
― Nicole, Saturday, 10 December 2011 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
Pinata is my jam this week.
― Mr. Farmer, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
Fujis for all time. Whole Foods checkout lady asked if my apple was a Fuji or Honeycrisp and I thought of this thread.But actually now I'm intrigued to try all these honeycrisps.
― kinder, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
eating a dope fuji right now, dense crisp flavorfull a bit tart, they were out of honeycrisp
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
I finally had a honeycrisp this week. One expects the teeth to sink in palate deep, and then some resistance, but they glide right through a honeycrisp. Flavor was a bit less notable.
Wish I still lived in Madison, WI. There was a family orchard stand at the Saturday farmer's market proferring obscure Japanese cultivars that were amazing. I can't remember their names, but oh god were they good.
Nutrition nazi aside: Dr. Greger at nutritionfacts has some videos about apples. This one ranks apple cultivars for phenolic content:
http://youtu.be/rEYKcLh0qPQ
Honeycrisp does suprisingly well, placing third among commercial varieties tested (after winner Idared and 2nd place Red Delicious).
― Sanpaku, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
Bought a small tasting selection from my local trendy grocers. Pink Lady: a new one to me, pleasingly crisp and fresh, basically sweet, but not overpoweringly so. I like. Russet: also crisp, skin can be a bit rough which gives a somewhat disconcerting mouthfeel, but tastewise it's not predominantly sweet or tart - it just tastes like a fuckin' apple. Quintessence of apple. Coxes: always my favourite. Crisp again - fuck a soft apple imo - and a perfect balance of sweet and tart.
― ledge, Monday, 19 December 2011 10:04 (twelve years ago) link
One of the best things about being in the UK vs the US is being able to get proper apples really easily and cheaply. It's been all about Windsor/Cox/Russet apples this autumn so far.
― toby, Monday, 19 December 2011 12:09 (twelve years ago) link
"proper apples"
I think when I lived in the UK I bought Fijis.
― jaymc, Monday, 19 December 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
proper apples jolly good cup o tea governor *pumps cocked arm jauntily*
― Cooper Chucklebutt, Monday, 19 December 2011 15:21 (twelve years ago) link