/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>GOAT

saged and hidden

red dilicious

braeburn, gala, and fuji are probably the most middle of the road

crispness is pretty much reliant upon how ripe the apple is but i find that the macintosh has the most satisfying crunch

it's also p tart and i like tart

honeycrisp are by far the best.
sweetango apples are similar and also extremely awesome, but probably can't be found outside of minnesota or washington

>>4175736
http://www.honeycrispapples.org/honeycrisp.html

Fuji appres. From grorious Nihon, desu.

Pink Ladies are the best apple. I don't even care what you are looking for in an apple. Even if you want a green, tart, baking apple--fuck you, it's Pink Lady.

honeycrisp, jazz, pink lady all relatively on par for me as the best. I think I'm missing one.

honeycripst only available for a couple months a year unfortunately

if a pink lady and a honeycrisp had a baby......

>>4175743
This.

Found some Pink Ladies as the grocery t'other day, and wanted to cry because the ONE I found that wasn't bruised was absolutely perfect.

Oh God.

I prefer cameo apples. Nice, crisp, juicy, flavourful, and a perfect balance between sweet and tart.

Cortland.

>>4175737

Has anyone tried the CandyCrisp apples? I saw them on the website this anon linked to. I've never seen them in stores here, out west, though.

Jazz apples

I can't stand pink lady

goat apple? is that a compliment or insult?

>>4175869
G reatest
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I like gala apples. Most are too crisp and tart for me.

>>4175872
what a silly acronym

>>4175883
go tell /sp/

Honeycrisp and winesap for me.

Too bad both are like $2 a pound while the shitty golden and red delicious apples are only $.79.

>>4175886
this

>>4175886
consider them told

Fujis.

>>4175770
>>4175743
you should try and find Pacific Rose. They are similar to Pink Ladies but larger and, in my opinion, slightly superior in taste.

>>4175743
>>4175770

Pink Lady masterrace reporting. The ultimate in every way.

>dat crunch
>dat tartness
>dat subtle sweetness

>That disappointment when you bite into a red delicious after seeing them in all forms of media

Jazz
>Goodbye

>captcha: spiritual heenjude

granny smith, because you can never get a crappy one. the worst granny smith will never be lower than mid-tier

fuji apples are pretty god tier imo, good with thin slices of gouda

>>4175719
ambrosia

>>4175958
based granny smith bro

Best apple.

>>4175719
As a produce employee at a fancy grocery store I have to say that there is no best apple. Where I live all apples are picked by the end of October to avoid frost damage. That means anytime after that you are eating an apple that is coming out of nitrogen storage, until the summer, when they tend to import apples from Australia, because that is their apple season.

That being said, you cannot guarantee an apple of any type being crisp. It has to do with freshness. Some last better than others but I have had good and bad of all types (barring red and golden delicious).

Jazz and Pink Lady apples are some of my favorites but I tend to like apples with a bit of tartness. They seem to be holding on crispness better than many other types. Fuji is nice for a sweet apple but can get soft if it's not fresh. I also recommend the ambrosia and pacific rose as sweeter apples, but again, only if they seem fresh. You can sort of tell by the feel of the apple, but not always.

As for Honeycrisp, only eat these in like september/october (north america). I get morons buying these these shitty, watery honecrisp for $4/lb in January because it's the only apple they will eat. They are pretty good at their peak but I hardly think they are the best apple.

Also my store lets customer taste products. I'm not sure how many other stores do this but our customers are welcome to ask for a slice of any fruit to see what it's like. From my experience quality and flavor can vary from box to box, producer to producer, week to week, so the only way to know is to eat it.

honeycrisp or gala my man

>>4175958
Agreed, but I have to be in the mood for one. When I'm in the mood for one though, even WalMart apples taste good.

>>4176119
I wish I could find a produce store that let me sample the fruit. I think my city is too small for that.

I've recently discovered Jazz apples. They are the shit.

I love the taste of Cortland the best, but they just don't keep their crunch very well and start to go floury within a few days. They don't cook well either, so it's really just a shame. They can only be enjoyed for a short period, when they're locally in season.

>>4175934
thank you. i will look for them. I love pink ladies so much i saved the seeds and am raising baby pink ladies for my orchard.

Finally got to try honeycrisp recently. I don't quite get the deal with them. They're not bad, but didn't seem to be a whole new world of flavor worth the extra expense.

Jazz, all day erry day.

My apple order
>snow apples of any kind
>unwaxed young pink ladies
>the weird kind of apple that grows by the side of the road near my parents' house which nobody can identify
>everything else

Gala is the best apple.

>>4178880
>unwaxed young pink ladies
You sure this is an apple list?

crab

>>4175719
Pine

>tfw you will never taste all of the apples in the wordl

>>4178905
This guy is correct.

>>4178925
>>4179075

Granny Smith is by far my favorite apple.

Get those floury red ones out of my face.

I had to give them up though, made my mouth look like the surface of the moon with canker sores.

Road

The kind with chocolate in the middle.

>>4181457
no...what? no...

>>4181457
Congratulations, you've created gore for /ck/.

Åkerö is the best apple. Too bad for you it only grows in sweden.

tart green apples are the best if you refrigerate them for an hour or two first. if it doesnt have to be an apple in its natural form, unfiltered apple juice or lightly spiced cider is bretty good

Empire

locally grown mini fujis, it's so damn crisp I could eat about 3 of them.

Hidden rose

>>4181470
Vad fan säger du? Ingrid-Marie är där det ligger.

>>4175719

Pink Lady.

Apples are for horses and children. Grow up.

>>4181968

lel

>>4181936
Macintosh>>>>>>>>>>>all
Most apples are way too sweet and taste like piss

>>4182835
Macintosh is a computer.
McIntosh is an apple cultivar