Most days my kids enjoy apples with their lunch. Not too long ago I decided to save a dollar or two on a bag of apples by getting Red Delicious instead of Gala. I thought maybe I'd just been kidding myself that there is that big a difference between the two. So we pulled them out at lunch time and after one bite I knew I had made a three pound mistake. I do not enjoy Red Delicious apples. Being the sneaky mom that I am, I cut the skins off and fed them to my kids until they were gone. That still left me apple-less for about a week. After I had my fourth baby I remember eating at least one whole apple every day for about two weeks. They tasted so good and I didn't have to worry about them bothering my sensitive pregnant stomach. They were, of course, Gala apples.
Have you ever tried a Honeycrisp apple? It's like Heaven...
Lucky for me, apples also make great snack projects. You can see just a few examples in these pictures. You can make a dog using raisins and cheese. You can make lady bugs with peanut butter and raisins. We even made Lightning McQueen with marshmallows, peanut butter, and raisins. The possibilities are endless!
I laughed because I did the same thing. I thought I would try red delicious instead of gala and realized there is a huge difference!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite apples are gala and pink lady. I don't like red delicious either.
ReplyDeleteI like to eat apples and almonds together for a snack.
I'm the same. I used to love golden delicious but once you've tasted gala, it's hard to eat anything else.
ReplyDeleteooh im really excited about this kitchen blog! i'm always wanting new ideas... i'm worried about cooking for two, i'll be a mess cooking for a family!
ReplyDeletePoor red delicious, let's not ignore their better qualities. They are, for one, the red an apple really should be. I like to think they are the red apples once were before God confounded the color of apples after the tower of Babel. A good red delicious has a strong rich flavor, uniform and dependable throughout the entire apple. Gala, golden, granny, and the other popular hybrids are fickle with their flavor. At any moment a bite into one of these can be, without warning or provocation, eye-wateringly sweet or face-meltingly sour. All I ask is that we not be too hasty in relegating red delicous apples to second class produce.
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