What's the Best Apple? Taste Test | Ranked with Babish
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- We tried 50 different kinds of apples. What more can we say?
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Today's Menu:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Suncrisp
00:45 Snapdragon
01:06 Ludacrisp
01:31 York
02:02 Cox Orange Pippin
02:22 Cortland
02:57 Winesap
03:20 Mutsu
03:47 Northen Spygold
04:14 Ida Red
04:28 Braeburn
04:53 Honeycrisp
05:21 Pink Lady
05:46 Summer Pippin
06:13 Granny Smith
06:38 Rhode Island Greening
07:04 Jonagold
07:32 Macintosh
08:00 Rome Beauty
08:20 Golden Russet
08:49 Jonathan
09:13 Empire
09:36 Gold Rush
10:08 Black Twig
10:36 Evercrisp
11:01 Sweet Sixteen
11:26 Baldwin
11:54 Corte Pendu Plate
12:21 Ginger Gold
12:49 Fuji
13:18 Gala
13:41 Lady
14:06 Cameo
14:27 Ambrosia
14:56 Red Delicious
16:19 Red Devil
17:12 Crimson Crisp
17:35 Golden Supreme
18:00 Scarlet Crush
18:38 Koru
19:09 Macoun
19:38 Golden Delicious
20:12 Jumping Jonaprince
20:37 Eve's Delight
21:44 Crabapple
22:21 Snow Apple
22:49 Esopus Spitzenburg
23:22 Blushing Golden
24:20 Roxbury Russet
24:49 Seek No Further
25:14 Results
Damn sounds like I gotta try a cosmic crisp. What do you guys want to see me review next?
It's okay. It wouldn't have been fair to the other apples, I mean name another apple that was perfected over 20 years
Forgot everything else and eat a SWEETANGO!! Best ever. Hard to find outside of Minnesota though.
Some of the hits from when I was in college: Cup ramen/noodles, frozen chicken nuggets, hot pockets, wee- uh brownie mixes
A perfect apple is a perfect food. On a spectrum of Tart to Sweetness, I wonder which most people prefer. A note to your editor: I think it is "McIntosh" not Macintosh, which the former was S. Job's favorite apple. They spelled the computer with an "a" to not be confused with McIntosh company who made audio equipment.
All of the lunchables perhaps?
50 apples? He kept away an entire healthcare system worth of doctors away
Came for this joke. Leaving happy
What a monster
Fun fact: that saying was created during Prohibition, when growing apples for cider was discouraged and eating apples were grown instead.
It's not even 2 months' worth! Lolol
@@suicune690The irony being that, if the Oversimplified video on Prohibition is anything, doctors still had an exemption to distribute alcohol for medical purposes so conveniently there were a big increase in alcohol prescriptions in the 1920s
Ranking every onion?
Just Babish eating onions likes apples.
Only if he dresses up as Shrek
red onion underrated imo
I would watch this
@@CBMX_GAMINGonly for salads
I watched this whole video for the cosmic crisp. I am devastated.
I’m so heartbroken rn, it is the BEST APPLE
Right!?
Also no Opal, Sugarbee, or Envy. Kinda strange omissions.
My guess is heavy regionality? I get cosmic crisp and envy in my areas farmers markets but probably only about half of these have shown up. And my hometown is like THE apple capitol. Imo.
@@TheEarlofManwhich most Costcos have them.
Honey Crisp, Pink Ladies, and Cosmic Crisps rank at the top of my list. And I totally agree that getting them from the market is different than getting them from the orchard direct. I have never, ever tasted a strawberry from a supermarket, that came remotely close to the goodnes of first pick of the season, direct from the field, that day. Apples aren't quite so dramatic, but still applies.
I discovered Cosmic Crisps about a year ago. Before then I was a die-hard Honeycrisper - now I'm 100% cosmics.
those are also my top 5, including sweetango!! highly recommend if you like honeycrisp and cosmic crisp. i get mine at trader joes
Grocery store apples sit in warehouses for up to 9 months, so that's not exactly surprising.
Most of the "bad" apples are not bad per se, they're just used for other things rather than eating it directly (e.g.: juice, cider, vinegar, cooking, etc)
yes but I think he’s just ranking them from raw taste alone
He's also ranking based on issues that are found in apples that are past their prime. No apple is inherently mealy or soft.
@@FortyHurts Oh yeah? You've had all the apples in all their ranges of ripeness?
@@FortyHurtsyeah, I came here to back this up. It was weird seeing the reviews for some varieties boil down to old apples. (source: my family's orchard)
@@FortyHurts That is absolutely not true. You can tell when Red Delicious and Golden Delicious in particular have been overbred for hardiness because even the fresh ones with a nice snap to the skin still taste like cornmeal.
Babish really let the intrusive thoughts win when it came to crushing that apple
And eating the sticker.
Id love to see babish try the weird cross bred fruits. Things like grapples, cotton candy grapes etc etc
Grapples aren't hybrids, they're regular apples that are soaked in Methyl anthranilate, the main component of artificial grape flavor.
@@brianmccarrier1605literally just soaked in bird stop haha. Not kidding
@@EndureTyrant Nileblue viewer I see
@@Killerkraft975 absolutely. One of the more interesting videos imo.
It's the guy from the math problem.
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Give a Cosmic Crisp a try. They managed to remove the browning enzyme from the apple so it bakes excellently, and tastes amazing to boot.
A regulation apple one might say
@@Kalledussinregulation apple for a regulation listener.
@@benzen5190 guess I'm a comment leaver now though 😮
common Washington State University W
Definitely the best apple
Gotta cross this one off the old "Vid Ideas" List! haha, great vid dood.
Take some apples and instead identify better uses for each. Pies, ciders, apple sauces/butters, etc.
Gotta try the Envy apple! If you love honeycrisp, you’ll love Envy. In my experience they also are the apple least likely to be grainy, super consistent even when out of season.
I was waiting the whole time (dedicated to not spoiling) for Envy! My absolute fave.
Envy apples are great. They do have sorta a pear taste to them
Envy is the apple GOAT
Depending on when this was shot, the meely texture and softness of a lot of the apples is a sign of the apple being old/kept in climate controlled (frozen) storage. Some of these apples are harvested as early as September (ginger gold) and some as late as November. Although a great idea for a video, it is one that should be done in the fall and in partnership with an orchard/s to know you are getting the freshest examples
Yeah, this was exactly my thought as I was watching this. This is like as much of a shelf life comparison as it is an apple variety comparison, which is why the Red Delicious didn’t fail too much while others did.
This
Most of us get our apples from grocery stores, so this is more accurate to the average American's experience.
And when is the last time you saw most of these varieties at the store? These were clearly purchased from a farmers market or farm specializing in unusual varieties (or at least the majority of them were). I agree that it was a GREAT tasting for eating apples, but that was never actually stated, and I really was curious about storage, as it can drastically change how an apple eats (most modern varieties have been bred for it, but old heritage varieties have not). @@marcpeterson1092
@@marcpeterson1092not if you're in NE, SE, or MW
Cosmic crisp is one of the best snacking apples in my book, super crisp and sweet. (Edit: I put crisp twice originally lol)
Yes I can confirm cosmic all the way
I'll die on the hill that cosmic is THE best apple available lol
Cosmic Crisps have a chemical taste to me. Honeycrisps, Envys, Snapdragons, and the other more common varieties don't.
Cosmic Crisp is amazing
I was waiting for that one to show up. Maybe they didn't have any in his area.
As a resident Bostonian, for me nothing beats a Macintosh fresh picked. Crisp, tart and bright, with a touch of sweetness. Perfect for snacking!
Also as a resident Bostonian, I was kinda surprised to see the Roxbury Russet, I used to live on Mission Hill and they literally littered the streets/parks depending where. I can't eat them though, unfortunately. Apples will only remain a fond memory of childhood, lost in time.
As I grew up on Macintoshes from the VTC orchards, I will never be capable of thinking of them as anything but the Best Apples Ever.
Macintosh are some of my favorites
I'm so sad to see that he didn't try the Envy apple. It reminds me of the original Brother's Grimm story of Snow White. The apple was described as partially pale on one side and then red on the other. The pale side was supposed to be "poison" because of the lack of color (which is why the evil queen ate from that side while she had poisoned the red side). The first time I tried it I said that I'd risk being poisoned over that apple, too. I'm not a red apple person, but that's definitely my favorite.
Envy Apples are definitely the best
@@acac7730you like my apples ayy 😏
They are delicious 😋
Same! My mom sometimes buys 50lb at a time from a wholesale place…
Envy had decent flavor but they're a bit too hard for that perfect crunchy bite. SweeTango was just another level above the rest when I tried 34 during peak season.
Problem with the red delicious is that it’s been overbred for over a century resulting in the infamous “catchers mitt filled with coffee grinds” texture. Benjamin Franklin’s favorite apple has been overbred to the point where it’s just like a crab apple now
I was surprised he liked it. In my memory it’s got tough, bitter skin, and mealy flesh with a watery flavour.
@@zetizaharahe probably liked it because none of the apples are fresh. They’re bred for long shelf life so they probably are honestly more bearable after sitting in cold storage for months. Especially compared to better apples that have worse shelf life and he ranked badly lol
Red delicious apples always taste great in the late fall/early winter and maybe it's just nostalgia from elementary school but I love them 😅
What do you mean “overbred”? Apples are cloned.
Apple cultivars are propagated vegetatively, so there hasn't been any genetic change in 'Red Delicious' since the cultivar was selected from a seedling-grown tree in 1872 (more than 80 years after Benjamin Franklin died - his favorite apple was apparently actually 'Newton Pippin'). If you ever have the opportunity to have a 'Red Delicious' that's actually fresh, you'll find it's a fine apple (though nothing exceptional), and it's mostly their particularly long storage life leading to people eating old apples that makes their flavor and texture so bad.
I tried an Envy apple recently and it became my new favorite from the first bite. Highly recommend!
gotta do a part 2 add in the green dragon, lemonade, sweet tango, jazz, rocket and of course the cosmic crisp to the list
Lemonades are lovely.
The thing about Cortlands is that they are unbelievably different when you pick them fresh from a tree: crisp, tart, and juicy. A grocery store Cortland, often even a farmers' market Cortland, will probably have been off the tree for long enough to have their textures change dramatically. When picked fresh and eaten within a week (or two if refrigerated), they are absolutely amazing apples. I've described a fresh Cortland as "a Granny Smith without the malice" because they're just as crisp, very nearly as tart, just as juicy, but with a thinner skin and a bit better acid-sweet balance.
I only really eat them during apple-picking season and they are pure heaven.
Thank goodness someone else knows!
Same with Jonathans - fresh picked, they're fantastic
Yeah. Many cultivars are meant for travel and not for flavor. Some are meant for eating from up the street, if not in your own yard. My garden broccoli would have looked like wet compost, if I drove it across town. But it's awesome right out the yard.
The other great thing about Cortlands is that the flesh doesn't brown! It's a great tasting apple for applesauce.
@@arloahart Very true! I use them in apple butter and most of the color comes from the spices and the other apples I add.
There's a relatively new apple called Wild Twist. It's a combination of the Honeycrisp and Pink Lady. The best of both worlds and absolutely stunning.
I'll have to give it a go!
Oh! Bred the Honeycrisp with one of its parent apples? Niiice.
@@TroubleDuo01 The Pink lady is not a parent apple of the Honeycrisp. The parent apples of the Honeycrisp are the Keepsake apple and an unreleased UMN apple (MN1627).
Oh, I hadn't heard WA-64's market name yet! I'll keep and eye out for some next I hit the market.
Only had a few of these. My personal favorite is the Fuji. Nice and sweet. Great snacking apple.
Opal apples are my favorite. Crunchy sweet and golden 😊
Eating apples that have been in cold storage for months I think makes the rankings skewed. Some apples have really great shelf lives and others do not. My favorite apple ever is called Sansa. It’s an early season apple with a VERY short shelf life. They maybe keep for 2 days before they start to get soft. But when they’re fresh they are very crisp and snappy without the density of a honeycrisp with a very thin papery skin that’s sort of pink in color. They’re very sweet with a flavor that is very pear like. If anyone ever goes apple picking (in the northeast) in the early season I HIGHLY recommend trying one. But be careful buying them in a store because again their shelf life is INCREDIBLY short.
Came here to say exactly that. I worked in an orchard and some apple you find in grocery stores that are meh are amazing freshly picked. It can be the opposite, some apples need to be left in storage before consuming.
Big miss not having Cosmic Crisp. A superior apple 🍎 🤤
Zimmer approved
@@joshuadowney4843 yessir
Black diamond apple better
I was excited to see you had Evercrisp on the list. Those are a local favorite around here and I look forward to Evercrisp season every year. Fun fact: its a mix of the Fuji and the honeycrisp!
Ive never been more disappointed than when you enjoyed the Red Delicious. I was really excited for you to lay into what is in my opinion the worst apple ha.
I hate red delicious!
correct
I'm from Poland, and we have around 70 registered cultivars of apples. I haven't tried all of them, obviously, but my favorite one is Jonagold! So, what can I say? I highly agree 😄
Wheres cosmic crisp? I can't beleive you left out the best apple in the world
You're right. Can't watch anymore...
I was thinking the same thing, comics are awesome.
@@thegrinderman1090 He tries Empire at 9:14
Haha I commented the same thing.. I eat a costco box worth almost every week
I'm sorry. I think you meant to type out "where's the golden opal?" cause that's actually the best apple.
Golden Opal
Cosmic Crisp
American Dream
In that order.
My favourite apple is Mutsu, but I come from Niagara, where they are grown in abundance. The best mutsu apples are large, with a little russeting, and harvested closer to november than septemeber, but still in october. Also they tend to be better on even years than odd years, because they really only grow fruit ever other year. They get mealy from storage.
US side or Canadian side? Surprised I've never seen these before
"...and whats an bad apple"
*Bad apple slowly starts palying in the background"
Really surprising that you didn’t like both the Jonathan and the Golden delicious, but your favorite was the cross between them, the Jonagold!
Cosmic crisp is the best apple❤
I just know that babish had the healthiest BM he’s had in YEARS after 50 apples worth of fiber.
I had a soft apple (as opposed to a crisp apple) for the first time a few months back - I loved it! It reminded me of a pear. I think it was a ginger gold. So easy to eat!
My dad had trees. In last 25 years my dad worked with other local orchards and would sell in the fall at his house (on a main road). He would have upwards of 20 varieties. He could wax poetic about varieties and husbandry of apples.
He created his own blend of apples for apple cider and it was amazing. He is in his mid 7os and no longer can handle the work side of it, and with his macular degeneration he can't "see" the differences.
I loved watching this as so many of the varieties I knew what to expect before you showed the apple out of the bag.
My taste is much like yours. He on the other had loves the traditional and old styles.. the mealier the better (gross)
Thank you for the smiles today
I'm sitting there really watching a guy eating apple for 30 minutes
Same
0:11 *Bad Apple starts playing*
weird 2hus
Great video! Would love some kind of grading criteria for flavour and also which apples are best suited to which recipes.
The absolute best apple I've ever tasted is a heritage variety from Poland called the Opal. It's bright yellow and just delightful.
Opals also don't turn brown.
Yes! I rank opal up there with pink lady and honeycrisp. My favorites.
Opal is one of my favorites! Hard to find in my area
My favorite apple as well. It seems like harvest is small so difficult to find and only around for a short time.
Opal is my favorite all time
Apple flavor and texture also really depends on when it was picked and for how long it was stored! The more an apple ages, it's flavor will develop in different ways and the texture can/will change. Some apples do not store well and get that mealy texture. HoneyCrisp are expensive because they are super susceptible to lots of apple tree diseases and thus require that premium care to keep fresh. Buy apples from a local orchard fyi, much healthier than the store, organic or not!
Another reason HoneyCrisp are so expensive is because they're a Minnesota apple, and tend to do poorly in climates with warmer winters, like Washington state, or, really, the vast majority of the US. That said, even in Minnesota they have a somewhat lower yield than other apples.
I’d love to see you use some of the “bad apples” in their intended uses like crab apples. 😅
We at my work have been having a month long debate about the best apple. This is EXTREMELY helpful in gaslighting my coworkers. Thank you.
Pink lady/pink crisp are the best apples. Slightly sweet, slightly sour, very crispy, very juicy. Perfection
100% agree
Fr, finally tried pink lady apples this summer and I was changed
Absolutely, the best apples I've ever had were pink ladies.
I always have to decide which apples are better for cooking over raw eating, many types are way better cooked than uncooked.
Not to mention, some are grainy for the hard cider and vinegars.
Y'know, I'm pretty sure most of the apples you pick as "bad apples" are generally considered cider apples.
I love this video because every single time I see a new apple that I've never had before, I always have to buy it. It's one of my favourite things about travelling as well because you find apples that are not in your area
My favorite apple is a danish winter apple called Ingrid Marie. It’s sweet, tart and has so much flavor, very different from American apples. But Cosmic crisp is a close second
I love how Kendall didn’t discourage you from eating stickers and instead encouraged you to try a different approach lol
Gotta get ginger golds when they are fresh off the tree, they don’t store well. But there flavor, when fresh is amazing! Great video! Can’t argue with any others
My favorite store apple is Opal! Gold color with some russeting and great texture with almost a floral flavor.
Granny Smith apples are my personal favorite for eating. I love the texture and snap of them, plus the flavor.
WE ARE A COSMIC CRISP FAMILY HERE.
And a apple podcast for that matter
The regulation apple is the cosmic crisp!
It never seems to sell here. I keep a few because they last a crazy long time, but I always find it a bit too sweet.
@@TheCakeWasALie2 i was hoping for a fellow regulation listener to show up
@@glenduffy860you are so close to becoming a comment leaver
If you're a fan of juicy, cripsy and a bit sweeter apples (not tart at all) then I suggest trying Kanzi! It's a Belgian apple (just like some others on this list here, like Jonagold) and also my fave next to Jonagold and Pink Lady :)
Winesaps have been my favorite since childhood. You should keep in mind not all apples are meant to be eating out of hand, but for cooking.
Am I really spending half an hour watching a man eat too many apples? Yeah.
Despite the fact he left out the most important one? Still yes.
My personal favourite is the Mcintosh.
Crisp, easy to eat, super sweet like candy and next to granny smiths, they make the best apple crumble or pie.
Yes, precisely this.
Mcintosh apples are a mixed bag for me. Sometimes they are crisp, but often I get ones which are soft and mealy. I have the same problem with Cortlands. I suspect some of the apples in this were old, and perhaps why Andrew found both the Mcintosh and Cortland to be soft.
Unfortunately, I’ve had the same experience with Macintosh recently. Oddly within the same five pound bag, almost as though they were entirely different crops. I hope that it was an anomaly!@@veraxis9961
This is correct. Babish is wrong on the Mac.
recently i tried the sweetango apple and it was my favorite apple so far! it's similar to a honeycrisp but had a bit more of the nice sour candy flavor
This was highly entertaining. And actually informative. Thank you! i think I found a few new apples to try:D
My favorites in order...
HoneyCrisp, SweetTango, PinkLady, Snapdragon.
I completely agree, cosmic crisp is up in my first spot tho…them are insane, also envy
My grandma introduced me to Fujis and they’ve been my favorite ever since 😊
All these interesting names, and then there's just Jonathan.
I'm really surprised you didn't try the Envy, Sweet Tango, or Cosmic Crisp!
I'm loving these "Babish Ranks Food" videos! Definitely want to see more!
Personally, I love a really crisp, tart apple, so Granny Smith is usually my go to for apple snacking. 💚
Fully agree I love a granny Smith apple
💯 14:54
Have you tried them in an apple pie - they turn slightly floral when cooked. Amazing.
I've heard those Rome apples are kings of baking apples.
Also I've heard Goldrush is amazing for cider.
As a red delicious lover I feel SOOOO VALIDATED!!! Thanks Andy!!
I try to do something like this over the years and it's really interesting to me how they are so very different apples you can get as a selection in a different part of the country.
i wonder how many whole apples you ate by taking one bite of 50 apples
looked like decent sized bites. so 10-15, maybe a bit less, especially if you count that giant summer pippin
Enough to make the snake laugh in the Garden of Eden.
Someone who grew up in and lives in New York skipping over Ruby Frost is nuts. Easily my favorite varietal.
That said, can't imagine it doing well in this kind of setting -- it'd probably come off too subtle against a bunch of more powerful apples.
Wow, some of those crunchy bites were like, amazing ASMR! 😍 I'm impressed that you were able to get your hands on 50 varieties. I really want to try an Evercrisp now. If you ever feel like ranking kettle chip flavors, I think that would also be very satisfying with the crunch factor, as well as being a fun video to watch. :) It'd be cool to see smaller chip brands pitted up against the larger more well known brands.
This is great and I hope it encourages people to grow heirlooom apple trees and establish small fruit orchards. It's so easy
I once bought a bag of McIntosch apples that were surprisingly crispy. Honestly some of the best apples ive ever had
I always liked Jonathans and McIntosh for their tartness. I don't like sweet apples.
They have another variety called CrimsonCrisp that are very similar to HoneyCrisp, but they're cheaper and I think they taste better.
I see you mention it at 17:12.
A few different farms in Upstate NY grow them!
Honey crisp is 100% the only apple I eat now.
Jazz and Kiku apples are my favorites, love this video
Not sure if you can get them in New York, but a local farmer brought in a bunch of apples he farms. One of them was called a pink pearl and it tasted like a sour patch watermelon, it was awesome.
My favorite is actually Macintosh..great for baking and great on its own. Macoun is actually a Macintosh hybrid.
Yes! Macintosh are my go-to apples for pies, crisps, and eating as snacks.
I feel like the red delicious you have is a hybrid made to taste better. The ones here are a dull dark red with no speckles and are pure grainy mush.
It's SO weird bc I remember my extremely picky kid sister loving dark red delicious. Like so dark they were a purple colour. They were so dry, bitter and mealy!
I discovered Jazz apples a couple years ago. They're super crisp and sweet, and I found their cores were very tiny and not bitter, so you get a lot more apple to enjoy. Otherwise I actually grew up with Macintosh! Never realized they were considered "soft" compared to other apples until fairly recently.
Jazz apple were my favorite for a while. Nowadays it's the rave apple
you are correct, Crab Apples are for making Jams and Jellies, and (in that specific state) are delicious.
I really like these videos. Keeps my attention the whole way through and it's quite educational. Had no idea some of these apples existed
Wow. My favorite, Sweet Tango, didn’t make the list. Sad.
Elstar is the best hand apple in my opinion. The two most popular apples in holland are Elstar and Jonagold, but Elstar is generally considered to be superior. It is more crunchy, more juicy, sweeter yet more tart than the Jonagold. Sadly, Elstar trees are less resistant to diseases. The apples that I'd say are most similar to Elstar are Pink Lady, Kanzi, and Fuji.
I used to think Macintosh were the worst apples until I had one fresh off the tree. I swear it tastes like a strawberry, though I guess floral is probably a more normal description.. Absolutely magical, but they don't last long and lose their flavor/texture pretty quick. If you ever get the opportunity to go apple picking, definitely try a fresh one.
Maybe this is it. In the northern Midwest, we're eating them fresh and I think a lot of us adore them. They do not have such a long shelf life. To me, longer shelf life apples - are all crisp and not taste depth.
Cosmic Crisp and nothing else.
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Can't believe from the first video I ever watched of yours - Timpano - that I'd be sitting here 7 years later watching you eat 50 kinds of apples.
I've always loved food and enjoyed cooking, but your Timpano video is what stoked the fire within to start cooking. Thank you for that.
Great video - would’ve been nice to have a few more fun facts about the apples ( I know 50 is a lot of apples to do background on). Those of us in Minnesota like to tout that we developed the honeycrisp as a hybrid of other apples varieties
Love these episodes!!!
my favourite is the Red pineapple apple, Rød ananas æble in danish. which come from germany and popular in denmark since it can be grown in the garden without pesticides
Det er også et lækkert et. Jeg kan også godt life gråsten æbler
Interesting outcome. In The Netherlands, Jonagold is considered pretty plain and it's also one of the cheapest ones you can get.
When I worked at a cider mill, we got Mutsus all the time - great apple IMO. The one you had was green. When ripe, they tend to be a lovely golden color with blushing cheeks. Honey Crisps and Jonagolds are my favorites these days since I can't get Mutsus where I live.
Great variety. I don't think I have seen any of those where I shop. But would love to try some. I could only get 19 varieties when I did something similar, but the best part is I eat apples every day since that video.
glad you are trying something new and it seems to work out!
its always difficult for content creators to come up with something new to keep it fresh and not have everyone hate it immedietely
Something has gotta be odd with the Golden Delicious he tried because soft is definitely not one of the descriptors I'd use for them. If anything the ones I have are stiff and rigid enough to be fragile rather than squishable. But then again that is one of the things about apples, you can definitely run into some variance. His golden delicious looked markedly different to the golden delicious that are grown around me.
Agreed. Comparing grocery store apples is really unfair because some of them are probably fresher than others. Golden delicious is one of my favorite apples. The fact that it's so yellow probably means that it wasn't fresh. They're much more green when you get them from the orchard. Same reason why he probably liked red delicious. They're fine when they're fresh, but they're one of the mealiest apples after a couple of days.
There are different types of every cultivar as well. But that golden looked totally normal, just too ripe. If allowed to ripen too long they are probably the softest apple out there.
I love me some golden delicious. It's cidery but still really sweet, and I don't mind the grainyness, it's like a pear but not a pear, y'know. Most of the other apples we get here in Norwegian grocery stores are pink lady, ambrosia, royal gala, and granny smith.
He picked my fav my long-standing fav! I used to be able to find them in the grocery store, but not anymore…Highly recommend, but the pink lady is a decent alternative.
The Red Devil (or it's cousin the Red Moon) makes for a pretty funky pie filling. I once made a half Granny Smith, half Red Moon pie. It was a looker and tasted great too, one of my best ever
Sweet Tangoes are the best apples. Only around in the fall though.
I particularly like Honey Crisps, Cosmic Crisps and Mutsu. I definitely feel lucky to try these apples. Really great crunchy snack apples.
I feel the first apple that fell on the table/floor was OF COURSE the Granny Smiths lol!
my local orchard has 90 varieties. Temperate Orchard Conservancy has 5000+! Hidden Rose, Golden Russet when it's freshly picked!