Extoling The Virtue of Apples!

[Mr. Bloom]

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/drmao/15960/apples-the-live-longer-fruit/

I love my apples! I really do!

:DNow I even have a reason to rub them on my head!:D

[emily_in_nc]

Good stuff! Just reading the article made me want to go out and eat apples. I normally eat one a day, but DH has been buying organic grapes lately (he's the grocery shopper in our household since he's retired). I'll make sure he gets apples next time!

[bmccasland]

Have a Gala in my lunch box.

A couple of years ago I was up in Mass, and was told by a gal in my office to try to get a fresh picked Macintosh apple. Well our conference paid for a basket full to be delivered every day. They were wonderful, not mealy like the ones I get in the grocery. BUT, I brought one home, didn't eat it for a couple of days, and when I did - it was mealy! Apparently the shelf life of crunchyness is very short. Same as Red Delicious - fresh from the tree, they're wonderful, put them in storage then sell at the grocery - not so delicious.

Which is why I like Galas or Pink Ladies. We get some heirloom apples down from Arkansas at our local farmers market that are mightly tasty too.

[Kalidurga]

The trick to getting crisp apples in the grocery store is to smell them. A crisp apple will have no odor at all. If there's any sweet smell, it's on its way to mealy.

[Zen]

I'm giving my apples a good washing from now on.

[Smilie]

I'm giving my apples a good washing from now on.

Ha! Not everyone will be using them as a hair restorer! I hope...

[malkin]

We got mysterious local yellow apples from the co-op. I had low expectations, but they are outrageously crisp and perfectly sweet--not cloying. What a nice surprise: Apples in Utah?!

[Jolt]

My roommate and I just went apple picking this morning! Nothing like fresh-picked apples and fresh cider.

[Mr. Bloom]

I love them much more refrigerated. Unfortunately, I shiver more when I rub them on my head:rolleyes:;)

[RolliePollie]

Mr. Silver...maybe you should come visit here:

http://www.applehill.com/

Great riding around here too. And if you're out early in the morning on a weekend, you can smell all the apple pies baking!

[LoriO]

A great and easy apple dessert is baked crock pot apples.

Take 4 goodb baking apples (I like the Courtland), peel about half way down and core the apples. Place them in the crockpot.

Now if you don't mind a little extra sugar and sweetness you can stuff a couple of caramels in the cored center then top with a little bit of brown sugar and a dab of butter. You can also sprinkle with cinnamon and nutmeg too. Add about 1/2 cup of water or apple juice and bake on low for 2-3 hours.

Instead of the caramels you can also alternate brown sugar and butter to fill up the cored area. As it cooks the sugar and butter melt down and form a nice sauce in the bottom of the crockpot that you can spoon over the cooked apples. Yummy!!

[tulip]

I prefer sliced apples to eating them like a horse. I got an apple slicer that is so handy! It looks like a metal pie chart with a circle in the center. You push it down on the apple, and you have perfect apple slices and no core!

I think there's something to the saying that an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

[TahoeDirtGirl]

Mr. Silver...maybe you should come visit here:

http://www.applehill.com/

Great riding around here too. And if you're out early in the morning on a weekend, you can smell all the apple pies baking!

OMG Rollie! I went here one weekend last year and it was a zoo!!! Yes, ride your bike there because going by car is crazy! A nice grade to climb on the way out of El Dorado Hills will give you the calorie deficit required to eat PIE.

Have you guys ever tried Honey Crisp apples?? I am buying them up now and leaving them in my crisper. They are so good. Sliced up and eaten up plain or I sometimes eat em with skim milk ricotta. Oh my.

And the carmel in the middle of an apple in a crockpot. That sounds too good. I better get this foot fixed soon. :rolleyes:

[emily_in_nc]

A great and easy apple dessert is baked crock pot apples.

That sounds great, LoriO! Thanks for the idea! :)

[Mr. Bloom]

We used to have a "pick your own" orchard adjacent to our subdivision...alas, it's now a subdivision:mad:

Tulip, I'm with you on the slicer. Right now, I'm slicing one huge gala each morning and taking to work for my mid morning snack. That really HITS THE SPOT!

Tonight's Meal:
- One pound of broccoli and carrots
- Some peanuts (for protein)
- A chilled gala apple for dessert