Journal FortKnox's Journal: Blech! 27
If there is one way to ruin a good lunch (complete with a peanut butter candy that tastes an aweful lot like fudge[1]) is a mealy apple[2].
I'm REALLY picky about apples. I want them to be crisp when I bite into them. I mean crisp. Any hint of 'mealiness' and I literally toss the apple out. I'd rather have an underripe crisp apple than a mealy apple (granted, I'm not a can of underripe apples, but the one I just bit into... yuck).
Anyone else a picky apple eater?
Oh, and I like all types of apples for eating, including granny smiths (you know... the green, sour baking apples... I LOVE'M!)
[1] That better bethanie? ;-)
[2] Like biting into a potato, not an apple.
I'm REALLY picky about apples. I want them to be crisp when I bite into them. I mean crisp. Any hint of 'mealiness' and I literally toss the apple out. I'd rather have an underripe crisp apple than a mealy apple (granted, I'm not a can of underripe apples, but the one I just bit into... yuck).
Anyone else a picky apple eater?
Oh, and I like all types of apples for eating, including granny smiths (you know... the green, sour baking apples... I LOVE'M!)
[1] That better bethanie?
[2] Like biting into a potato, not an apple.
yep. (Score:2)
To be honest.. (Score:1)
I hear you on the apple thing thougn. When I bite into an apple I want it to be crisp and tasty. I do not want to feel like I need to drink apple juice along with it to actually feel like I'm eating an apple. Ugh just thinking about it makes me squirm. Thanks a lot.
Bananas must be just right for me to eat them.
No bruises.
No green left on the skin.
If they are not just right I can't eat them. Everyone in my family thinks I'm bonkers, but if I peel a banan
I love Granny Smith (apples) (Score:1)
(blinder, don't read the rest of this comment)
Apples with peanut butter are quite good.
nope (Score:1)
If I bite into it and see half a worm, that's all the better.
YUM.
I LOVE MEALY APPLES.
MEALY is such a stupid word.
Re:nope (Score:2)
Re:nope (Score:1)
Of course, in my world, the sky is puce.
What? What's wrong with a blood red sky?
Why are you looking at me like that?
It's not like I'm weird, hell check out Some Woman, and once you do that, wipe the drool from your chin and ask her what color the sky is in her world.
Re:nope (Score:1)
Oh and I concur, so long as it's not rotten I'll eat it. Doesn't bother me.
Re:nope (Score:2, Interesting)
I'll try to eat almost anything that's not rotten & fits in my mouth. The few exceptions include things like bitter melon because it's bitter, & various other wierd things. As for gra
Re:nope (Score:2)
Macintosh, my favorite (Score:2)
Re:Macintosh, my favorite (Score:1)
Re:Macintosh, my favorite (Score:2)
Re:Macintosh, my favorite (Score:2)
sorta (Score:2)
-Ab
just yesterday (Score:2)
yes, better (Score:2)
Re:yes, better (Score:2)
Washington State Apples. (Score:2)
You would be wrong. All of our "good" apples are shipped overseas to Japan and China and the like. Having had some of the "
Ick! (Score:2)
I cannot stand mealy apples, either. I gave up on Red and Yellow Delicious apples years ago for that reason - every one I get is mealy. I have a strong preference for Fuji apples, but I like Macintosh, Gala, and Granny Smith apples too.
If you dehydrate apples for snacking, mealy apples aren't so bad - the apple chips will have the same consistency whether using a mealy apple or a juicy one.
Pickier than the average bear (Score:1)
Someone mentioned peaches. I don't eat peaches unless I've picked them. See, in order for them to survive shipment without bruising, they are picked nice and crispy crunchy, like apples. Guess what? That isn't how a peach is supposed to be. I
Re:Pickier than the average bear (Score:1)
However I have had fresh mango from the tree whilst in florida. Ever since then nothing else will do when it comes to mangos. It is just not the same.
Actually I've had key limes fresh from the tree(bush?) while in the Florida as well. Can't remember what it was used for but it was tasty, I tasted a slice of the lime
Re:Pickier than the average bear (Score:1)
Peaches:
I grew up in SC and GA. 'nuff said?
I really need to find out how to do the Farmer's Market thing... that's usually the best place for produce, if you have one.
Otherwise, we got our fruit/produce at Henry's in San Diego (same as Wild Oats in other places). It was always fresh and good... and SMELLED LIKE FRUIT.
I hate going to the grocery store and looking at pretty fruit, but it doesn't smell like anything.
Peaches & Indians (Score:1)
I understood
Re:Peaches & Indians (Score:1)
You may have never had the chance. It used to be much easier when I was a kid, but even the roadside farmer these days uses the same awful seeds and plants as the big industrial farms. They just grow better with fewer bugs and spoilage. It's also what the public has come to expect.
It's no wonder that many women claim to be a 'Georgia Peach', as nothing comes closer to a perfect peach (fruit) than... Well, it's best left
types (Score:1)
I have come to despise the red delicious. Maybe I ate too many of them as a kid, I don't know, but I try to avoid them.
I can't believe no one has said it.... (Score:2)
Mmyself, I prefer the Wintel platform.
Organically grown (Score:2)