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thodoks · **Joined:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:19 pm **Posts:** 25134

Doug RR wrote:

thodoks wrote:

enjoying everything a crisp gala has going for it doesn't preclude enjoying other varieties even more, conclusion reachers

I'll be at the Alibi bar wednesday night gnawing on a pink lady

what's the fastest you've ever gotten to a pink lady's core?

Doug RR · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:58 pm

thodoks wrote:

Doug RR wrote:

thodoks wrote:

enjoying everything a crisp gala has going for it doesn't preclude enjoying other varieties even more, conclusion reachers

I'll be at the Alibi bar wednesday night gnawing on a pink lady

what's the fastest you've ever gotten to a pink lady's core?

2 bites

turned2black · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:11 pm

thodoks wrote:

turned2black wrote:

thodoks wrote:

enjoying everything a crisp gala has going for it doesn't preclude enjoying other varieties even more, conclusion reachers

To be fair, they are pretty much available all year. They just have no "pop" to me, just a bland mellow taste, which is why they are good for sauce.

a few years ago, the local whole foods carried pinata apples for a few weeks, and they quickly ascended my list of apple favorites. i have been unable to find them since.

This apple variety was bought and patented by a Washington company. They go by a different name now. Google shows: Pinova or Sonata

turned2black · **Posted:** Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:58 pm

The Safeway near me has organic Pink Ladys. Awesome!

Orpheus · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:01 am

Gala are the ESB's of apples, perfectly balanced and just right. And as a noted food snob even I find apple snobbing to be a bit much.

turned2black · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:08 am

Orpheus wrote:

Gala are the ESB's of apples, perfectly balanced and just right. And as a noted food snob even I find apple snobbing to be a bit much.

And why would apples be any different then any other food or drink exactly? I love apples. Just like others love beer or wine.
Galas are the Budweiser of apples.

washing machine · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 6:27 am

That post sure did tickle my waching machine, '2black.

ejny · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:35 pm

Bought a few honeycrisps at a local farm this past weekend. Damn good and I don't think they were even in peak form yet.

theplatypus · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:05 pm

This thread is hilarious.

ejny · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:08 pm

turned2black · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:10 pm

ejny wrote:

Apple snobs unite! :thumbsup:

ejny · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:14 pm

Funny thing was my wife picked out some galas to try out. I was so close to saying, "don't bother with those gutter apples." But, I couldn't remember what they tasted like so I let her buy some. Tried one later, and yeah, they are a layman's apple. Thumbs down.

turned2black · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:22 pm

ejny wrote:

Funny thing was my wife picked out some galas to try out. I was so close to saying, "don't bother with those gutter apples." But, I couldn't remember what they tasted like so I let her buy some. Tried one later, and yeah, they are a layman's apple. Thumbs down.

Like I said earlier in this thread, they are good for sauces and cooking in general.
Fuji is kinda as low as I go these days. And I still like an occasional Granny Smith, which, of course, are also good for cooking.

theplatypus · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:25 pm

thodoks has been conspicuously absent from this thread since his dramatic outing as an apple layman

thodoks · **Joined:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:19 pm **Posts:** 25134

my opinion on the laity of the gala diverges from that of this thread's resident haught-monger

thodoks · **Joined:** Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:19 pm **Posts:** 25134

the "budweiser of apples" is a title reserved for the red and golden deliciouses of the world

turned2black · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 4:31 pm

I'm trying to decide if this thread is better (and more important) than the "our universe is so rad" thread in N&D.

Electromatic · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:46 pm

Always had a preference for the Pink Ladies I shall seek out the Honey crisp this fall.

cutuphalfdead · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:21 pm

I'm a grannysmith man myself.

turned2black · **Posted:** Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:35 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:

I'm a grannysmith man myself.

I like 'em too. Unfortunately, green apple choices in the U.S. are really limited. I have found it's basically just Granny Smith and Mutsu. I wouldn't really count the sometimes "greenish" Golden Delicious.
The skin on Granny Smiths can be tough however and I find that it's one of the few that I almost always use the corer on.
That initial sour tang can't be beat!

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