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Oct. 7th, 2009 09:00 amHas anyone else here ever tried Honeycrisp apples?
I think I first heard of them sometime last year, but only tried one a few weeks ago...Gavin and I have taken to eating a lot of apples, since they're generally inexpensive and taste good and good for you and all (well, except Red Delicious. Erg, I can't stand them. No flavor. Delicious my ass. And they make the blandest applesauce ever.)
We usually get McIntosh or Granny Smith but a couple of weeks ago, Wegman's had neither if you can believe that. The Produce guy suggested trying Honeycrisp and we decided to give them a shot.
It was mildly terrifying- we bought one apple that time. That single apple cost $2.50.
Why, you ask? Was it gold-plated?
No, it wasn't. This apple cost more than any apple has any business costing because it weighed almost a pound and a half. And that was one of the smaller ones in the bin.
We took it home and ate it. It was nearly a meal in and of itself. It was like biting into a glass of apple cider still in apple form.
And it was The Best Apple I Have Ever Tasted.
When we went back last week, we were going to get some more (they were less terrifyingly gigantic this time, but still quite impressive) and then we found out that the 3-pound organic bags were actually less expensive than picking them out of the bin, so we grabbed one of those instead. The organic ones were considerably smaller- even on the small side for apples in general, and the flavor is slightly less strong, but I will still say that they are the best apples I have ever had.
I think I first heard of them sometime last year, but only tried one a few weeks ago...Gavin and I have taken to eating a lot of apples, since they're generally inexpensive and taste good and good for you and all (well, except Red Delicious. Erg, I can't stand them. No flavor. Delicious my ass. And they make the blandest applesauce ever.)
We usually get McIntosh or Granny Smith but a couple of weeks ago, Wegman's had neither if you can believe that. The Produce guy suggested trying Honeycrisp and we decided to give them a shot.
It was mildly terrifying- we bought one apple that time. That single apple cost $2.50.
Why, you ask? Was it gold-plated?
No, it wasn't. This apple cost more than any apple has any business costing because it weighed almost a pound and a half. And that was one of the smaller ones in the bin.
We took it home and ate it. It was nearly a meal in and of itself. It was like biting into a glass of apple cider still in apple form.
And it was The Best Apple I Have Ever Tasted.
When we went back last week, we were going to get some more (they were less terrifyingly gigantic this time, but still quite impressive) and then we found out that the 3-pound organic bags were actually less expensive than picking them out of the bin, so we grabbed one of those instead. The organic ones were considerably smaller- even on the small side for apples in general, and the flavor is slightly less strong, but I will still say that they are the best apples I have ever had.
