rstevens ([info]rstevens) wrote,
@ 2008-09-09 21:24:00
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it's pronounced "gah-la"
Fresh farmer's market gala apples: proof that America's not all bad.


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[info]ldragoon
2008-09-10 01:33 am UTC (link)
I love Gala apples. Arkansas Blacks are another favorite of mine. :)

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[info]rstevens
2008-09-10 01:36 am UTC (link)
never heard of that breed, but i shall keep an eye open!

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[info]piehead
2008-09-10 01:42 am UTC (link)
They say Arkansas Black make good pies, so I tried it. And ended up with pie.

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[info]modnar
2008-09-10 05:56 am UTC (link)
And how was the pie?

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[info]ldragoon
2008-09-10 02:07 am UTC (link)
They're really good! Their flavor actually improves over time. I think they were originally bred to be cold-cellar apples, for over-winter storage. It's weird but true -- when I first by them, their flavor is ok. Nothing special. But if you let them sit for a few months, their color deepens and their flavor improves and becomes much more complex -- and the apple stays crisp! I love them. :)

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[info]nedroidcomics
2008-09-10 02:38 am UTC (link)
What about Braeburn? Now that's the money apple.

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[info]ldragoon
2008-09-10 02:42 am UTC (link)
Ooo! Those are good, too! My father and I will be heading up to Apple Hill soon. We drive up once a year and come back with about 80 pounds of apples. Which last something like, two months. Pies! Pies every week! :)

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[info]ldragoon
2008-10-17 04:51 am UTC (link)
The farmer's market local to me does actually sell winesaps. So they still are out there. :)

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aaand bacon.
[info]midorionna
2008-09-10 01:43 am UTC (link)
hover bacon?

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[info]only_taciturn
2008-09-10 02:31 am UTC (link)
I am sick of apple season and it's not even really here yet.

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[info]blogofchampions
2008-09-10 03:28 am UTC (link)
How can you be sick of apple season? Apples are the Best Fruit! Eve betrayed God and all of humankind for one! I have drunk apple juice basically every day for the past, oh, ten years or so, and it is still my favorite thing in the world.

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[info]only_taciturn
2008-09-10 03:34 am UTC (link)
I think in the last three years I've probably baked/cooked with enough to equal a flat a day for a full year. Washing, peeling, coring, acidulating. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

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[info]blogofchampions
2008-09-10 04:15 am UTC (link)
Oh well see there's your problem. You're not supposed to do work around the apples. Just eat them.

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[info]oldbogus
2008-09-17 04:39 am UTC (link)
Peaches are the best fruit.

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[info]lunarworks
2008-09-10 03:20 am UTC (link)
Do you have to wear a black tie to eat them?

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[info]ashadowisrising
2008-09-10 03:21 am UTC (link)
Pink Lady and Honeycrisp are both excellent apples for eating, not so much for baking.

Not to be eaten if you don't like GMOs though, they were both invented at the University of Minnesota

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[info]blogofchampions
2008-09-10 03:26 am UTC (link)
I just ate a Gala apple before reading this, but it was a janky supermarket one, and kinda subpar.

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[info]rstevens
2008-09-10 03:27 am UTC (link)
you're mirror universe me!

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[info]runsinstockings
2008-09-10 07:50 am UTC (link)
I tried some Tentations the other day, and they were amazing.

http://www.orangepippin.com/apples/tentation.aspx

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[info]oldbogus
2008-09-17 04:51 am UTC (link)
On what do you base your "gah-la" pronunciation? I cannot find any source for this. I'm not disagreeing but the apple freaks don't give me a clue. And the grocery people in Colorado don't sound like New Yorkers when referring to this fruit.

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