I picked some apples in Normandy, France, two days ago. Don't know what variety because they didn't have labels attached!
I think we have lost a connection between local produce, the seasons and what we eat. Mind you, with that mind-set, I would never eat bananas, grapefruit, oranges and grapes!
I bought some "Grapples" once. I hated them. I like a tart apple myself and those just tasted like a very sweet apple with a hint of grape flavor. I just looked it up on Wikipedia and it says that they are Washington State grown Fuji apples soaked in grape flavoring. Huh.
It's bad enough to ship beef from Argentina and apples from New Zealand... we don't have to go mucking up produce grown here in the US with "flavoring."
What's in flavoring, anyway? What chemicals do you throw together to make a flavor. I mean, it's not soaked in grape juice, but grape flavoring. That means it's not grape anything at all.
Okay, thanks Rick. You totally ruined produce shopping for me, at least at supermarkets. It's a good thing I do most of my produce shopping at the farmer's market.
haha I have no idea how I stumbled across your site but I'm glad I did. New Zealand produce is fantastic and I'm proud to find you have it way over there. Look like good apples too! Awesome photography!!! Absolutely love it :) Gonna keep being nosy now...
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Do they cost more than local Braeburn Apples?
I don't know of any local Braeburn apples to compare with. Krogers usually carries Braeburns either from NZ or Chile.
I picked some apples in Normandy, France, two days ago. Don't know what variety because they didn't have labels attached!
I think we have lost a connection between local produce, the seasons and what we eat. Mind you, with that mind-set, I would never eat bananas, grapefruit, oranges and grapes!
Why not? We import actresses from NZ
Hmmm... I guess actresses are slightly less perishable than apples.
Only slightly.
A randome thought since we are talking about apples..has anyone ever tried a grapple? Supposedly they are apples that taste like grapes. Crazy.
I bought some "Grapples" once. I hated them. I like a tart apple myself and those just tasted like a very sweet apple with a hint of grape flavor. I just looked it up on Wikipedia and it says that they are Washington State grown Fuji apples soaked in grape flavoring. Huh.
"soaked in grape flavoring?"
*gag*
It's bad enough to ship beef from Argentina and apples from New Zealand... we don't have to go mucking up produce grown here in the US with "flavoring."
What's in flavoring, anyway? What chemicals do you throw together to make a flavor. I mean, it's not soaked in grape juice, but grape flavoring. That means it's not grape anything at all.
Okay, thanks Rick. You totally ruined produce shopping for me, at least at supermarkets. It's a good thing I do most of my produce shopping at the farmer's market.
haha I have no idea how I stumbled across your site but I'm glad I did. New Zealand produce is fantastic and I'm proud to find you have it way over there. Look like good apples too! Awesome photography!!! Absolutely love it :) Gonna keep being nosy now...
Hi from Nz :) I came through Anthony's site.. we make yummy fruit and beautiful scenery for our great movies :)
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