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[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I will accept any opinions on apples so long as it includes:

  • S Rank - Pink Lady, Granny Smith

  • F Rank - Red Delicious

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm old enough to remember when Red Delicious were the bomb. They really fucked them up by heavily breeding them for a tough skin for travel. They were so popular in the 80's they bred them to shit.

They didn't deserve this future.

I miss my Red Delicious.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, holy crow! I wasn't just wearing rose tinted glasses, they actually do suck now?! I can remember Red Delicious apples in the 90's that'd make you wanna slap your grandma.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

Not crazy. I live in Apple country (Ontario, Canada) and Red Delicious were my favourite apple until my 20's.

A Red Delicious used to have a snap to the skin when you bit and a crisp crunch with a semi-sweet flavour. As time went on they bred more and more for the thick skin because it was so popular. In breeding that thick skin a lot of times what you get is an apple that's mealy inside like a MacIntosh (fuck those abominations).

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/red-delicious-apples-suck_n_5b630199e4b0b15abaa061af

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The "best for" entry for Red Delicious on the site is "compost."

It's about right.

[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you put granny Smith apples as S tier we have nothing to discuss, granny smiths are dogshit.

[–] Peaty@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Granny Smith apples are amazing for purposes other than just eating an apple by itself.

[–] storcholus@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago

As are pink lady. Absolute trash

[–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Norway has some apple varieties that are even better than Pink Lady and Granny Smith (Summerred, Gravenstein, Aroma and Discovery are the bomb).

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good fish, cheese AND apples? Norway has a good thing going.

[–] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah. I visited my friends' neighbours in the countryside recently and they gave me some smoked trout that was so good I almost cried. I need more!

[–] QTpi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Gravenstein makes DELICIOUS apple sauce! I have bought a case from a local farm two years in a row.

[–] Peaty@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So you know little about apples and are also under 30 years of age?

Pink Ladies are B/A tier (not as shelf stable as many newer breeds and lack the intensity of a jazz, snapdragon, or cosmic crisp)

Red Delicious WERE S tier but breeding in the 80s for a larger more aesthetically pleasing apple deprived it if the bands of green and red that "marred" the surface. Those genes that made those colors contributed the apple flavor. If you can find an old cultivar of Red Delicious you'll understand why the variety was called that.

[–] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Making me miss the red delicious tree that grew by my house growing up. They were my favorite apples back in the day but the ones at the grocery store disappoint.