Saturday, October 28, 2006
Pete loves apples
"I love apple season. There are few things better than a good apple eaten out of hand. Whether the flesh is mild and swweet or tart, and winey, when you bite into it, a fresh-picked apple will make a crisp cracking sound and you'll get a spurt of juice. "
Monday, October 16, 2006
Nobody respects the York Apple
Route 29 north somewhere near Lynchburg. Its called the apple shed and the very knowledgable man also gave me a fresh Winesap just for the sampling. That one was tart as rhubarb and also a wonder.
Friday, October 13, 2006
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Cider Days are upon us...
Cider Days is coming up: http://www.ciderday.org/
Actually it's weeks away but I'm counting down. This year the Franklin County, Massachusetts Cider Days festival falls on November 4th & 5th. I'm hoping to visit at least part of it this year.
What I want is to find an orchard that sells untreated cider. They pasturize almost everything these days so that nobody dies of E-Coli poisoning somthing they don't do with Spinach. Of course originally cider meant HARD cider which was alcoholic. Its only recently yankees began to favor beer over cider. Like beer, cider has under six or seven percent alcohol and tastes best with some sparkle
The fest is for all who love apples, fresh or hard cider, apple cuisine, apple orchards or just being in New England in the fall. There is a small charge for some of the activities but there is no admission for the self-guided tour of orchards.
Orchards have given food and drink to New England for centuries. It is here that apples grow flavorful and juicy. Among those apple varieties Baldwin, Newton Pippin, Roxbury Russet were bred here.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
The Fuji.
The Ralls Janet however is an ancient apple pre 1800 from France. It's a greenish-yellow, covered with pinkish red, dark red striping medium to large; yellowish flesh, fine-grained, crisp and juicy; excellent keeper. It's a late season apple and I've never had one.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Survival of the Crispest
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/view.php?id=13133
"My apple-eating experience usually unfolds in seven distinct stages: 1) extended and thoroughly useless examination of product; 2) blind hope; 3) tentative sampling; 4) assessment; 5) verdict—mealy; 6) disgust, revulsion, disavowal of all apples; 7) three-month apple hiatus. Repeat."
Sunday, October 01, 2006
The Honeycrisp.
Thsi blogger likes them too:
http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000331.html