I have never like the texture or (really) the flavor of any apple, so I’m with you. I don’t really HATE them, though. I save my hate for bigger and more important things (and smaller and pettier things, too. 
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I am not a huge fan of raw (or cooked) fruit–I like citrus fruits a lot, but that’s about it. Some berries are ok, too. Yeah, I get that they’re all really good for me etc. But for me, if I don’t like a food, I don’t eat it. Seems simple enough…
Mmmmmm. Apples. Sliced with peanut butter, shredded and mixed in with my homemade cole slaw, sliced and fried in some butter with cinnamon and nutmeg, cooked down in a cup of apple cider then mashed into chunky applesauce to go with pork roast, apple pie, apple fritters, apple dumplings. . .
Yeah, I like apples (not as much as pears, though; usually on Thanksgiving, I bake a pear pie. My FIL does not like pumpkin pie, but he likes my pear pie).
It’s good to know it’s not just me. To me, even “crisp” apples are somewhat mealy, and I feel like I chew each mouthful forever. I can eat small amounts raw if they’re sliced really really thin, preferably with cream cheese or caramel dip. 
I will have to try peanut butter - that might work for me and be a good snack because of the fat and protein.
And pears? Eugh. Raw pears are gritty. It’s disgusting.
All this is too bad, since I really like the flavor of both fruits. Luckily, I do like them cooked. Making an apple pie to bring to Thanksgiving this year - yum!
I have an antipathy for any kind of cooked apples that borders on psychopathic rage (for reasons that are not relevant here). The smell of them is one of the few things that can nauseate me. As a matter of fact, I don’t like most fruit, but I love Honey Crisp apples. Their texture is perfect, their flavor is perfect, and they’re only available for a short time in the fall so you have the rest of the year to anticipate them.
We have a Honey Crisp apple tree (and some other for pollination purposes), so we’re looking forward to many happy harvests to come.
I don’t care for raw apples at all. Sometimes, when requested to, I buy Rome apples to bake for dinner guests. My friends like them; I am indifferent.
I don’t eat apple pie or stewed apples-- just not appealing in any way.
The mere scent of applesauce disgusts me. (To be fair, I realize this is due more to my personal issues than any grossness inherent in applesauce).
You probably don’t hate them so much as are tired of them. Apples are such standard fruit by the time you’re 20 you’ve probably eaten twice as many apples as all other fruits combined.
But big deal, there are tons of new fruits to try
Braeburn, Fuji and Gala are all good. I sit down with an apple and a sharp pocket knife and cut off slices one at a time to eat. Not a fan of just chomping into them.
I’m betting those apples are from a store and not ripened on a tree. Mealy and almost tasteless is how I’d describe most store apples. Had I grown up with only those I’d never have liked them.
I am very picky about apples. I detest Red Delicious and any others that are blandly sweet. I love Granny Smiths and other tart apples. I’ll even eat apples that are slightly underripe, just because I like that tart snap…
The thing I really hate, though, is apple-flavored candy. Artificial apple flavor is something I will go to great lengths to avoid, and it seems that, for the last couple of decades, most green candies are not lime (a favorite), but apple. :smack:
Bleagh!
I’m not too keen on apple pies, either, but unfortunately I may be like the guy mentioned earlier who is noisy when eating whole apples.
Sorry about that. :o
Mmm, apples. I used to be able to eat the sour ones, but now I just get sick of the taste halfway through and have to throw the rest away.
Cooked apples, though? Bleh.
How about bananas? When they’re ripe and fresh I really don’t mind them, but once they get even slightly mushy…ew, ew, ew.
I’d reorder that as Gala, Braeburn, and Fuji and I’m a chomper. I don’t cut them at all unless it’s to dig out bad stuff. I gobble up a couple apples every day for about three-fourths of the year. And I love apple pie. Mmmmm.
NinjaChick, I just hit the pears when the good ones are in. Some fruits and vegetables, you just have to get 'em while they’re good and ignore 'em the rest of the time. Now, I’m partial to Anjous: I don’t care for the skin on Boscs and Bartletts are too crunchy. I get the Anjous with a blush of red on the side and I’m real careful not to bruise them. I’ve been eating one daily for about the last four weeks; I think this year’s run is almost over.
HCs are THE BEST APPLE EVER CREATED. They are so good as to seem unreal. Be careful about revealing your true location. Once the Apples of Perfections are ready for harvest, it is likely that I will come live with you. I am not kidding.
I take a Granny Smith almost every day in my lunch. Now that I have my own office, I can enjoy the loud report of each bite without annoying anyone. Yummm.
I also like applesauce and apple pie. But apple candy is an abomination unto God.
I don’t like raw apples either. I love cooked apples. If I’m going to eat an apple, it has to be tart and under ripe. It doesn’t help matters that people try to guilt you into eating them because they are the local fruit.
The store bought applesauce is wretched. The only apple sauce I like is sliced up apples cooked down with brown sugar and cinnamin.
Holy Shit I Like Apples.
This year has been a really apple-centric one for me - during my recent period of unemployment, I helped out with a few chores at a friend’s small orchard and he let me have as many apples and as much fresh-pressed juice as I wanted (I took more than 15 gallons in the end).
I’ve tried some really interesting and different varieties this autumn - and I still have trays of them sitting in my unheated garage - including a few fruits of a variety called Court Pendu Plat - which may be the oldest variety in cultivation (believed to date back to Roman times) - it’s a long keeper, and I’m planning to eat one for breakfast on Christmas day.
One thing I’ve learned about apples in all of this - the commercial ideal of a crisp apple is somewhat at odds with having a tasty apple. Many apple varieties are only just starting to develop a decent flavour and aroma once they start to soften and mellow a little.
I don’t like 'em either. It’s not the taste, it’s the texture. Apple pie is fine. I don’t like anything that is soft-crunchy: apples, cucumber, water chestnuts, celery… People think that I’m nuts.
That’s not odd at all. Apple pie is revolting, both in taste and texture. Any sane person would agree. (I actually feel this way about 99% of cooked fruit.)
I don’t mind the taste of apples but don’t like biting into them. If they’re cut up I can deal with it, but I wouldn’t buy apples for myself or anything.
Pears on the other hand, are wonderful if you get good ones. The gross ones with the texture of sawdust are nasty, but the good ones are soooooo good.
Local apples that have been ripened in the orchard are fantastic IMO. We got quite a lot of these in France at the farmers’ market, and holy heck some of the varieties were great; my favourite has to be “reine des reinettes” (I have no idea what its called in English), beautifully crisp, tart with an undertone of sweetness, apples that are just heaven on Earth. Mmmm…
That happened to me once. I think I was 5 or 6, and I had a loose baby tooth that came out in one of the hard little apples that grew on a tree in our backyard. I loooved those apples. I like sour green ones, but not the boring yucky sweet red ones.
They’re universally non-allergenic, or nearly so. I actually like pears better than apples in general, though there’s a fair bit of variety between apple cultivars. Something about the way pears soften appeals to me, but yeah, it is a window. But so what? Tomatoes have a window, too, do people whinge about that?
Of apples, I like Jonathans, & a properly ripened Golden Delicious is actually surprisingly nice, & some sports of Red Delicious are decent if a little too honey-sweet. But Granny Smiths eaten raw are…well, they’re of some use if you’re quite thirsty, I guess. I think that cultivar may actually be better & less tart if [del]green[/del] not yet ripe by a few weeks. Bleh.