# Name your apple! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056 "2003-07-31T03:38:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/1 "2003-07-31T03:38:59Z")
So, as I snack on a wonderful Red Delicious, I’m wondering, what’s your favorite edible apple? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/2 "2003-07-31T03:48:42Z")
Granny Smith…I love their tart flavor. Add some caramel and you have an incredible treat. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/3 "2003-07-31T03:50:20Z")
Oh yeah…McIntosh apples too. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/4 "2003-07-31T03:51:26Z")
I’m a Granny Smith guy. I agree with **Whack-a-Mole** about the caramel. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/5 "2003-07-31T03:52:05Z")
I’m a fan of Granny Smiths, too, but my very favorite is a wonderful apple called the Champagne that’s grown at an orchard near here. In a good year, it’s a little tart, a little sweet, and very crisp. Unfortunately, we haven’t had a good year here in a long time, so they’ve been disappointing for the past few years. My kids like Gala apples. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/6 "2003-07-31T03:58:08Z")
I like Fuji apples. Very crisp and juicy, also very sweet. I dislike Red Delicious. I find them very mealy and rather dry. They’re beautiful to look at, of course, but I think they were bred with too much attention to looks and not enough to taste. ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/7 "2003-07-31T04:53:20Z")
I’m partial to braeburns. They’re the kind I eat most often, and they’re usually the ones I want from the store. When they’re in season, though, honey crisp apples are my first choice. The best apple I remember eating was a winesap – but most of the winesaps I’ve had since then have been mealy and not as flavorful. They’ve mostly been storebought, though, while I had the really good one at an orchard. ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/8 "2003-07-31T05:03:26Z")
pink lady’s are beautiful, crisp, sweet - yum! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/9 "2003-07-31T05:11:01Z")
Count me in with the kids on those Gala apples! There is nothing like a really cold one. Do any of you put salt on your apples? Peanut butter? ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/10 "2003-07-31T05:14:35Z")
Jack. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/11 "2003-07-31T05:40:57Z")
Black twig. Remember how apples tasted when you were a kid? The black twig heritage strain tastes that way. An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Let’s talk apple jack. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/12 "2003-07-31T06:13:40Z")
I like Fuji and Gala apples, with Galas having a slight edge most of the time. I’m with **racinchikki** on the Red Delicious; they’re definitely red, but they’re nowhere near delicious. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/13 "2003-07-31T06:14:15Z")
Fuji or Pink Lady and tinned pie apples with custard or cream. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/14 "2003-07-31T07:42:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Whack-a-Mole \* > \*\*Oh yeah…McIntosh apples too. \*\* Yeah, but you can only get them from one company, you can’t use third-party knives to cut them, and the people who eat them get a little fanatical about them. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/15 "2003-07-31T07:46:33Z")
Cox’s Pippin ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/16 "2003-07-31T10:02:01Z")
Jonathan apples. mmmmm… Getting harder and harder to find, more often you find “Jonagold” hybrids. When I ask, sometimes I get a cross-eyed look and here “but those are _cooking_ apples!!!” I don’t care. I like Jonathan’s with their slightly spicy, not-to-sweet crunch. mmmmm. \>sigh\< ---
**Author:** ![parlo\_americano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b19c9b/32.png) [@parlo\_americano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parlo_americano)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/17 "2003-07-31T11:26:11Z")
granny smith’s to eat. and in a pie I only use macIntosh. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/18 "2003-07-31T12:01:47Z")
Granny Smiths and Cox’s. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/19 "2003-07-31T12:09:42Z")
Winesap or Gala ---
**Author:** ![Amberlei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@Amberlei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amberlei)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056/20 "2003-07-31T12:20:07Z")
Braeburns…yummmmmm and with peanut butter, even better. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-your-apple/192056.md?page=2)