Apples

[teamsaint]

Highly, so my brother tells me, though I confess a greater liking for malt whisky and armagnac.

When in Bristol, here be many kinds of apple drink.

And you can use of a few of those "Bristol Pounds" there I think...what better way to spend them?!

[aeolium]

aeolium - I never knew Chepstow had an apple day!!!

Here's a local report on last year's event. I think "huge crowds" was journalistic hyperbole

The Widders who attended that Apple Day are also involved in the annual Mari Lwyd wassail, also in Chepstow in January.

[eighthobstruction]

Luckily for me I brought in the apple harvest at Whiteways Farm , Whimple, Devon one year (took 2-3 months)....all sorts of apples, but mostly Coxs Orange Pippin and Russets + cider apples....Coxs the size of baseballs....ate 6 apples + a day , crisp refreshing....

....my Xmas bonus was a quarter of a pig....

[Resurrection Man]

.....in a greengrocer's shop.

What's one of those? Sadly our last one closed this year and is sorely missed.

My beef with my two favourite varieties (Jazz and Braeburn) from supermarkets are that they are nearly always picked way too early and green.

My local supermarket charges a premium for 'Perfectly Ripe' produce. When I asked the manager why the rest of his fruit couldn't also be the same, he failed to see the funny side.

Also wish that they didn't fly in apples from New Zealand and South America.

[Anna]

Also wish that they didn't fly in apples from New Zealand and South America.

So do I, but people want apples all year round, but when British apples are in season we should eat local, not imported and support UK farmers. What I don't understand is I saw yesterday in the supermarket asparagus from Peru, what's the point? Asparagus is wonderful, in season, grown in this country. Ditto tasteless strawberries flown in. Sorry you lost your greengrocer but once the supermarkets get a stranglehold and it's one-stop shopping they soon lose their customers. Ours is the only place I can buy Scotch Bonnets, last week he had flat nectarines plus all sorts no supermarket would ever stock and - he's so much cheaper than any of them. To stay on topic, I cooked some of my apples to have with Greek yoghurt for breakfast, very nice. I'll also roast some of them whole, cored, with some pears, and other mixed veg at the weekend.

[marthe]

Here's a local report on last year's event. I think "huge crowds" was journalistic hyperbole

The Widders who attended that Apple Day are also involved in the annual Mari Lwyd wassail, also in Chepstow in January.

This isn't quite Chepstow, but we have a very nice Apple Day coming up soon at a local historic house. http://whitehallmuseumhouse.org/events.html. There's also a local orchard that offers "pick your own" apples. This is very popular activity for families with young children. That being said, the local supermarkets stock imports from Japan and S. Africa that are tasteless.

[EdgeleyRob]

Am I the only person on here who doesn't like apples ? (or any fruit for that matter).
I do eat the occasional apple or banana but I can't say I enjoy them .
Can't abide any other fruit.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

My parents had 5 James Greave apple trees in their garden. Unsurpassable in my opinion.

[Anna]

Am I the only person on here who doesn't like apples ? (or any fruit for that matter). I do eat the occasional apple or banana but I can't say I enjoy them .
Can't abide any other fruit.

I can understand that, I get far more excited by a bowl of vegetables than a bowl of fruit because vegetables are a complete meal and so vibrant with their different colours and tastes, fruit is merely a frippery, an afterthought, vegetables are essential, we cannot live without them.

[amateur51]

I can understand that, I get far more excited by a bowl of vegetables than a bowl of fruit because vegetables are a complete meal and so vibrant with their different colours and tastes, fruit is merely a frippery, an afterthought, vegetables are essential, we cannot live without them.

You'll have to run that one by me, Anna - in what sense complete?

[Anna]

You'll have to run that one by me, Anna - in what sense complete?

Well, I guess I meant if you have a selection of vegetables, and cook them, you have a meal, whereas an apple, a banana and a couple of grapes don't equal a satisfying dinner! You know what I mean Ams! Vegetables are versatile, fruit is just fruit, you cannot do a fruit curry! (for example) Also, I do have here: apples, pears, clematines and figs. But, they are not essential to life

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

you cannot do a fruit curry! (for example)

http://www.kothiyavunu.com/2011/11/madhura-curry-kaidachakka-eathapazham.html

http://www.cooksunited.co.uk/rs/s0/fruit+curry+recipe/recipes.html

http://recipeland.com/recipe/v/Fruit-Curry-39905

http://www.hookerycookery.com/curry/curry07.htm

http://www.wartimehousewife.com/2011/05/chicken-and-fruit-curry/

http://www.tilda.com/public-recipes/exquisite-chicken

http://www.rosemaryconley.tv/Recipes/Main-Courses/Sweet-Potato-and-Fruit-Curry.aspx

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

And have you ever tried custard on your Cauliflower? NEVER again!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Erm ... no rude intention in that last post.

[jayne lee wilson]

Decent crop from our little orchard despite the wet, we have Cox's, Grieve, Golden Delicious and some Russets. We cook a lot for sauces for Duck, Chicken, Curries or Bangers n' Mash (with apple & chilli sauce - yeah!), and leave a fair number of windfalls as autumn and winter feed for birds. I should prune more keenly, but woodpeckers and others love a bit of dead or decaying wood, so a natural pragmatism makes a wild philosophy...