I had a revelation this week. For years now I’ve been working under the assumption that I just don’t like apples. I think it had a little something to do with listening to one too many people chomping loudly on an apple in the office or classroom. There’s something about the “crunch, slurp, chew” of people eating the fruit that really drives me nuts. Aside from that small fact, it seemed like every apple I ate was either too tart or too mealy or the skin was too thick.
So what happened? I was wandering around Whole Foods, as I tend to do four or five times a week, and saw Honeycrisp apples. I had never heard of the cultivar before. Luckily the market had samples out and I decided to try it. Holy moly, my world was blown! I actually like apples!
The Honeycrisp is sweet and juicy and crisp. It’s everything that an apple should be (as long as you don’t love your apples cheek-puckeringly tart). Needless to say, I bought a bunch of the apples and have been enjoying them all week.
The conclusion that I have drawn from this experience is that there are far too many types of apples available for consumption. There are red apples, green apples, big apples, little apples, eating apples, baking apples… too many apples! I think as a society we tend to enjoy choice, but there are times that we get out of control. Do we really need ten different types of band aids? Sixty three different kinds of deodorant? It just seems out of control.
I think it’s almost insane that it has taken me twenty seven years to discover the Honeycrisp. I have eaten Red Delicious, McIntosh, Granny Smith, Fuji, Gala, Baldwin, Golden Delicious, and others, but it took the Honeycrisp for me to really love an apple. I suppose it’s about time!
What’s your favorite type of apple?
Clacked by Bob Degon
on Oct 08, 2009 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
