Is there a specific type you like?

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Do you like any specific type? do you cook with a different type

NamerOfStars · Accepted Answer

Goodness, yes- several, actually. There are over ten thousand cultivars of apple commercially produced in the US alone (and that's just the commercial ones!), so I can't say I've tried them all (growing apples isn't like flowers- if you plant snapdragon seeds, you'll grow snapdragons; you won't inexplicably get daffodils), but I've had quite a few, and noticed some interesting patterns.

If you ask people on the street what their favorite apple is, the most common answer you'll get is a confused blink and an "Um... red?". Putting those folks aside (I guess they're just not into apples), Honeycrisps are hugely popular (as they were engineered to be), but expensive (as they're grown in limited quantities to control the price), but Galas and Fujis are very popular, too.

I'm a Braeburn man myself, but one can't appreciate a Braeburn without giving due respect to the Granny Smith, which is a sadly disregarded apple in modern times- I've been asking people about their favorite apples for over a decade, and never ONCE have I heard "Granny Smith" as a reply.

I've never actually tried baking with apples, so I can't comment on that, but I've used pretty much every variety I've ever tasted in some form of salad or other. In that case, it depends on what you're pairing it with- Braeburns don't work so well with, say, radishes; gluconisates and tartness don't blend well, like Lik-M-aid and root beer. Find a good sweet apple, though, and you have a GREAT pairing- Ambrosia's the best I've found so far, but Fujis are good, too, and I'm convinced there's a way to make them work with Sweetangos, but I haven't been able to find it yet. If you're pairing with a blander vegetable (or even one with a different strong flavor, like carrots or beets), you'd need something different; a Rome or a McIntosh, perhaps.

SawerBrown · Accepted Answer

My favorite apples for fresh eating are Honeycrisp & Granny Smith, for cooking or baking or making cider I tend to use Cortland or Nothern Spy.

comekitty · Accepted Answer

We always go apple picking in the fall! 🍎🍏

My favorite to eat are honeycrisp or pink ladies.

When baking apple pie, I use granny Smith or Cortlands - these types don't turn to mush.

I also use honeycrisps in some salads.

If just baking apples - I try and get a variety.

PBandJ_Nerd · Accepted Answer

My favorite apples are Golden Delicious apples. Any other apple I eat is red colored.

DizzyDesii · Answer

Red Delicious 100%. It has to be hard enough to almost pull a tooth out. And super juicy to drip down my chin

Molly1997 · Answer

I like to cook with granny smith, I like to snack on golden delicious

Msputiton · Answer

Green apples 🤤

Leopard23 · Answer

Red delicious

clampfan101 · Answer

Red delicious.

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