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Original poster

to think Golden Delicious are posher than Granny Smiths?

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mcmooncup · 15/04/2013 17:55

I've always thought Granny Smiths are really common, whereas Golden Delicious have an air of sophistication and understated glamour.

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5318008 · 15/04/2013 19:06

God no, yuk

We like Spartan, and Worcester Pearmain, and are partial to Early Windsor, too. Cox Orange Pippin too. MMMMM.

Helps living in Apple Country, can't imagine twould be easy to get these olde varieties in your average Tesco

XBenedict · 15/04/2013 19:10

I don't care if GD and Braeburn are related. I fancy my husband but I don't fancy his brother.

Love this analogy, so works for me ewwwww!

echt · 15/04/2013 19:13

To steal from John Waters, Golden Delicious are the polyester of apples. Utterly grim. They're apples for learners, something pappy bland before gearing up for the real thing.
Very sad you can't get russets or Cox's in Australia. Or Bradley's. Fuji are very good though. Not keen on the ubiquitous Pink Lady apples.
Now I think of it, Cox's Orange Pippins have changed for the worse over time in the UK. They used to be large and with distinctly yellow flesh, but had become smaller, white-fleshed and with a less distinct flavour.

armagh · 15/04/2013 19:14

You can keep your Granny Smiths, your Golden Delicious, your Pink Ladies, your (bitter)Braeburn, your Gala, your Jazz....,it's Fuji for me! Smile
But they are bery difficult to get

helenthemadex · 15/04/2013 19:22

Golden delicious are not an apple they are water in the shape of an apple

YABVVU

ExitPursuedByABear · 15/04/2013 19:25

I'm a Gala girl.

Bloody hate, hate, hate green apples.

Blu · 15/04/2013 19:28

If I have a mass produced apple Braeburn is good.

I like Discovery best.

GD and Granny S are both horrible and lacking in character, fragrance, subtley or anything else interesting.

They are OK for shoving through the juicer with other things.

cocolepew · 15/04/2013 19:29

Urgh, I can't be doing with those Gala ones, delusions of grandeur.
I like Jazz but can't find them anywhere.
Or a nice Macintosh red.

catgirl1976 · 15/04/2013 19:29

I craved Pink Ladies when I was pg

Couldn't get enough of them

LaFataTurchina · 15/04/2013 19:38

I like brauburns and cooking apples best.

English supermarket apples are all okay on the whole though, Italian supermarket apples are always horrible for some reason.

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mcmooncup · 15/04/2013 19:46

I think I do judge on apple choice

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Branleuse · 15/04/2013 20:10

golden disgusting

TheRealFellatio · 15/04/2013 20:15

Rymond Blanc recommends GD for making apple tarts with. The fool. apparently they hold their shape better when cooked but I still think he is wrong. The flavour should be the most important thing.

countrykitten · 15/04/2013 20:19

I'm with 5318008. We grow Worcester Pearmain and Cox's Orange Pippins and have an old Bramley tree which produces far too many cookers for anyone to consume!

Oldies are best although I will eat a Jazz apple as they are quite tasty too.

countrykitten · 15/04/2013 20:21

cocolepew both Sainsburys and Morrisons stock Jazz apples.

OP - GD are really not good. Not at all. In a battle of apples the GS would beat the fuck out of the GD and then trample it to death which would not be difficult as they are so mushy to begin with

apostropheuse · 15/04/2013 20:26

Granny Smiths leave me in spasms of sharp shooting pains for hours afterwards. I tend not to eat them strangely.

I love an Eve's Delight, straight from the Garden of Eden, but they're incredibly rare ...once a millennium. Still, they're my apple of choice.

SueDoku · 15/04/2013 20:56

Worcester Pearmain - no other apple comes close to perfection...

Alibabaandthe40nappies · 15/04/2013 21:01

Golden delicious are a horrid apple, with no taste or texture. The most inferior of apples.

Granny smith are really nice, haven't had one for ages and now I really want one!

AnyoneforTurps · 15/04/2013 21:07

Another vote for egremont russets. You can get them in Waitrose in the autumn.

Golden delicious are unspeakably common .

ariadneoliver · 15/04/2013 21:10

You can get russets in Waitrose at the moment, stock up while you can. Grin

ForYourEyesYoniBrian · 15/04/2013 21:16

We have a lovely Worcester tree in the garden. For 3 weeks each autumn we fight the wasps to eat them and then the flesh goes soft like a normal bleuchy golden delicious and not another is eaten until the following year.

UptheChimney · 15/04/2013 21:17

Here, OP Biscuit

Grin Wink

Original poster
mcmooncup · 15/04/2013 21:30

Thanks for the biscuit upthechimney, but I'm an apple type. Posh GD

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Stinkyminkymoo · 15/04/2013 21:44

Ooh a Braeburn for me! Crisp, tangy and delish! I'm also partial to a Pink Lady as are the horses but I don't tell DH this

Golden Delicious are a poor excuse for an apple, it's not a cheddar (which is an excellent cheese FYI), it's the Edam of cheese - bleugh!!

DIYapprentice · 15/04/2013 21:47

Golden delicious are exactly that, delicious! But only if they are tree ripened in a country which gets a decent amount of bloody summer, like Australia.

Oh, the fond memories of picking Golden Delicious apples off my parents tree and eating them, freshly picked...... Yum.....

The Golden Delicious in the supermarkets in the UK - rank....

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