"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> On 9/28/2011 10:53 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Christopher > wrote in message
>> ...
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>>> "Pico > wrote in message
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>>>> "Christopher > wrote in message
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>>>>> Can I eat a cooking apple?
>>>>>
>>>>> Can I cook an eating apple?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
>>>>
>>>> you can eat a cooking apple, but not while it is cooking - too damn
>>>> hot!
>>>
>>> I like eating cooking apples. I think calling them cooking apples is a
>>> big
>>> mistake.
>>
>> I think most people don't call them that. They call them by name. Like
>> yellow delicious or granny smith.
>>
>>
> I seem to remember large green apples that were used primarily for cooking
> when I was a child in Britain. I don't think I've ever seen them in the
> US. Granny Smiths have a more pleasant texture than those "cooking apples"
> and I quite like eating them. IMHO, no type of "Delicious" apple is worth
> using; perhaps horses might like them.

I don't like Red Delicious either.

> Incidentally, quite recently I acquired an apple corer/splitter and I much
> prefer using it to taking bites out of an apple.

Sounds like a good idea.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)