On Sun, 30 Jun 2019 06:26:15 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>A Moose in Love wrote:
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>> On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 9:20:53 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> > Shame on zillionaire Bezos for pulling this stunt. I looked for new apples in the produce area and they mixed 9 month old Raneirs with new Chile apples.
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>> And you think you've got it rough? I only like Mackintosh apples. What is rough is later on in the season, you buy Macks, but get something different. I can't stand it. I really can't stand it.
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>I stick with my old favorite apples mostly...Red Delicious. Good
>for eating raw and I like them best in the rare apple pie. Worst
>apple pie I ever made (and the only bad one ever) was when I used
>those damn bitter Granny Smith apples.

Then the granny smiths you get were picked unripe. There are lots of
apple orchards in upstate NY. I can walk to some. During apple season
I can buy several types direct from the orchards, all perfect. The
orchards also sell drops for cooking and cider... the damage is
slight, can easily be pared away, and they are typically half price by
the bushel. I have no favorite apple, I enjoy them all so I buy a
selection. We buy fruit in season so we don't buy those bagged apples
at market out of season, they are waxed and old.