Back in Lancashire we had cheesers and all different kinds of conkers names. They were kept in pristine condition and vinegar was rubbed on them. I have just gone back fifty odd years or so.
That apple has deserved its own post. Soon, the blossoms will be out on the trees, and the circle starts again. (Of course it has already started, but you know what I mean.)
You can't beat a homegrown apple, I used to have a small apple press to make apple juice from several trees. A messy affair but the juice was delicious.
What I would give for a TASTEFUL eating apple; for a tree in my garden that I could just "pick and eat". I try to find a tasty variety but they all taste the same - of nothing. Apart from the good old Russet for a few weeks in Sept/Oct - nothing.
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So...how do you store your apples?
ReplyDeleteIn cardboard boxes in the garage. These keep well. We also have Orleans Reinettes which need to be eaten first.
DeleteBut OR are beautiful and tasty apples...and keep you going while the others mature!
DeleteOR are massive, very sharp to eat, make great pie or puddings when cooked.
DeleteThat's amazing that it is so perfectly 'kept'. It really does look as fresh as the day you plucked it from the tree.
DeleteThat has kept remarkably well.
ReplyDeleteFiesta do, but in a supermarket the use-by date would be 30th October.
DeleteDid you collect Conkers? That apple 🍎 does look to be in pristine condition. Fair play to you Tasker.
ReplyDeleteYes, I had the second-last today and it was delicious. But I don't get the conkers reference.
DeleteBack in Lancashire we had cheesers and all different kinds of conkers names. They were kept in pristine condition and vinegar was rubbed on them. I have just gone back fifty odd years or so.
DeleteLooks yummy and crunchy!
ReplyDeleteNot very crunchy after this long. I think it is the longest they have lasted. Maybe if we had more they might have still been edible in April.
DeleteThat looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteWe had a good crop, too, and put some in the freezer.
I think we may have stewed "mushy apple" in the freezer.
DeleteIs your wife called Eve? Think carefully before biting into that Fiesta! The same advice that I would give to owners of small Ford vehicles.
ReplyDeleteYou are getting mixed up. Eve prefers Pickin' A Chicken.
DeleteThat apple is beautiful and prettier than a supermarket variety.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I should have wiped it clean first, but that would have risked it looking like it came from a supermarket.
DeleteThat apple has deserved its own post.
ReplyDeleteSoon, the blossoms will be out on the trees, and the circle starts again. (Of course it has already started, but you know what I mean.)
The apple thanks you for the compliment. The tree is looking forward to a new year.
DeleteYou can't beat a homegrown apple, I used to have a small apple press to make apple juice from several trees. A messy affair but the juice was delicious.
ReplyDeleteTrue, it is difficult to beat them, but pressing them is just as ruthless.
DeleteWhat I would give for a TASTEFUL eating apple; for a tree in my garden that I could just "pick and eat". I try to find a tasty variety but they all taste the same - of nothing. Apart from the good old Russet for a few weeks in Sept/Oct - nothing.
ReplyDeleteThese Fiesta are quite sharp in October, but the taste changes slowly as they age into a distinct apple taste.
DeleteNothing like homegrown apples (if you can keep the codlin out of them). I agree with Librarian - that apple has indeed deserved its own post.
ReplyDeleteWe left a large number of smaller apples on the tree to fall naturally. The blackbirds enjoyed them all through winter.
DeleteApple pie? =]
ReplyDeleteOh yes! Don't hold out too many hopes of posts in combination to make pied piper or pie-eyed.
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