Do you eat the entire apple? Remove the stem? Not eat the seeds? Not eat the center? Discuss.
My wife will cut up one for breakfast. I guess I get half.
But does it include an entire half, including the center and seeds?
I find that using a nice makes the apple less pleasurable to eat. Just taking a bite out of it, is reason enough to eat.
My strategy for apple eating has radically shifted, but more on that after a few responses.
Apples are one of my least favorite fruits. I tend to like the tarter tasting ones, like Granny Smith.
I usually remove the stem, don't eat the center or seeds. Sometimes I do cut it up in quarters, but usually don't use a knife.
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 21, 2009, 02:44:07 PM
Apples are one of my least favorite fruits. I tend to like the tarter tasting ones, like Granny Smith....
Me too. Most grocery store apples are old and bland, have probably been in storage for years. I'm hoping to get some better ones at the farmer's market. When I want a snack, though, apples are low on my list.
Apple seeds contain a trace amount of poisonous stuff....cyanide if I remember right.
Allan
I like bananas! :) (http://www.glittergirl.co.uk/banana/36.gif)
Quote from: toledobass on September 21, 2009, 04:02:31 PM
Apple seeds contain a trace amount of poisonous stuff....cyanide if I remember right.
Allan
Yes I've heard this also, but when I looked into how many apples it would take to kill me (what I am only going to eat the seeds?), It would take thousands of apples to die from cyanide poisoning. And that is assuming your body digests the seeds, aren't seeds designed to be eaten?
You people don't like red delicious apples? I have a good apple radar, and I can pick the juiciest apple in a store with consistency. Just make sure to wash your apples, I've probably felt it before you ate it.
I like bananas!
Bananas are good in smoothies, adds a creaminess.
I like apples too, but I eat bananas more often. :)
Oh, so David likes the bananas, eh?....... :)
(runs away frantically)
Sometimes a banana is only a banana.
Apples are very nutritious with decent level of fiber and low glycemic profile, so I do eat one almost every day.
Favorite variety is Honeycrisp when available........
I cut my apples into quarters then cut out center core with seeds, makes eating less messy
Also have a nice wedge of gouda cheese a great companion.
I have never seen anyone (other than an animal) eat entire apple including center core/seeds, important to
eat outer apple peel/skin for maximum nutritional value
Most everything down to the core, but no seeds or core thank you.
My favorites are Pink Lady and Cameos.
Quote from: jo jo starbuck on September 22, 2009, 06:47:15 AM
My favorites are Pink Lady...
I had one of these also but I found the batteries drained really quickly
http://www.pinkladyamerica.org/aboutpink.htm
Why is this not a poll?
I eat everything except the stem, including the seeds.
Is this for a school project or something?
And for my science fair entry, I have compiled a survey of how much of various fruits the average person eats. As you can see according to my pie chart, apples tend to get more completely devoured than peaches. However, the banana outstrips all contestants by a considerable margin, and is therefore the superior fruit.
Quote from: Dana on September 22, 2009, 07:55:23 AM
And for my science fair entry, I have compiled a survey of how much of various fruits the average person eats. As you can see according to my pie chart, apples tend to get more completely devoured than peaches. However, the banana outstrips all contestants by a considerable margin, and is therefore the superior fruit.
Your data are flawed, since a large, inedible part of the banana --- the skin --- has been left out.
I like bananas, because they have appeal.
My favorite variety is Fuji. Almost a meal in itself.
There's a new variety we're eating, invented here in MN: SweeTango. Num.
Fujis are nice. So are the Galas.
Like a tomato should be cut on its side, I've found that apples should be eaten from the side. It's why I asked, as I was walking home after buying some apples, I just gripped one and began eating it with the stem part pointed at my mouth instead of the usually middle, halfway between the stem and the bottom thingy, and I noticed the geometry of the apple is more suited to being eaten from the side, as a tomato is more suited to be cut from the side. And before i would merely shave the apple down, until there was like a cylindrical shape left which I would discard, wasting a good 1/5 of the apple! But as I began eating the apple tilted on the side, I began to notice that it became very easy and natural to eat the entire thing, it just works. And before I found the center to be not very tasty, but now its as good as the rest of the apple. Anyways I thought to myself "here i've got something" because no one I've ever seen eats their apple tilted sideways.
I like eating some things with knives, but the apple is not one. There is fun just taking a giant bite into an apple, that an apple slice does not have. It also tastes better somehow just to bite into the thing. If you've never tried eating an apple from the side, try it!
And to be honest, what good reason is there not to eat the stem?
Quote from: Mozart on September 22, 2009, 11:16:35 AM
Like a tomato should be cut on its side, I've found that apples should be eaten from the side. It's why I asked, as I was walking home after buying some apples, I just gripped one and began eating it with the stem part pointed at my mouth instead of the usually middle, halfway between the stem and the bottom thingy, and I noticed the geometry of the apple is more suited to being eaten from the side, as a tomato is more suited to be cut from the side. And before i would merely shave the apple down, until there was like a cylindrical shape left which I would discard, wasting a good 1/5 of the apple! But as I began eating the apple tilted on the side, I began to notice that it became very easy and natural to eat the entire thing, it just works. And before I found the center to be not very tasty, but now its as good as the rest of the apple. Anyways I thought to myself "here i've got something" because no one I've ever seen eats their apple tilted sideways.
I like eating some things with knives, but the apple is not one. There is fun just taking a giant bite into an apple, that an apple slice does not have. It also tastes better somehow just to bite into the thing. If you've never tried eating an apple from the side, try it!
That's a lot of analysis on apple eating (my head hurts). I think you are the 'Snipster' of apples. :D
It's apple-picking season here in New England -- time for a weekend visit to a pick-your-own orchard for shopping bags full of juicy treats!
I think apple seeds are delicious, although the cyanide content does bother me a bit.
The story of apples is fascinating. This is an outstanding book on the subject:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AHCXTEP6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg)
"Apples" by Frank Browning
This book also has an interesting chapter devoted to apples:
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"The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan
When I lived in New England, I would buy these bags in the supermarket with like 30 apples for 5$ or something. Fresh and tasty, I had trouble eating them all :)
The best apples I've ever eaten have been from Chile though. I bit into it and it was enormous and full of sweet juice that my face was dripping from it. I was in a park where people jog, and some stopped to watch me enjoying my apple. Just try to get a jogger to stop jogging and you'll understand how good of an apple it must have been!
Quote from: Szykniej on September 22, 2009, 12:14:43 PM
"The Botany of Desire" by Michael Pollan
Botany by Pollan. :D
I like the skin the best. The inside is boring--unless you make baked apples, compotes or pies.
Quote from: DavidW on September 22, 2009, 02:38:52 PM
Botany by Pollan. :D
Yes, and when Pollan ate, it was magic! ;)
Quote from: MN Dave on September 22, 2009, 08:54:58 AM
There's a new variety we're eating, invented here in MN: SweeTango. Num.
A spin-off of MN's Honey Crisp. More num.
None; I don't like apples
I don't like pollen.
Kimi starts by biting into the whole apple. After eating parts of it and getting some on her face and shirt and hair, I eat the rest minus the seeds.
The worm inside the apple, how do you eat it? Raw, or fried with butter and garlic? 8)
Quote from: ChamberNut on September 23, 2009, 04:36:03 AM
The worm inside the apple, how do you eat it? Raw, or fried with butter and garlic? 8)
On a little ball of rice, with soy sauce and wasabi. You have to eat it fast!