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I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
costing about a dollar each.

www.crazyapples.com

Tara

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On 2012-03-27, Tara > wrote:
> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> costing about a dollar each.

The World supply of rubes is endless.

nb


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Tara wrote:
> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> costing about a dollar each.
>
> www.crazyapples.com
>
> Tara

I've not seen those but have seen grape flavored. Daughter wanted one. I
was like... Why? You don't like grapes? I didn't buy it for her.

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Tara wrote:
> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> costing about a dollar each.
>
> www.crazyapples.com


when I was a kid living in upper MI I would eat apples picked from trees
growing on public land, and the apples sometimes tasted a little like
bananas

The real taste of fresh apples is when picked up from trees. Apple itself is delicious. There is no need to get some crazy taste with it.

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tert in seattle > writes:

> when I was a kid living in upper MI I would eat apples picked from trees
> growing on public land, and the apples sometimes tasted a little like
> bananas

There's an antique apple variety called "winter banana". I've had wine
made from it, but not the apple itself. (Nashoba Valley Winery, MA).
The wine, at least, didn't taste to me lof banana at all, so this may be
totally unrelated.
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David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
> tert in seattle > writes:
>
>> when I was a kid living in upper MI I would eat apples picked from trees
>> growing on public land, and the apples sometimes tasted a little like
>> bananas
>
> There's an antique apple variety called "winter banana". I've had wine
> made from it, but not the apple itself. (Nashoba Valley Winery, MA).
> The wine, at least, didn't taste to me lof banana at all, so this may be
> totally unrelated.

I would go with totally unrelated

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Tara wrote:
>
> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I

Agreed. It would make more sense to add flavor
to something with little flavor of its own,
like potatoes or jicama.

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On 3/27/2012 4:10 PM, Tara wrote:
> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> costing about a dollar each.
>
> www.crazyapples.com
>
> Tara


A few years ago our markets had something called "grapples",
apples treated so they smell and taste like Concord grapes.
The odor was VERY strong and the flavor was strange, like grape-flavored
gum. Nasty.

gloria p

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gloria p > wrote in :

> On 3/27/2012 4:10 PM, Tara wrote:
>> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
>> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
>> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
>> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
>> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
>> costing about a dollar each.
>>
>> www.crazyapples.com
>>
>> Tara
>
>
> A few years ago our markets had something called "grapples",
> apples treated so they smell and taste like Concord grapes.
> The odor was VERY strong and the flavor was strange, like grape-flavored
> gum. Nasty.
>



Tasmania...... the land where apples is apples and they don't taste like
anything else!!



--
Peter
Tasmania
Australia

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Tara wrote:
> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> costing about a dollar each.
>
> www.crazyapples.com
>
> Tara

Ugh. And here I thought grape-flavored apples were crazy.

--
Jean B.

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"Tara" > wrote in message
...
> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> costing about a dollar each.
>
> www.crazyapples.com
>
> Tara


Apparently there are small oranges also geared towards kids. I guess
they're trying to get kids to eat more fruit, but they're doing it wrong.
IMHO.

Jill

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In article >,
Tara > wrote:

> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> costing about a dollar each.
>
> www.crazyapples.com
>
> Tara

Ooooh, Tara! I just ran across some "grapples" at Rainbow on Wednesday.
Ridiculously expensive, the produce guy said they're fuji apples soaked
in grape juice for half an hour. Gack! The bag smelled like grapes.
--
Barb,
http://web.me.com/barbschaller September 5, 2011

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On 3/30/2012 3:08 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In >,
> > wrote:
>
>> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
>> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
>> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
>> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
>> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
>> costing about a dollar each.
>>
>> www.crazyapples.com
>>
>> Tara
>
> Ooooh, Tara! I just ran across some "grapples" at Rainbow on Wednesday.
> Ridiculously expensive, the produce guy said they're fuji apples soaked
> in grape juice for half an hour. Gack! The bag smelled like grapes.

That sounds pretty awful but what was the texture like? I only like
crisp apples such as Granny Smiths. You can keep mushy apples and that
includes so-called "Delicious". I still miss the Cox's Orange Pippins
that I ate as a child in Britain.

--
Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

Extraneous "not" in Reply To.

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On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:19:16 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:
>
>That sounds pretty awful but what was the texture like? I only like
>crisp apples such as Granny Smiths. You can keep mushy apples and that
>includes so-called "Delicious". I still miss the Cox's Orange Pippins
>that I ate as a child in Britain.

You might like a new-to-me apple we tried this week -- the Jazz /
Scifresh variety. It is a cross between Royal Gala and Braeburn
apples. They are delightful. These apples are very crisp and juicy
with a nice, satisfying crunch and have a sweet, tangy taste.

Tara

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On Mar 27, 6:23*pm, notbob > wrote:


> > I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> > ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. *Crazy
> > Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. * Apples
> > don't need a flavor! * They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. * I
> > saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> > costing about a dollar each.



> The World supply of rubes is endless.


Try to see the bright side. Without the rubes buying things to
keep stores in business, you would not be able to shop there. I found
this out a while back about the Dollar Store. I go to one called The
Dollar Tree where everything sells for exactly a dollar. I like it -
aspirins, glass cleaner, even dishes. I don't shop recklessly. I go
in knowing what I want - I use a list if need be. But sometimes I'll
see something and it turns out to be a nice find.

Anyway, I realized one day that the aisles are not marked by
product, only by aisle number. This is to make people cover more
ground to find what they want so they can see other things and maybe
buy them.

Another thing I noticed is that since everything in the Dollar
Tree costs only a dollar, they sell candy bars for a dollar that would
cost less in a super-market. Without people buying a lot of needless
stuff or buying items they can get for less elsewhere, the dollar
store would go out of business. I like the dollar store. Sad to say
- just as cops need crime and doctors need disease, we who shop need
rubes to keep the places we shop at in business. Sad but true.

The Positive One (who is all to often misconstrued as negative)
TJ

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On 3/30/12 3:08 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:

>
> Ooooh, Tara! I just ran across some "grapples" at Rainbow on Wednesday.
> Ridiculously expensive, the produce guy said they're fuji apples soaked
> in grape juice for half an hour. Gack! The bag smelled like grapes.

Worse yet, very artificially grape flavor. ugh. Someone at work brought
one in to share. Ghastly!

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On 3/30/12 10:25 AM, jmcquown wrote:

>
> Apparently there are small oranges also geared towards kids. I guess
> they're trying to get kids to eat more fruit, but they're doing it
> wrong. IMHO.
>
> Jill

Do you mean the "Cuties" ? They are great! They're just normal
clementine oranges that they're touting as great for kids because they
peel so easily and are a nice small size. I bought a small crate today.

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On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:43:30 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>On 3/30/12 10:25 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>
>> Apparently there are small oranges also geared towards kids. I guess
>> they're trying to get kids to eat more fruit, but they're doing it
>> wrong. IMHO.
>>
>> Jill
>
>Do you mean the "Cuties" ? They are great! They're just normal
>clementine oranges that they're touting as great for kids because they
>peel so easily and are a nice small size. I bought a small crate today.

Boo on Cuties- they don't have all those cute sayings on them
anymore.<g> [And are they actually smaller than they used to be?]

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On 3/27/2012 12:10 PM, Tara wrote:
> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> costing about a dollar each.
>
> www.crazyapples.com
>
> Tara

A new way to serve apples over here is to slice the apple and sprinkle
with li hing powder. This reddish powder is made from plum and has a
salty, sour, taste. It sounds disgusting but doesn't taste too bad
considering.

http://www.feedingmyohana.com/li-hin...es-recipe.html

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Goomba wrote:
>jmcquown wrote:
>>
>> Apparently there are small oranges also geared towards kids. I guess
>> they're trying to get kids to eat more fruit, but they're doing it
>> wrong. IMHO.
>
>Do you mean the "Cuties" ? They are great! They're just normal
>clementine oranges that they're touting as great for kids because they
>peel so easily and are a nice small size. I bought a small crate today.

Even as a kid I much prefered the large ones.

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In article >,
James Silverton > wrote:

> On 3/30/2012 3:08 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> > In >,
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
> >> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
> >> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
> >> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
> >> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
> >> costing about a dollar each.
> >>
> >> www.crazyapples.com
> >>
> >> Tara
> >
> > Ooooh, Tara! I just ran across some "grapples" at Rainbow on Wednesday.
> > Ridiculously expensive, the produce guy said they're fuji apples soaked
> > in grape juice for half an hour. Gack! The bag smelled like grapes.
>
> That sounds pretty awful but what was the texture like? I only like
> crisp apples such as Granny Smiths. You can keep mushy apples and that
> includes so-called "Delicious". I still miss the Cox's Orange Pippins
> that I ate as a child in Britain.

No clue as to taste, Jim. :-\ 1) I wasn't interested, 2) they seemed
stupid expensive.
--
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:19:16 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

>On 3/30/2012 3:08 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In >,
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I am the last person to complain about prepared / convenience
>>> ingredients, but I have reached my limit with Crazy Apples. Crazy
>>> Apples are bubblegum and fruit punch flavored whole apples. Apples
>>> don't need a flavor! They are already sweet, tart, and juicy. I
>>> saw these at Publix individually wrapped in wasteful packaging and
>>> costing about a dollar each.
>>>
>>> www.crazyapples.com
>>>
>>> Tara
>>
>> Ooooh, Tara! I just ran across some "grapples" at Rainbow on Wednesday.
>> Ridiculously expensive, the produce guy said they're fuji apples soaked
>> in grape juice for half an hour. Gack! The bag smelled like grapes.
>
>That sounds pretty awful but what was the texture like? I only like
>crisp apples such as Granny Smiths. You can keep mushy apples and that
>includes so-called "Delicious". I still miss the Cox's Orange Pippins
>that I ate as a child in Britain.

Golden Delicious are very good when they are still a little green.
They are crisp and slightly sour.
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