moominmolly | (no subject)

Foods I can no longer eat: Orange juice, grapefruit juice, corn syrup. The first two give me heartburn, and the third makes me feel crappy AND gives me heartburn. Does anyone know of a sugar-sweetened ginger ale?

Foods I find myself eating more than I used to: Cheese, dairy products. Especially, and this is the big turnaround, low-fat dairy products. Rich cheeses are nice, but I prefer things I can eat in slightly larger quantities, like low-fat yogurt or cottage cheese or even string cheese.

Foods I now adore: bananas, Fuji apples. Oh my god, Fuji apples. Every so often, I hear someone say, "wow! I'm not an apple person, but those Fujis sure are good!" and I'm like, "yeah, whatever. Get over it. It's still a goddamn apple". I mean, I like Granny Smiths when

dilletante is willing to patiently slice them up thin for me, and I like baking apples, but I've never been big on just tossing one in my bag and going. That's not a snack, it's an ingredient. But Fuji, oh, bless you Fuji, I'm sorry I doubted you for so long.

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Try any hispanic market. They usually carry soda imported from Mexico. These are sugar-sweetened and taste different than US syrup-sweetened ones.

Apples. Yum! Anything crisp and crunchy is good in my book. Anything named "delicious" is as deceptive as any island named "Greenland." If you like Fijis, try Galas and Braeburns as well. To pick a crispy apple, push it with your thumb. If it makes a sharp, crispy sound and the flesh pushes back in one sharp move (like pushing styrofoam), it's a crisp apple. If it makes a softer, more continuous sound and the flesh pushes back not-sharply (ie, as if you were pushing a hackeysack), then it's a mealy apple.

Yes! Gala apples!! If you like Fuji's, try those!