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[moominmolly]

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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[amare.livejournal.com]

Heh, Yeah I don't tend to be an apple person either. I don't remember if I like Fuji's or not, but I do feel that way about Braeburn and Macintosh apples. Red Delicious on the other hand are evil and not food, well maybe only if made into applesauce.

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

I think that before this, the only kinds of apples I'd knowingly had were Red and Golden Delicious (both improperly named), Granny Smith (tasty! but too hard), and Macintosh (okay, I guess, but I haven't had them in years). I'll have to try Braeburn, now.

[amare.livejournal.com]

A good apple should be mostly red with a green blush to it, taut thin skin, smooth (as opposed to the mealy flesh the "Delicious" apples have) crisp and juicy flesh, and be tart but sweet.

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[amare.livejournal.com]

In looking for information on Braeburn apples I found this bit of trivia.

In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage; catching it was acceptance

My first thought was an image of a girl being pelted with apples and how that didn't seem like a particularly good way to express your love. My second thought was, isn't your reflex when somebody tosses something at you and you can see it to catch it? I wonder how many accidental acceptances there were, that seems like a horrible way to trick somebody into marrying you!

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[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

My second thought was, isn't your reflex when somebody tosses something at you and you can see it to catch it?

Actually, my reflex is to DUCK, but I've trained myself into simply making a scared face and trying to catch it. :) But still, yes, that's awful! Either you duck out of the way, get pelted with an apple, or you have to marry someone accidentally!

[pumpkin-pi.livejournal.com]

ACK! That's like swearing off beer after having only tried Coors and Bud Lite! I love cortlands, macouns, and jonagold (http://www.usapple.org/consumers/appleguide/guide.shtml)(which, when in season, we are often able to find at our local Wild-Oats-type place). I'm currently munching on a Pink Lady :)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

That's like swearing off beer after having only tried Coors and Bud Lite!

Oh, I didn't really *swear off* apples. I happily ate bits of D's Granny Smiths. I just hadn't ever classified them as something I, you know, wanted.

Today I'm eating a Braeburn and it seems too mealy for me. Slowly, I'll work my way around the apple varieties I can find.

I wonder why I bothered to cultivate a taste for beer and coffee and stinky cheeses and not for apples? Probably because the first three are either macho, off-putting, or kind of obscure, and apples are none of those. Also, the first three have a reputation for being "acquired tastes", and I guess *everyone* thinks they know what apples taste like.

[pumpkin-pi.livejournal.com]

Eeewww... Mealy apples. BLECK! For me, my tastes for beer (and wine), coffee, cheeses, haggis, and the like evolved thanks to 3 things. First was due to the "acquired tastes" status - I took it to heart and assumed that either I'd have to try it a bunch of times before my tastebuds could make an accurate assessment or that I'd have to try a bunch of different types because they were all so different. Second, for beer and coffee, I liked the effects they gave - so I actively wanted to find a good taste to go along with them. Third, I just have a natural tendency to want to try the oddest thing on any given list of foods or beverages :)