I like Honeycrisp too. We have lots of apple varieties here, but most of the time no one remembers their names. Many of the apple trees in town were planted over 100 years ago by Italian families that moved here to work in the mill. So, lots of varieties but your guess is as good as mine as far as names go. The same is true with all the plum trees planted by the original Italian families. We have a favorite one, grows in an alley, no one takes care of it. The best plums I've ever eaten. We just call it the rosy , because of the color. I'm hoping a gardening friend of mine will cut a couple of branches next spring and graft them onto her own plum tree. She likes the idea, now we just need to remember next spring.
Hortensia
JoinedPosts by Hortensia
-
13
Shutdown, christening, Obamacare, AGM, phhht
by Hortensia inwhat i want to know is, what is your favorite kind of apple?.
today i ate an aurora, a variety i haven't seen before.
big yellow apple, sweet and crisp with a good apple flavor, but no tartness.
-
-
-
42
Do You Think Many Engaged JW Couples Fooled Around B4 Marriage?
by minimus inwhen i was an elder, i had a few couples approach me to confess that they either played around or went all the way.. i suspect there were many more that did not admit to it, though..
-
-
Hortensia
It's no one's business but their own. MYOB, I think this is the best stand to take.
-
16
no birthday celebration after all
by losingit innew boyfriend is upset bc an old boyfriend when i was a teenager is on my fb friend list and wished me a happy birthday.
was supposed to go to turkish embassy for cultural celebration.
my first birthday in years, and total freaking meltdown.
-
-
Hortensia
Tell the boyfriend to take a hike. Go get involved in some really interesting hobby. For instance, take up target shooting. Lots of guys do that. Learn to shoot a hand gun. Take up golf. Learn fencing, either the sword or the garden kind.
-
13
Shutdown, christening, Obamacare, AGM, phhht
by Hortensia inwhat i want to know is, what is your favorite kind of apple?.
today i ate an aurora, a variety i haven't seen before.
big yellow apple, sweet and crisp with a good apple flavor, but no tartness.
-
-
Hortensia
A nice apple dessert with a cookie topping
Toss 1/2 cup sugar with 2 to 4 tablespoons of flour -- depending on how juicy your apples are.
Peel and thinly slice two pounds of apples.
Combine the apples with the sugar/flour and mix well. Add any seasonings you want, such as cinnamon, orange zest, lemon zest, lemon juice, a handful of raisins, or a handful of nuts. Put aside.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Butter a baking dish, about 9 inches square. Set aside.
1 cup flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold butter, diced
1/4 cup hot water
Combine flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and butter in a mixing bowl. Mix with paddle blade (or process in food processor) until crumbly. Add water, quickly blend.
Put the apples in the buttered baking pan. Put the cookie topping in globs over top. Bake 1/2 hour until top is browned and crispy. Depending on the apples, it might take 45 minutes. If the top is browning too quickly, cover it with foil.You can use peaches instead of apples, or maybe plums, or any kind of fruit you think will taste good in a fruit crisp like this.
-
16
Meet Django . .
by nicolaou in.
the newest member of the family, tactile and snuggly but a bit naughty too .
.
-
-
Hortensia
Cute kitty! Pearl the cat says hello!
-
13
Shutdown, christening, Obamacare, AGM, phhht
by Hortensia inwhat i want to know is, what is your favorite kind of apple?.
today i ate an aurora, a variety i haven't seen before.
big yellow apple, sweet and crisp with a good apple flavor, but no tartness.
-
-
Hortensia
Red delicious apples aren't delicious at all. Yuck. There are so many better kinds of apples out there. I like Pink Lady and several others that are recent introductions to the grocery store. Pacific Rose, for instance.
-
13
Shutdown, christening, Obamacare, AGM, phhht
by Hortensia inwhat i want to know is, what is your favorite kind of apple?.
today i ate an aurora, a variety i haven't seen before.
big yellow apple, sweet and crisp with a good apple flavor, but no tartness.
-
-
Hortensia
A new one -- I never heard of Eve apples before. A little joke there in the name, eh?
-
13
Shutdown, christening, Obamacare, AGM, phhht
by Hortensia inwhat i want to know is, what is your favorite kind of apple?.
today i ate an aurora, a variety i haven't seen before.
big yellow apple, sweet and crisp with a good apple flavor, but no tartness.
-
-
Hortensia
What I want to know is, what is your favorite kind of apple?
Today I ate an Aurora, a variety I haven't seen before. Big yellow apple, sweet and crisp with a good apple flavor, but no tartness. Ordinarily I like Braeburn apples best, crisp sweet-tart taste. But the Aurora tasted just like the Golden Delicious apples used to taste, decades ago when you could get one from a vending machine at school for a dime. It was good, and took me down memory lane. I'll get some more next time I go to the grocery store.
So what kind of apples do you like? How do you eat them? I like them peeled and sliced with a dab of peanut butter. I also like apple pie. I bought enough Braeburns for a pie, so that may be happening later on.
In my frig I have two large drawers full of a red apples, identity unknown, picked from some local trees that are more than 100 years old. I'm making apple sauce out of them one of these days. If you've only ever eaten apple sauce from a grocery store, you have to taste home-made applesauce.
I pour a half-gallon of fresh cider in a big pot, then I start peeling apples and cutting them up. I keep peeling and cutting apples until the pot is full and I can't get any more apples in it. Then I simmer it until the apples fall apart and become very soft. I add cinnamon and fresh lemon juice, whir the apples with my immersion blender, and give it a taste. Generally it doesn't need any sugar, as the cider is sweet. Cook it down a bit, and process it in jars in a water-bath canner.
-
406
Goodbye JWD/JWN (my last post)
by slimboyfat inafter some considerable thought i have decided that i will no longer post on this forum because i want to return to jehovah.
thank you for all the kindness and many interesting discussions over the years.
i wish you all well in the future and the decisions you make.
-
-
Hortensia
I'm amazed this thread is still going strong.
-
17
My mom wants me to disassociate myself from her on facebook if
by JWdaughter inmy mom sent me a email telling me that if i want to put any of that (non jw/non christian) religious stuff on my facebook then i should unfriend her.
i didn't respond directly.
i did take the email, remove id'ing aspects and ask my facebook friends to tell me what they thought of the request.
-
-
Hortensia
I like your idea -- if she wants to unfriend you, she can do it, but you're not playing that game and you won't unfriend her.