My favorite apple. nice crunch, sweet and tart flavor. ♥

I can eat almost a whole one before I start getting a headache. Raw apple headaches ftl.

11/5/2010 9:44:22 PM

^ What an odd malady.

But these are delicious. Right up there with Fuji and Pink Ladys.

11/5/2010 10:11:32 PM

Signed. My favorite apple by far. It seems like they disappear for most of the year though and I get sad about it.

11/5/2010 10:21:01 PM

Yeah, honeycrisps are FTW. I prefer pink ladies though.

11/6/2010 9:42:04 AM

Quote :

"What an odd malady."

11/6/2010 9:55:04 AM

Quote :

" What an odd malady."

11/6/2010 10:59:31 AM

There is a legend. The legend of McDonald's burgers that don't decompose. For years, it's been accepted as a disturbing fact. But a new study conducted by a curious consumer shows that it's not just meat from Mickey D's that stays oddly "fresh." The study put several different burgers of the same size (but from different places) next to each other and then left them alone. None of the burgers rotted, which led the experimenter to conclude that "there's nothing that strange about a McDonald's burger not rotting." Score one public relations point for Ronald and company.

11/6/2010 11:07:25 AM

FINALLY, the truth. Honeycrisp and gala apples are my go to apples.

11/6/2010 11:41:32 AM

I ate at Poole's last night and had their honey crisp apple salad. it was fucking awesome.

11/6/2010 11:46:37 AM

I dont understand people that like soft apples . Just eat some applesauce if your dentures cant handle it

11/6/2010 11:51:19 AM

lol...yeah, soft apples are LAME! It's all about the crunch.

[Edited on November 6, 2010 at 11:57 AM. Reason : d]

11/6/2010 11:56:33 AM

Honeycrisp are the penultimate apples




they are the shining example of what apples should be

11/6/2010 12:10:01 PM

^ they're only the next to last? what, then, is the ultimate apple?

[Edited on November 6, 2010 at 12:21 PM. Reason : i favor pink lady, myself]

11/6/2010 12:21:21 PM

i have never had a honeycrisp apple. golden delicious has been my favorite for a long time.

11/6/2010 12:30:30 PM

I find golden delicious to be somewhat mealy and disappointingly soft.

11/6/2010 1:01:11 PM

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"I find golden delicious to be somewhat mealy and disappointingly soft."

+1

11/6/2010 6:22:45 PM

Quote :

"they're only the next to last? what, then, is the ultimate apple?"

the new macbook air.

11/7/2010 1:00:41 PM

heyooooo

11/7/2010 1:05:17 PM

LOL...kiljadn brings the consistancy

11/7/2010 1:17:40 PM

i mean shit


honeycrisps don't have instant-on and can't replace a MBP

11/7/2010 1:56:11 PM

Not as good as mutsu apples.

11/7/2010 2:56:36 PM

Yes sir, these are some good apples.

[appreciate]

11/7/2010 3:00:26 PM

Golden Delicious shouldn't be that soft, though I do believe Honeycrisp are superior. It's unfortunate that Honeycrisp are $Texas at the grocery store, though we did get some for $.99/lb at the farmer's market last weekend.

Mealy? No, that's Red Delicious. Cannot stand the texture of those things.

11/7/2010 7:45:02 PM

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"Mealy? No, that's Red Delicious. Cannot stand the texture of those things."

i have never experienced a mealy red or golden delicious if it was a "real" apple...those disgustingly enlarged abominations are not "real" apples...the smaller, natural ones are excellent

that said, i do prefer just about any of the other varietals

not a fan of granny smith

11/7/2010 8:10:00 PM

I love granny smith apples.

11/7/2010 8:17:40 PM

Arkansas blacks are delicious. Apples are down to $0.89/lb!!

11/7/2010 8:22:55 PM

I too have taken a liking to honeycrisp apples. Probably the best apples out there.

11/7/2010 9:01:46 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycrisp

They don't know who the honeycrisp's parents are

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"U.S. Plant Patent 7197 and Report 225-1992 (AD-MR-5877-B) from the Horticultural Research Center indicate that the Honeycrisp is a hybrid of the apple cultivars Macoun and Honeygold. However, genetic fingerprinting conducted by a group of researchers, which included those who were later attributed on the patent, determined that neither of these cultivars is a parent of the Honeycrisp, but that the Keepsake (another apple developed by the same University of Minnesota crossbreeding program) is one of the parents. The other parent has not been identified, but it might be a numbered selection that could have been discarded since."

It also sounds like production is limited to the North American season - but they might start growing them in New Zealand soon so we can have them twice a year.

[Edited on November 7, 2010 at 9:24 PM. Reason : s]

11/7/2010 9:22:36 PM

fuck yeah honeycrisp

pink lady apples are still my favorite though.. but honeycrisp is not far behind

11/7/2010 9:58:51 PM

Sounds amazing.

11/7/2010 9:59:28 PM

I bought some honeycrisp apple cider tonite will post results later.

11/7/2010 11:34:38 PM

^I bought some from Fresh Market then bought some non-Honeycrispy from the Farmer's Market today.

The Honeycrisp cider was glorious cold, haven't had it warm yet.

11/8/2010 12:04:22 AM

agreed. just had my first ones from whole foods. pink lady has been demoted to #2

11/8/2010 10:03:58 AM

Everyone should buy their apples from the farmers market. Screw supermarket apples

11/8/2010 10:04:13 AM

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"What an odd malady."

I'm sorry... raw apples are delicious.
They're good with a sharp cheese too, cuz of the contrast of flavors.
Golden Delicious used to be my favorite before I discovered these
Red Delicious I don't like the texture or flavor of, but they're good for making Charoset.
What apples are good for cooking with? My boyfriend wants an apple crisp, but my generic crisp recipe (usually used for blueberries or blackberries and/or peaches) just calls for apples, and a few recipes I've seen online just say "all-purpose apples" (o.O) or your favorite apple.
What do you say, TWW?

11/8/2010 1:03:54 PM

Any apple that is firm and tangy or tart will serve you well. It's also usually good to use a mix of apples when baking imo. I'd say do a mix of honeycrisp, mutsu, pink lady, etc. Or do what I do and ask the people at the apple stand for their culled apples. They're the ones that are too small/lumpy to be sold as grade A apples but are perfect for baking purposes (cheaper too).

11/8/2010 1:27:00 PM

i tried a honeycrisp yesterday bc of this thread. very different, the tang was nice. i liked it, but my favorite is still gala i think.

11/8/2010 1:33:14 PM

This thread brought to you by the Honeycrisp Growers' Association

11/8/2010 2:00:39 PM

I've never heard of honeycrisp or pink ladies. I've also never heard of raw apple headaches.

11/8/2010 2:07:15 PM

I feel like I should get the headaches checked out. I have been told by my regular doctor that it could be a pollen thing and one of my friends told me her allergist said fruit at times mimics pollen from trees and that is her problem. I also think the natural sugar content might be too much for my type I diabetes.

I guess I will continue to have headaches because I can't stay away from these apples.

11/8/2010 2:16:01 PM

Fuji is where it's at.

11/8/2010 2:24:43 PM

Votes for: Pink Lady then Honeycrisp ... Pink Ladies don't get brown fast either, after they've been cut.

11/8/2010 4:31:44 PM

I have a Honeycrisp sitting about a foot away from me in my lunch bag, and I cannot eat it right now because there are other people in the office and I don't want to be that jackass crunching on a whole apple and making all kinds of noise. Cubicles instead of real offices FTL.

11/8/2010 4:44:50 PM

That's why you cut it into slices before you bring it into the office. Less noisy then

11/9/2010 9:28:38 AM

I'm brining my turkey in honeycrisp cider. We'll see how it turns out.

11/23/2010 2:40:03 PM

they are by far my favorite i dont even by apples but i load up on em when they come available


and have you had the honey crisp cider Kroger USED to sell??? omg


they have some kinda honey crisp cider now, but it fuckin sucks and you can tell they pressed other apples with it


last year the brand they had was just as pure as the Aryans


so fuckin good, good smooth cleave on the bite too man

11/23/2010 2:41:36 PM

LOVE these apples

could only find them for $2.00/lb. at the Farmer's Market on Sunday though :\ got some Pink Ladies and Arkansas Black apples instead

11/23/2010 4:27:18 PM

I saw these at Fresh Market the other day, and I was intimidated. They are gigantic.

11/23/2010 4:49:27 PM

GIGANTICLY DELICIOUS

11/23/2010 4:52:53 PM