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Skriven 2006-11-14 00:05:00 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Jim Weller
Ärende: Honey Crisp Apple
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 -=> On 11-11-06  16:57,  Jim Weller <=-
 -=> spoke to Dave Sacerdote about Maraschino Cherries <=-

 JW> I just came across those new apples that have been getting a lot of
 JW> press lately: Honey Crisps.

 JW> They really are a wonderful eating variety: ultra-crisp, juicy, and
 JW> tart yet sweet. They have to high a water content to cook well.

 JW> They are apparently in high demand: running around $2.50 per pound in
 JW> the USA, if you can even find them, with premium, extra large,
 JW> perfectly shaped unblemished ones selling in San Francisco yuppie
 JW> markets for $4.99 each. My Co-op did a special purchase and has large
 JW> bins of them for $1.49! I'm going back for more.

  I had never heard of them until you mentioned them.  However, today
  Gail and I were in the local Safeway grocery and as I was picking up a
  few pears to take, the produce guy handed me a perfect yellow bartlett
  pear -- free.   He said I should take it and eat -- that he was
  culling the fruit and that by tomorrow, it would be past prime.  Then
  Gail walked up, and he offered one to her, but since she expected to
  get some of mine, she said no.   So then he gave her an apple -- and
  said it was a honey crisp with a very small blemish.   We both had
  part of each fruit as we walked around.   Expected to get some dirty
  looks, or even challenges by other store staff -- but not an eyebrow
  raised in our direction.   Both pieces were excellent.  My pear was at
  that peak when it says "eat me now".  As you described, the apple was
  crisper and sweeter than those we usually get (mostly tend to go with
  Gala).  I did not notice how much they were selling for, but the guy
  said that they were at the end of their season and that the store
  would not be stocking them soon.


MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Winter Squash and Apple Soup
 Categories: Soup, Vegetarian
      Yield: 6 servings
 
      2 c  Butternut squash
           -or buttercup squash
           -peeled, seeded & chopped
      2 c  Sweet potato; peeled &
           -chopped
      3 md Apples; peeled, cored &
           -chopped
           -Spartan,McIntosh or similar
           -cooking apple
      1 md Onion; chopped
      2 c  -Water or just enough to
           -cover apples & veggies
    1/2 ts Sea salt
    1/2 ts Chinese 5 spice;or pumpkin
           -pie spice*
    1/4 ts Cayenne pepper
 
  Bring the vegetables, apples and water to a boil in a saucepan on high
  heat. Reduce the heat and simmer 30 minutes, or until all the
  vegetables are tender. Add the seasonings and use a blender to
  process the mixture. Heat in the saucepan again on low heat until
  hot. Keeps 3-5 days refrigerated. *Original recipe by David Tinker,
  Vancouver chef
  
  SERVES: 6 SOURCE: _Vegan Delights_ by Jeanne Marie Martin posted by
  Anne MacLellan
  ... from a file of Carl Berger
 
MMMMM


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