Photo of the Day: Meets or Exceeds U.S. Fancy Standards
Photograph take by Gunnar Hafdal on Flickr
I feel proud knowing that the premium fruit we export to Iceland "meets or exceeds U.S. fancy standards."
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Burger King's Little Brat Digs Apple Fries. Do You?
Burger King has unveiled a new twist in its ad campaigns: Little King. So Good has some details. The Little King is the King's bratty offspring. He's quite a trip. The patty prince appears in commercials touting the chain's apple fries (video after the jump), which were introduced last year as part of push toward more kid-friendly meals.
I think I may have to hit the King soon; the girlfriend loves apple snacks and has expressed interest in these things. Any of you adults out there tried the apple fries? What are we in for? They appear to be fresh apples, cut into strips, served cold. Has it really gotten so bad that we have to entice kids to eat apples by cutting them into strips and making them look like french fries?
The End of Apples
Brian Halweil of Edible Communities and editor of Edible East End checks in with word on the last apples of the season.
It's like the fateful proclamation of a cynical high school guidance counselor: You are one type of person or you are another. At least when it comes to apples.
According to Amy Halsey of the Milk Pail Farm and Orchard on Highway 27 in Water Mill, New York, customers either want their apples crisp and don't care whether they are sweet or tart—or they are willing to forgo texture in favor of their favorite flavor.
I think I'm the crisp apple eater, since when I look back on all my happy apple memories, they have less to do with the particular flavor (although that's part of the fondness) than with the clean break of skin and flesh with the first bite. In this sense, it's no wonder that Fujis—one of the best keepers the Halseys grow—happen to be my household's regular apple from November to March, and I pick up a five-pound bag every week or so.
Photo of the Day: KISS Apple Pie
Le Lo made this lovely KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) Apple Pie in honor of Pi Day. I like the way her mildly blurred pie appears to be lunging towards the viewer, as though it wants to jump into your mouth and be eaten. Which is, of course, every pie's desire.
Previously:
POTD: Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin
POTD: Pork Pie
POTD: Pi Pie
POTD: We Like Pie
Photo of the Day: Apples in RI, 1963
Photo by italiangerry on Flickr
This photo titled "Apples in RI, 1963" is part of a series of photos that perfectly capture the feeling of this time of year for me. Italiangerry shared the photos on Flickr and describes them:
These eight beautiful photographs were taken by my brother, a professional photographer, of some of our family members picking apples at a Rhode Island orchard, probably in October 1963. They possess a kind of quasi-painterly autumnal lyricism, and I have always loved them."
Speaking of apples, I can't wait to give Matt's recipe for Green Apple Galette a try.
Photo of the Day: That is One Sad Looking Green Apple
You may not be able to eat these apples made by Sewing Stars (they wouldn't taste very good, at least), but you can keep them on your desk forever and oogle at their collective cuteness without the risk of them turning into piles of rotting flesh.
"And Plátano Bananaaaaa!"
To celebrate the fact that I can now wear shorts outside and happily eat fruit again, here are my favorite bilingual singing fruits:
Bonus: Same fruits, but singing in Hebrew and Arabic! Boy, they sure get around.
ÆppelTreow Winery's Pommeaux Dessert Wine
Gourmet's Dara Moskowitz Grundahl was on a long family road trip, stopped randomly at an apple-themed souvenir store just to get out of the car with her baby, and ended up making her wine discovery of 2007. She describes ÆppelTreow Winery's Pommeaux dessert wine as having "the fragrance of a hundred apple trees in bloom, and more," and ended up buying every last bottle they had in stock!
They apparently only produce 2,000 cases total of all their products a year, and only sell in a limited amount of stores in the Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Chicago areas, so you'll have to drop them a line about buying it direct from the source, like I'm about to do.
