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Now I was wondering yesterday, as I munched my way through a nice juicy granny smith, if there is anyone on earth, who doesn't like apples? The old saying - an apple a day , keeps the doc away , is not the reason most people eat apples, I don't think.. we eat them because we like them, and we eat brocolli because we know it is good for us, and we should, because our mothers always said so !
Apples are different. There are many kinds, and they all taste a little bit different and you can do so much with apple, and it will always taste delicious.
One of my best shopping buys recently was a huge bag of Granny Smiths which I came across at a market. I didn't weigh it, but there must have been at least 10 - 12 kilo for just $2. I have been enjoying them in many ways ever since.
There was the pork chop baked on top of sliced golden kumera with a grated apple, drizzled with honey and a splash of soy and sprinkle of ground clove on top. It was good. The curried sausage roll was good too, - but then the desserts ! You can't go past apples for great desserts . I was popular with the kids when I made one of their favourite Berry Apple Crumbles for dessert on Sunday night, and for me personally, I reckon you just cannot beat a lovely apple sponge spooned hot out of an old enamel pie dish with fresh, unwhipped cream poured onto that lovely sponge until it soaks right into it... MMMMM .... am I making you all hungry .... LOL... I reckon we all like apples whatever the season.
What about a lovely crisp Chicken Waldorf salad with a yummy creamy dressing in summer ? Hard to beat, isn't it ?
Anyway, I still have some apples left. Do I just munch my way through an apple a day fresh, or has anyone got any other favourite Apple recipe's they would like to share or inspire each other with. What have you got say about apples, and if you haven't got anything to say about apples, well then, bugger it... open up a B for Banana's and tell us what you do with Banana's instead. And don't be rude ! Just the foody facts, in this thread, please.

Apple & Rhubarb crumble?

I have an old apple recipe book, circa 1938, so it's full of old apple recipes.

Maybe even one someone wants, so ask away.

Actually, I am not so enamoured of apples as a fruit, ..laziness on my part really, as I much prefer the easy peel mandarins as a quickie fruit zing.

Nothing beats a banana sundae, with choc sauce, ice cream & nuts, Yum.

Fried bananas?

Aye ? This is the A thread. Go and put your banana's in the right B thread which you have to start Chookie. And then after that we will start a CHICKEN thread... look out, look out.... Chook stew.. Chicken Chow Mein ???
Yes, I agree apple and rhubarb pie is pretty nice Lucky. Mind you, I love Rhubarb anything, as most of you know. Chook keeps telling me it will give me kidney stones. I made the last lot I was given into Jam instead so I would only eat a little at a time. OOPs ... back to the apples....
Toffee Apples ? Now what kid didn't want a toffee apple at the school fair ?

Carmel apples are good........ I like to take apples cut into, cut the seeds out and stuff, put a dab of butter, sugar, and cinnamon in the middle and wrap each half in pie dough rolled out just to make a crust, to cover the halfat a time, then pour ginger-ale over the top, Cook till apple is done.... This is fast and really good.......

Not sure of the bananas.......... Must keep it clean......... other than dipped in chocolate and frozen before ate...........

The best way to eat a juicy, crisp apple is with a slice of good cheddar or colby cheese. Maybe even blue vein if you're particularly decadent but you can't beat the combination of the crunch of sweet apple and the sharpness of cheese. Must be the English in me.

Add a few sultanas sometimes for an extra treat.

It is a very long time since I ate an apple because I only eat them straight off the tree... cos I am so darned fussy! So yes there's nothing like the taste of...and smell of a good apple!
Love 'em baked, full of dates, brown sugar and cloves....plain old stewed with cream or icecream... apple crumble, but not with rolled oats in the topping ..apple turnovers, apple sauce heaped on pork of any sort, in stir frys, cabbage even! Now there's a taste treat!

Remember the free apples we had at school in the summer? Ours came from a local orchard, each wrapped in tissue paper and soooo fragrant! The variety differed according to the season, gravensteins being the earliest to ripen...somewhere there'd be red delicios, golden delicious, and finally the last to ripen...Granny Smiths...

Moth gets a variety from our local orchard in March called Peasgoodnonsuch...yep all one word! They come with all the blemishes, blushes, birdbites etc as they are not picked for market but for the locals who still ask for them. They are a cross between Cox's orange and something else... usually picked of the tree while you wait...how fresh is that huh?

I grew up on an orchard and so am also very fussy about my apples. Most of them I find either old, dry or tasteless, but a couple of weeks ago had a real find - the biggest apples I have ever seen, the freshest and the juiciest. We could only eat half an apple at a time but they were absolutely superb and only $1.49 a kilo. Of course, when I went back for more they were all gone. The sign said they were Fuji but they were like no other fuji apple I ever ate. Believe me, if I find any more I will corner the market.