Comment on Mmm, roasted apples.
TrackenDaKracken@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
If an apple makes it to the store shelf, it’s a good apple. I eat whichever one is cheapest. At the moment where I shop, that’s Gala. But, I also eat Red delicious and Granny Smith. I’m not paying two or three times as much for an apple that’s different. Different isn’t better, it’s just different. Higher price doesn’t mean better product, just better marketing, and maybe “new!”, which is just different again.
The fact that rankings of food are so contested and almost no one agrees, is proof positive that I’m right, here. One isn’t better than the other, just different. No one is wrong for liking what they like. Judging another’s taste harshly, especially in food is silly and wrong. But, also in music, and clothing, and any other aesthetic appeal.
(I know I can’t say “an apple is an apple and all apples are good” because of how apples are cultivated. But, if a variety has passed the taste test with growers to the point that they get produced in mass quantities, then it’s a good apple.)
if a variety has passed the taste test with growers to the point that they get produced in mass quantities, then it’s a good apple.
What if the growers aren’t optimizing for taste, but for the ability to ship them half way across the world and still look presentable?
The fact that rankings of food are so contested and almost no one agrees, is proof positive that I’m right, here.
No.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
I support your point about letting people like what they like, but I’ve never had a red delicious that doesn’t taste like cardboard.
Also if you’re not really into sweeter things in general, the apple that fits that palate is probably either fuji or mac.
night_petal@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
I’ve never been able eat anything other than a red delicious because that anf granny Smith (which goes in pies), are the only varieties available to me. ;(
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Your country only has 2 apples, and one is red delicious? Do you live in Hades, with Tantalus perhaps?