With the cost of food these days, you may be reluctant to try something new, lest it go to waste if you don't like it. The internet is here to help! The website Apple Rankings rates 58 different variety of apples and ranks them on a 100-point scale. The factors that go into each rating are: taste, crispness, skin, flesh, juiciness, density, beauty, branding/consistency, and cost/availability. These factors are weighed equally except for taste, which counts twice a much as the other factors. You can look up your favorite apples, or a new variety you want to try, by name, or see the list of ranked apples here. Each apple has its own page with a complete breakdown of its qualities or lack of, plus additional information, links, and comments. This site makes it clear that I haven't tried enough apple varieties, or else I don't remember my impression of them.
Apple Rankings is the brainchild of Brian Frange, a writer and comedian who is known for his rants about apples. With the website, he's putting his money where his mouth is, both literally and figuratively. He is the one to blame if you don't agree with his apple rankings. Also keep in mind he is a comedy writer. -via Boing Boing
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honeycrisp b good
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Macintosh makes the best apple pies, IMO. I don't like delicious apples because they taste like bananas to me and they don't cook down to a nice softness. They stay crunchy. I don't want crunchy apples in my baked apple pie. And being allergic to bananas is another reason for me not to like delicious apples.
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I've always only bought and eaten Honeycrisp
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The descriptions are awesome and I suspect he nailed them all. I love Honeycrisp and Cosmic Crisp only recently made it up here at the end of the food chain. When I finally got to try one (because cost is a big factor at the end of the food chain), I was like pfffttt... what's the big deal? Be nice to see a "baking" category - like noted in Granny Smiths, while they may not do well in the edible category, they sure do bake really good. And the McIntosh used to be my go to when I regularly made candy apples - yum!
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