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Skriven 2008-11-02 07:41:00 av Dave Drum (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av hap newsom
Ärende: Re: Yapples
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-=> hap newsom wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 ->  -> Granny Smiths - which pretty well suck - for all their popularity.

 ->  hn> Granny Smith's are my favorite apple! nice and tart
 ->  hn> not too sweet firm, not mealy...they cook well and
 ->  hn> store well. Which one do you like? fuji? Johnagold?
 ->  hn> rome??

 -> Winesap, Spy, Jonathan, Delicious (Red and Golden), Gala, Macintosh -
 -> occasionally Fuji, but that's not a popular variety at local orchards
round
 -> here.

 -> Grew up on Winesaps - that's the apple tree we had in the back yard.

 hn> Most of those are too sweet for my tastes. I like
 hn> a more tart apple, Fuji's, Galas, and even Jonathan's
 hn> are too sweet, I don't mind a good red delicious if
 hn> it's early enough in the harvest, but we ship our
 hn> best "Washington Apples" out of state and it seems
 hn> we keep the mealy mushy ones here. I'd have to ask
 hn> what kind of apple trees my grandparents had on their
 hn> farm, but it was a nice tart apple and made super
 hn> pies and apple sauce....and hard cider!

Sweet is relative. Do you make apple pie, apple brown betty, or apple sauce
without adding any sugar??? And when you are making cider - the more the sugar
content - the greater potential of "scrumpy" when it goes to hard cider.

I still think that Granny Smythe apples are popular because they ship and store
well - not for anything to do with superior taste or other important qualities.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Cumin Apple Chips
 Categories: Five, Snacks, Fruit
      Yield: 20 servings
 
      3 tb Confectioners sugar
      1 ts Ground cumin
      1 md Granny Smith apple
 
  Special equipment: a nonstick baking pad such as Silpat* or
  parchment paper; a wide (3 3/4-inch) mandoline or other
  manual slicer
  
  These crunchy, sweet-tart chips are addictive—you’ll definitely
  want to make them as a snack. The preparation is particularly
  easy with a nonstick baking pad. If you decide to use parchment
  paper instead, be prepared for some chips to stick to it. When
  they do, return them to the oven for 3 minutes to soften.
  
  Preheat oven to 200°F and line a large baking sheet with baking
  pad or parchment.
  
  Sift together confectioners sugar and cumin twice to evenly
  incorporate. Sift half of cumin sugar evenly onto baking
  sheet.
  
  Cut apple crosswise into very thin round slices (about 1/16
  inch thick) with slicer. Arrange 20 of largest slices nearly
  touching each other on baking sheet, then evenly sift remaining
  cumin sugar over apples. (Reserve remaining apple slices for
  another use.)
  
  Bake slices in middle of oven until pale golden and beginning
  to crisp, about 1 1/2 hours. Immediately peel chips off pad
  and cool on a rack.
  
  Cooks’ note:
  
  1. Apple chips keep in an airtight container at room temp 1 week.
  
  2. * Available in most cookware shops.
  
  March 2008 | Gourmet
  
  Makes 20 chips
  
  Recipe by Katy Massam
  
  Meal Master Format by Dave Drum - 23 September 2008
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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