Jeff and I have been giving serious consideration to the exact right blend of apples to use in a pie. We can agree that a single pie should have a variety of apples ranging from tart to sweet. One of us, however, favors using a combination of a couple of very tart and a couple of very sweet apples. And one of us thinks that ideally all varieties used in a single pie should exhibit both sweetness and tartness in a single apple. But I can't tell you who expounds which apple theory because we're setting up a blind taste test at work tomorrow. We're each making an apple pie with relatively similar ingredients, differing only in varieties of apples used. We're going to try to keep things cordial however, because really, when there are two pies, everyone wins. Please enjoy this photo of my first batch of food processor made pie crust.Monday, March 31, 2008
Comparing Apples to Apples
Jeff and I have been giving serious consideration to the exact right blend of apples to use in a pie. We can agree that a single pie should have a variety of apples ranging from tart to sweet. One of us, however, favors using a combination of a couple of very tart and a couple of very sweet apples. And one of us thinks that ideally all varieties used in a single pie should exhibit both sweetness and tartness in a single apple. But I can't tell you who expounds which apple theory because we're setting up a blind taste test at work tomorrow. We're each making an apple pie with relatively similar ingredients, differing only in varieties of apples used. We're going to try to keep things cordial however, because really, when there are two pies, everyone wins. Please enjoy this photo of my first batch of food processor made pie crust.
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We're going to try to keep things cordial however, because really, when there are two pies, everyone wins.
So what's all that screaming and crashing and imprecation ("Zounds, thou'rt a ninny of pie-making!") that's filtering down from upstairs?
In all honesty, I have to say that you both are truly too good to us!
Yes, but do you still feel this way now that you know we fed you cracker pie?
I just tried a new (to me) apple variety that was excellent--the Pacific Rose. Apparently it's a cross between the Gala and the Splendor. It's definitely in the sweet camp.
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