Oct
10
In 1958, an apple that would become known as Prima was first breed at the orchard of the Department of Horticulture at the Illinois Experiment Station, Urbana, Illinois. It was introduced to the market place in 1970. This is an early ripening variety that ripens about a month before the so-called Delicious apples. The apple …
Oct
10
I am amazed by the amount of unique things you can find in the apple world. I have recently been able to get a hold of some heirloom apples that don’t look the apples most people are use to. One of those apples is the Thornberry. It has a yellow color skin with pink blush. …
Oct
10
I have been helping to sell apples at a farmer’s market for the past month. I had a customer come up to me asking if I knew where to get any Cox’s Orange Pippin apples. I have heard a lot about this variety. It’s a very popular English apple and that customer had a British …
Oct
06
You may think by the title of this post that I am talking about some sort of cinnamon spiced apple dish. But I am actually referring to a variety of apple that is called Cinnamon Spice. It is suppose to have a cinnamon like flavor. It originated in Bolinas-Olema Valley, California sometime in the 1980s. …
Oct
04
One of the perks on being a food blogger is that on occasion I will receive some insider information or something type of food or beverage for free. This past weekend, I was shopping at the Produce Station in Ann Arbor, Michigan, taking pictures of their heirloom apples that had for sale. One of the …
Oct
04
One of the greatest thrills I have (I know I am a produce nerd) is when I go to a grocery store and find a new variety of some fruit that I have not tried before. I was really thrilled this past Sunday, when I paid a visit to the Produce Station in Ann Arbor, …
Sep
30
I love to search out old heirloom varieties of apples. The kind of apple that has been around for centuries and has a nice story behind it. These kinds of apples are not easy to come by. But when I can find a source, I try to get all I can from them. One of …
Sep
29
Last year I had my first SweeTango apples. I had them from 2 different sources. The first was grown by Stemilt growers in Washington and the second was Fowler Farms in New York. But this year my SweeTango apples came from my own home state of Michigan. They were a bit different from the ones …
Sep
19
The farmer’s market is the best source to find apples that you will never see at a grocery store. There are some varieties that I have only found one grower selling. But I have seen several growers at different markets offering the Red Free (or Redfree) apple. This red and green apple comes in a …
Sep
19
When the words “delicious” and “apple” are used together, people seem to have a reaction. Some think of the Red Delicious apple, which is pretty, but fails in every other category. Other think fondly of the popular Golden Delicious. These aren’t the only “delicious” apples out there. Mollie’s Delicious is a late summer apple that …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (4) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
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