Happy Eat A Red Apple Day!
I have no idea why this holiday is today, but since I like apples, I figured it would be easy to celebrate. If this holiday were in September or October, I would understand because that’s apple harvest season. But someone wanted it to be today, and so it is.
When I was a kid, my mom put a Red Delicious or Yellow Delicious apple in my lunch box every day. I never ate it. Usually, I brought it home only to find it in my lunch the next day. These apples were mushy and tasteless. I’d have rather eaten Twinkies.
Nowadays, there are thousands of varieties of apples, and even the most basic grocery stores have five or six tasty ones. Red and Yellow Delicious are still out there, but now you can have Fuji, Gala, Honey Crisps, Pink Ladies, or Cosmic Crisps. It is a good time to eat an apple.
Today might be Eat a Red Apple Day, but my favorite apple is Granny Smith. I love them sliced and lightly salted or in cobblers. I make apple cobblers or apple crisps occasionally, but I’ve never found the perfect recipe. If you have a good one, I’d love to try it.
Another way I like apples is as a single serving apple sauce snack. It’s a simple, sweet, portable snack that doesn’t require a knife. If I had had these in my lunch as a kid, I’d never brought them back home.