You Wanna See What a $3 Apple Looks Like?
There's something new on my food radar lately. I know I'm probably a few years behind on this one, but it seems like everywhere I go on the Foodienets, people are talking about Honeycrisp apples. (Now that pumpkin-mania is finally dying down until next October...)
The cross between a Macoun and Honeygold apple has been around since 1960 and is now apparently achieving cult status as one of the best eating apples available. Crunchy and sweetly tart, Honeycrisps make your average Red Delicious or Granny Smith taste like a mealy chunk of styrofoam. And grocery stores are extremely proud of them.
The apple on the left is an organic Honeycrisp from Harris Teeter, while the behemoth on the right is from the Piggly Wiggly in Monteagle. At a whopping $2.99/lb., the apple from the Pig cost me $3.02. Now I don't know what they're fertilizing the trees with wherever this beast was sourced from, but it sure demonstrates the difference between H-T's organic offerings and P/W's mass-produced version.
After comparing the two, I can say that the organic version was definitely a better piece of fruit with concentrated flavors and a delightful snap. The Piggly Wiggly Honeycrisp would have required you to unhinge your jaw like a python to snack on it, but cut into wedges it made a perfectly acceptable dessert substitute for two people for two consecutive meals.
Was it worth three bucks?
I recall the words of Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction:
That's a pretty f-ing good milkshake. I don't know if it's worth five dollars but it's pretty f-ing good.
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