Quoting Nancy Backus to Ruth Haffly <=-

apples are coming in ...
Wonder if Empire apples are available yet

I haven't seen any Empires

They are a late season apple; they'll probably be in the markets in
another week or so until mid October.

Another late season apple that I used to really like is Wolf River
which is kind of uncommon these days, at least commercially. My
neighbour where I grew up had a row of them along their driveway
leading to their farmhouse. The apples are red with yellow
streaking, quite sweet and amazingly large. Each single fruit is
over a pound. They're a good cooking apple that keeps it shape.
One reason they're not popular anymore is that most people can't eat
a whole one in a single sitting and the fruit is so heavy that tree
branches are prone to breakage in a wind.

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Title: Country Chicken with Vegetables
Categories: Chicken, Fruit,
Yield: 8 Servings

1 Envelope savory herb with
Garlic soup mix
3/4 c Apple juice
1/3 c Vegetable oil
3 Onions; peeled and
Quartered
2 lg Sweet potatoes, peeled;
Cut into chunks
2 Granny Smith apples, cored
ea Cut into 6 pieces
1 lb Green beans; trimmed
1 Roasting chicken; cut into
8 Pieces

Preheat oven to 450F. In a large bowl, combine soup mix, apple
juice and oil. Add onions, sweet potatoes, apple pieces and green
beans. Cut the 2 chicken breasts in half for a total of 10 pieces
of chicken; add to the vegetable mixture and toss to coat
thoroughly.

Transfer to a large roasting pan and roast, uncovered, 30 minutes.
Turn chicken pieces and vegetables and baste with pan juices.
Roast 15-20 minutes longer, or until chicken is no longer pink
inside and vegetables are tender.

Recipe by: Mr Food's Easy Cooking March/April 1999

From: Nancy Pallotta

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Cheers

Jim


... Gravity is more noticeable in the fall when the apples are falling.

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Quoting Jim Weller to Nancy Backus on 09-21-19 22:01 <=-
Quoting Nancy Backus to Ruth Haffly <=-

apples are coming in ...
Wonder if Empire apples are available yet

I haven't seen any Empires

They are a late season apple; they'll probably be in the markets in another week or so until mid October.

Sounds about right... I mostly just haven't been paying attention...
now that I'm allergic to them, apple season is too much of a downer for
me... I'd have to make a special effort to look, probably for someone
else's curiosity to be satisfied.... ;)

Another late season apple that I used to really like is Wolf River
which is kind of uncommon these days, at least commercially. My
neighbour where I grew up had a row of them along their driveway
leading to their farmhouse. The apples are red with yellow
streaking, quite sweet and amazingly large. Each single fruit is
over a pound. They're a good cooking apple that keeps it shape.
One reason they're not popular anymore is that most people can't eat
a whole one in a single sitting and the fruit is so heavy that tree branches are prone to breakage in a wind.

That could discourage people from buying, and then from growing, them...
Dunno if they were around here... it's quite possible, though, as this
really is apple growing territory, along the shores of Lake Ontario...

ttyl neb

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Quoting Nancy Backus to Jim Weller <=-

this really is apple growing territory, along the shores of Lake Ontario...

Same on our side of the lake. Ontario is Canada's largest producer
of apples and B.C. second. For similar climate reasons New York,
Michigan and Washington are also big producers.

This recipe is not for you, but you could use perry and pear slices
instead. Zubrowka is buffalo grass (that's sweet grass) infused
vodka.

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Title: Zubrowka & Cider
Categories: alcohol, beverages
Serving: 1

1 1/2 oz ZU
ice
4 oz hard cider
GARNISH:
Apple slices

ZU plus apple juice is the classic way to drink bison-grass vodka,
the way folks have for centuries. We promise you, it tastes exactly,
almost uncannily, like apple pie. Here, we swap the juice out for
hard cider, which lends complexity, a little sparkle and a little
more booze.

Instructions: Add 1 1/2 ounces ZU to a tall glass with ice, and top
with about 4 ounces of hard cider. Apple slices make a logical (and good-looking) garnish.

From: www.foodandwine.com

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Cheers

Jim


... Appletini: synonymous with everything wrong with drinking in the 90s.

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Quoting Jim Weller to Nancy Backus on 09-26-19 22:24 <=-

this really is apple growing territory, along the shores of Lake
Ontario...

Same on our side of the lake. Ontario is Canada's largest producer
of apples and B.C. second. For similar climate reasons New York,
Michigan and Washington are also big producers.

Indeed. :)

This recipe is not for you, but you could use perry and pear slices instead. Zubrowka is buffalo grass (that's sweet grass) infused
vodka.

Perry being a sort of pear cider, then...? I don't think I've seen it
around here at all...

ttyl neb

... The produce manager is as important to my health as my doctor.

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