tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post4452531602748324377..comments2024-03-24T01:15:08.693+10:00Comments on The Old Foodie: Vintage Apples.The Old Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-87304146763951723272012-10-11T05:44:58.558+10:002012-10-11T05:44:58.558+10:00Thankyou, Anonymous. I guess there is no accountin...Thankyou, Anonymous. I guess there is no accounting for taste, is there? Or, as my dear Mum would have said "it wouldnt do for us all to be the same"The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-15871292591284482832012-10-10T05:49:17.132+10:002012-10-10T05:49:17.132+10:00I've always thought that sweet apples were bor...I've always thought that sweet apples were boring. I certainly prefer a preponderantly tangy apple. This particular taste of yours sounds unsophisticated to me. I know, for instance, I always liked 7-up okay as a child, but upon tasting one recently found it sickly sweet. Have my tastes changed? Hardly; I found out that 7-up has about 2 and a half times as much sweetener now than it had in the 70's.<br /><br />On the other hand, I like sweeter white wines rather than dryer ones; the dry ones taste like someone tried to make vinegar and just somehow failed. So that's MY unsophisticated taste. I'm NOT saying I like wine cooler, now that's too sweet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-3821545467333251312008-06-03T06:25:00.000+10:002008-06-03T06:25:00.000+10:00I dont much like sour foods myself (question to se...I dont much like sour foods myself (question to self - when does 'tart' become 'sour'?), so am I childlike or unsophisticated in my tastes? My first thought was the same as yours, that the apple was an alternative to pumpkin - funny, isnt it, that a 'vegetable' is the sweet standard in this context?The Old Foodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00766403052971301718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24170237.post-26082303187670806322008-06-03T06:10:00.000+10:002008-06-03T06:10:00.000+10:00When I read the phrase "...fit only for baking, as...When I read the phrase "...fit only for baking, as a pumpkin sweeting" I figured it meant those apples were used as pumpkin (or squash) *sweeteners*, like putting sugar in a dish.<BR/>I think most children dislike tart foods due to having lots more tastebuds than adults. But that's childlike, not unsophisticated!Rosemary in Utahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00368563504158928668noreply@blogger.com