Talk:1766: Apple Spectrum - Revision history

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	I delete the alternate title text explanation, because it requires the assumption that what Randall would say is completely different from what he would mean. While that's not an unreasonable assumption in real life, it would be highly unusual for a published, written work. Besides which, the interpretation results in a joke that's really more of an antijoke.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.136\|172.68.34.136]] 02:38, 13 December 2016 (UTC)		I delete the alternate title text explanation, because it requires the assumption that what Randall would say is completely different from what he would mean. While that's not an unreasonable assumption in real life, it would be highly unusual for a published, written work. Besides which, the interpretation results in a joke that's really more of an antijoke.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.136\|172.68.34.136]] 02:38, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
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		+	I find red delicious does live up to its name for all of two weeks at some point in Fall and in Spring, at least in New York. Or maybe they did the brussel sprouts thing where they were replaced by an actually tasty strain in the decade I hadn't eaten them. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.207\|172.70.114.207]] 01:50, 27 May 2023 (UTC)

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 Has Randall ever explained why he doesn't like Red Delicious? Maybe not crisp enough? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100|162.158.69.100]] 15:59, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
-Red delicious has been bread for appearance and durability over the course of a great many years. when first introduced it was considered quite good, but a victim of it's own success it was bread to be more and more red and durable; until those became it's primary traits. It's quite popular in china for decorative proposes.
+:Red delicious has been bread for appearance and durability over the course of a great many years. when first introduced it was considered quite good, but a victim of it's own success it was bread to be more and more red and durable; until those became it's primary traits. It's quite popular in china for decorative proposes. {{unsigned ip|162.158.106.24}}
 Seriously?  Have you ever eaten one?  Cardboard has more apple flavor!  This has to be the most misleadingly named food item ever!  [[User:Mwburden|mwburden]] ([[User talk:Mwburden|talk]]) 03:13, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

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	Has Randall ever explained why he doesn't like Red Delicious? Maybe not crisp enough? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 15:59, 30 November 2016 (UTC)		Has Randall ever explained why he doesn't like Red Delicious? Maybe not crisp enough? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.69.100\|162.158.69.100]] 15:59, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
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		+	Red delicious has been bread for appearance and durability over the course of a great many years. when first introduced it was considered quite good, but a victim of it's own success it was bread to be more and more red and durable; until those became it's primary traits. It's quite popular in china for decorative proposes.

	Seriously? Have you ever eaten one? Cardboard has more apple flavor! This has to be the most misleadingly named food item ever! [[User:Mwburden\|mwburden]] ([[User talk:Mwburden\|talk]]) 03:13, 1 December 2016 (UTC)		Seriously? Have you ever eaten one? Cardboard has more apple flavor! This has to be the most misleadingly named food item ever! [[User:Mwburden\|mwburden]] ([[User talk:Mwburden\|talk]]) 03:13, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

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 Also, you haters of Red Delicious clearly haven't picked one ripe off the tree: crisp, juicy, with sweet, slightly translucent greenish flesh and dark, tannic skin with a natural waxy bloom. I agree that the Red Delicious in the store are mealy trash, but the original variety actually earned the name.--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.24|162.158.75.24]] 02:51, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
-I'm quite surprised at this one. I've always found Red Delicious to be very aptly named, that they're quite reliably delicious. Maybe the people (including Randall) who are bad-mouthing them just live around shitty apple growers? MY problem with them is that I find them incredibly delicate, that they easily bruise (and a bruise is hard to detect before biting into said bruise). Which is funny because someone described them as the very opposite. ???? I've always been a huge apple guy. Growing up I always considered Granny Smith my favourite, until when I was older and realized this preference was Force-Of-Habit, that it's too sour to warrant the "favourite" spot, LOL, I don't care much for sour. I think when I was little I liked that they were different, they're green and resilient against bruising. (so I quite agree with Randall's assessment there). To that end I'm also not much for the overly ubiquitous Macintosh (ubiquitous around here in Eastern Canada, anyway). I swear, everywhere I go there's more Macintosh than all others combined! And I find it to be the Russian Roulette of apples, you can take two identical looking apples, one will be sweet and delicious while the other is far-from-ripe sour. And it's always the default apple. My apple of choice is Cortland. Which I found out people classify as a cooking apple, which I don't get. It's sweet, flavourful, and RELIABLY so, I've never had a Cortland seem ripe and not be. And they're often large, giving me a lot of content in one apple. :) AND they're among a heartier apple, not bruising as easily as the Delicious series. I do heartily agree about Honey Crisp, I only buy Cortland or Honey Crisp generally. I find Pink Lady quite similar, and have enjoyed Galas and Fujis as well, such that I'll buy them on occasion. AFAIK Honey Crisp is an engineered experiment, which seems to make it harder to find. - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.117|173.245.52.117]] 04:19, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
+I'm quite surprised at this one. I've always found Red Delicious to be very aptly named, that they're quite reliably delicious. Maybe the people (including Randall) who are bad-mouthing them just live around shitty apple growers? MY problem with them is that I find them incredibly delicate, that they easily bruise (and a bruise is hard to detect before biting into said bruise). Which is funny because someone described them as the very opposite. ???? I've always been a huge apple guy. Growing up I always considered Granny Smith my favourite, until when I was older and realized this preference was Force-Of-Habit, that it's too sour to warrant the "favourite" spot, LOL, I don't care much for sour. I think when I was little I liked that they were different, they're green and resilient against bruising. (so I quite agree with Randall's assessment there). To that end I'm also not much for the overly ubiquitous Macintosh (ubiquitous around here in Eastern Canada, anyway). I swear, everywhere I go there's more Macintosh than all others combined! And I find it to be the Russian Roulette of apples, you can take two identical looking apples, one will be sweet and delicious while the other is far-from-ripe sour. And it's always the default apple. My apple of choice is Cortland. Which I found out people classify as a cooking apple, which I don't get. It's sweet, flavourful, and RELIABLY so, I've never had a Cortland seem ripe and not be. And they're often large, giving me a lot of content in one apple. :) AND they're among a heartier apple, not bruising as easily as the Delicious series. I do heartily agree about Honey Crisp, I only buy Cortland or Honey Crisp generally. I find Pink Lady quite similar, and have enjoyed Galas and Fujis as well, such that I'll buy them on occasion. AFAIK Honey Crisp is an engineered experiment, which seems to make it harder to find. - NiceGuy1 [[Special:Contributions/173.245.52.117|173.245.52.117]] 04:19, 2 December 2016 (UTC) I finally signed up! This comment is mine. [[User:NiceGuy1|NiceGuy1]] ([[User talk:NiceGuy1|talk]]) 03:36, 13 June 2017 (UTC)
 I have tried RD apples at peak ripeness, straight from the tree, more than once.  They were filthy, every time.  They weren't quite so flavorless as from the supermarket, or quite so mealy, but that was the best that could be said for them.  I would rather have no apples at all than the very best RD.  All I can say about people who prefer RD is that nearly half of Americans who voted actually chose an out-and-out con man, and before that for somebody who had already lied us all into a trillion-dollar war. You are why we can't have nice things. -ncm

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		+	I delete the alternate title text explanation, because it requires the assumption that what Randall would say is completely different from what he would mean. While that's not an unreasonable assumption in real life, it would be highly unusual for a published, written work. Besides which, the interpretation results in a joke that's really more of an antijoke.[[Special:Contributions/172.68.34.136\|172.68.34.136]] 02:38, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

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	I have another theory: In Snow White like tales - Red apples are evil poison, Granny Smith - A mashup of discworld's Granny Weatherwax and Eskarina Smith. not good or evil but doing their own things as seems right to them. Unfortunately I can't place Honeycrisp in this theory, wonder if someone can take it from here. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.76\|141.101.104.76]] 20:10, 2 December 2016 (UTC)		I have another theory: In Snow White like tales - Red apples are evil poison, Granny Smith - A mashup of discworld's Granny Weatherwax and Eskarina Smith. not good or evil but doing their own things as seems right to them. Unfortunately I can't place Honeycrisp in this theory, wonder if someone can take it from here. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.76\|141.101.104.76]] 20:10, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
	:You have the imagination of an english teacher. Or a conspiracy theorist.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.155\|162.158.89.155]] 02:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC)		:You have the imagination of an english teacher. Or a conspiracy theorist.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.155\|162.158.89.155]] 02:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
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 ;Sinclair
 *the Sinclair Spectrum was a computer which for its time was low cost and high spec. Apple also make computers. Funny incongruity much? --[[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.143|141.101.98.143]] 12:41, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 I have another theory: In Snow White like tales - Red apples are evil poison, Granny Smith - A mashup of discworld's Granny Weatherwax and Eskarina Smith. not good or evil but doing their own things as seems right to them. Unfortunately I can't place Honeycrisp in this theory, wonder if someone can take it from here. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.76|141.101.104.76]] 20:10, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
 :You have the imagination of an english teacher. Or a conspiracy theorist.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.155|162.158.89.155]] 02:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC)

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	Pink Lady has to be one of the worst apples around. Seriously. Apart from Golden Delicious. But it's a close call. Let's hear it for Egremont Russet and Worcester Pearmain and a whole lot of other impossible-or-hard-to-find proper varieties. Oooh apple wars, so much more fun than editor wars.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.43\|162.158.2.43]] 13:12, 1 December 2016 (UTC)		Pink Lady has to be one of the worst apples around. Seriously. Apart from Golden Delicious. But it's a close call. Let's hear it for Egremont Russet and Worcester Pearmain and a whole lot of other impossible-or-hard-to-find proper varieties. Oooh apple wars, so much more fun than editor wars.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.2.43\|162.158.2.43]] 13:12, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
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		+	:I like Golden Delicious. -- [[User:Hkmaly\|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly\|talk]]) 06:39, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

	Just chiming in to further dis Red Delicious ... In much of the US, for decades after WWII, only a very few apple cultivars were widely available - Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, & Granny Smith mostly. Red Delicious is nearly perfect for commercial, mechanized orchards and (like tomatoes), their flavor and texture were considered secondary to commercial/logistical issues (like longevity in storage and resistance to bruising). The problem is that they are often mealy, and are always, always bland - Red Delicious are to apples what boxed Kraft mac & cheese is to pasta. These days though, even US small town chain groceries will often carry a dozen varieties, and variety is the single greatest thing about apples. (The wondrous names are a bonus.) Nowadays, when we can always get Galas and Fujis, can very often find Braeburns, Arkansas Blacks, Jonagolds, and Winesaps, and occasionally SweeTangos, Nickajacks, Green Cheese and other varieties, I imagine that the Red Delicious lives on mostly by inertia. [[User:Miamiclay\|Miamiclay]] ([[User talk:Miamiclay\|talk]]) 18:31, 1 December 2016 (UTC)		Just chiming in to further dis Red Delicious ... In much of the US, for decades after WWII, only a very few apple cultivars were widely available - Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, & Granny Smith mostly. Red Delicious is nearly perfect for commercial, mechanized orchards and (like tomatoes), their flavor and texture were considered secondary to commercial/logistical issues (like longevity in storage and resistance to bruising). The problem is that they are often mealy, and are always, always bland - Red Delicious are to apples what boxed Kraft mac & cheese is to pasta. These days though, even US small town chain groceries will often carry a dozen varieties, and variety is the single greatest thing about apples. (The wondrous names are a bonus.) Nowadays, when we can always get Galas and Fujis, can very often find Braeburns, Arkansas Blacks, Jonagolds, and Winesaps, and occasionally SweeTangos, Nickajacks, Green Cheese and other varieties, I imagine that the Red Delicious lives on mostly by inertia. [[User:Miamiclay\|Miamiclay]] ([[User talk:Miamiclay\|talk]]) 18:31, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

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	I have another theory: In Snow White like tales - Red apples are evil poison, Granny Smith - A mashup of discworld's Granny Weatherwax and Eskarina Smith. not good or evil but doing their own things as seems right to them. Unfortunately I can't place Honeycrisp in this theory, wonder if someone can take it from here. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.76\|141.101.104.76]] 20:10, 2 December 2016 (UTC)		I have another theory: In Snow White like tales - Red apples are evil poison, Granny Smith - A mashup of discworld's Granny Weatherwax and Eskarina Smith. not good or evil but doing their own things as seems right to them. Unfortunately I can't place Honeycrisp in this theory, wonder if someone can take it from here. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.76\|141.101.104.76]] 20:10, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
		+	:You have the imagination of an english teacher. Or a conspiracy theorist.[[Special:Contributions/162.158.89.155\|162.158.89.155]] 02:00, 3 December 2016 (UTC)