baked apples

"George" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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jake said:

Bob (this one) said:

Did an experiment. Three kinds of apples baked together to see how
they'd turn out. Granny Smith, golden delicious, ginger gold.

Peeled, cored and filled with dried cranberries. Brown sugar over top,
dab of butter on each. Around the apples in the pan, apricot preserves
warmed/melted in apple juice. Basted every 10 minutes or so. Total cook
time about 35 minutes. 350°F.

The golden delicious became a mediocre applesauce in just over 15
minutes. The granny smiths seemed to have very little flavor. Not [censored],
not sweet, just a kind of weak apple flavor, though considerably more
solid than the golden delicious. The ginger golds were brilliant. Firm,
sweet/[censored], still had that little bite aftertaste at the end.

Clear enough to me.

Pastorio

I am not familiar with the ginger gold variety. Is it a cooking apple?

It is classified as both. We get them fresh from a local orchard that
started selling them last year.

I bought ginger gold at Costco last week. They aren't heavily waxed!!! I
can't recall excactly the price -- something like 76 cents? a lb. The
reason I bought them was that they looked the freshest, no other reason.
We've been having them as a mid-afternoon snack. I wouldn't RAVE about
them, but they are good.
Dee Dee

In article <[email hidden]>, Becca <[email hidden]>

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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

I use galas, and peel, core and quarter them and re-assemble the
quarters into a small bowl. Add butter, raw sugar (or splenda for
myself) and cinnamon and bake them in the microwave.

Cheers!

Gala's and Fuji's are my favorite apples, but I was afraid they would
not hold up well if they were baked. I will try cooking Gala's in a
microwave. I have been microwaving acorn squash, I may as well try
apples, too.

Becca

Just don't overdo. :-)
That's easy to do in the m-wave!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
"jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>> In article <[email hidden]>,
>> "Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>> Did an experiment. Three kinds of apples baked together to see
>>> how they'd turn out. Granny Smith, golden delicious, ginger gold.
>>> Pastorio
>>
>> Have you considered Gala's? :-d
>
> Peaches, my lovebird, adores gala apples!
> Jill

My cockatoo is the same way. ;-)
She is also picky about oranges.

I've never tried to give oranges to Peaches; any suggestions as to
the type?

I've offered valencias and navels. Freya prefers Valencias (sp?).

Quoted message said:

She loves fresh greens - most particularly kale. And she adores
carrots!

I wish freya would eat more greens! I've been offering her different
stuff and recently found out she liked Savoy cabbage.

Quoted message said:

Here's Peaches:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/105626707/462411375QlbOSH

Jill

Man! Lovebirds are so colorful! :-)

Yep, she's bright!

Quoted message said:

I see you offer her plenty of toys. I've started making my own toys
for
the most part to save on $$$. Freya can go thru wood toys pretty
quickly
and they can get costly after a bit! Untreated wood beads from the
craft store dyed with food coloring work well.

Cockatoos are *big* 🙂 Peaches is about 6 inches long, head to tail. She
chews on her toys but hasn't managed to destroy any yet. But yes, I bought
some of those link things and naturally dyed beads so I can make some. The
leather "string" I bought is too big, though. Maybe I could send it to you.

Quoted message said:

Here is Freya in her aviary:

http://tinypic.com/e869vo.jpg

How pretty! Is she a Goffin? I see pink on her face. But what I know
about Cockatoos could fit in my little finger.

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We hated to keep her locked in a small parrot cage so used to let her
fly free during the day, but she just got to be too destructive. :-(
Even the largest $600.00 parrot cages were too small in our opinion,
so
dad and I built her an aviary on the sun porch and that has worked out
well! Her "cage" is now 6' tall by 4.5' deep by 8' long. It's walk in
with a gate so I can go in and have lovey sessions with her, and hang
LOTS of toys! :-)

How cool is that! Very nice aviary! The cage I *want* for Peaches looks
like a piece of furniture and costs about $800, which means "no way" 🙂
Good thing she's happy in her space. LOL

Jill

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

Becca said:

My favorite apples to bake, are Braeburn, Empire and Jonathan. They hold
up well.

All male apples... 😉

Sheldon

Wot's a female apple?

Paula Red, Ida Red, Granny Smith, like that.

Sheldon

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> In article <[email hidden]>,
> "jmcquown" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
>> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
>>> In article <[email hidden]>,
>>> "Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Did an experiment. Three kinds of apples baked together to see
>>>> how they'd turn out. Granny Smith, golden delicious, ginger gold.
>>>> Pastorio
>>>
>>> Have you considered Gala's? :-d
>>
>> Peaches, my lovebird, adores gala apples!
>> Jill
>
> My cockatoo is the same way. ;-)
> She is also picky about oranges.

I've never tried to give oranges to Peaches; any suggestions as to
the type?

I've offered valencias and navels. Freya prefers Valencias (sp?).

Quoted message said:

She loves fresh greens - most particularly kale. And she adores
carrots!

I wish freya would eat more greens! I've been offering her different
stuff and recently found out she liked Savoy cabbage.

Quoted message said:

Here's Peaches:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/105626707/462411375QlbOSH

Jill

Man! Lovebirds are so colorful! :-)

Yep, she's bright!

Quoted message said:

I see you offer her plenty of toys. I've started making my own toys
for
the most part to save on $$$. Freya can go thru wood toys pretty
quickly
and they can get costly after a bit! Untreated wood beads from the
craft store dyed with food coloring work well.

Cockatoos are *big* 🙂 Peaches is about 6 inches long, head to tail. She
chews on her toys but hasn't managed to destroy any yet. But yes, I bought
some of those link things and naturally dyed beads so I can make some. The
leather "string" I bought is too big, though. Maybe I could send it to you.

Quoted message said:

Here is Freya in her aviary:

http://tinypic.com/e869vo.jpg

How pretty! Is she a Goffin? I see pink on her face. But what I know
about Cockatoos could fit in my little finger.

Yes, she is a Goffin's which are about 1/2 the size of the sulfer
crests. She is actually not ver big. <G>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

We hated to keep her locked in a small parrot cage so used to let her
fly free during the day, but she just got to be too destructive. :-(
Even the largest $600.00 parrot cages were too small in our opinion,
so
dad and I built her an aviary on the sun porch and that has worked out
well! Her "cage" is now 6' tall by 4.5' deep by 8' long. It's walk in
with a gate so I can go in and have lovey sessions with her, and hang
LOTS of toys! :-)

How cool is that! Very nice aviary! The cage I *want* for Peaches looks
like a piece of furniture and costs about $800, which means "no way" 🙂
Good thing she's happy in her space. LOL

Jill

So long as she has daily mommy-time, she should be fine. :-)

Freya loves to chew on leather.
What could I trade you for it?

Cheers!

Quoted message said:

--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

Shoot me an email 🙂 My address is not munged.

Quoted message said:

Freya loves to chew on leather.

Cheers!

Jill

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

OmManiPadmeOmelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Sheldon said:

Becca wrote:
>
> My favorite apples to bake, are Braeburn, Empire and Jonathan. They hold
> up well.

All male apples... 😉

Sheldon

Wot's a female apple?

Paula Red, Ida Red, Granny Smith, like that.

Sheldon

Oh. Sorry. ;-)
Just consider that a "whoosh" over my head the first time.

I get it now...

So, where do you classify Gala's?

<grins>
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

In article <[email hidden]>,

jmcquown said:

Shoot me an email 🙂 My address is not munged.

Quoted message said:

Freya loves to chew on leather.

Cheers!

Jill

Done. :-)

The aviary we built, even with the more than large roll of aviary wire,
cost just under $400.00 to build. I'm hoping to re-coup some of the
money by re-selling the rest of the wire!

Cheers!
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-[censored]." -Jack Nicholson

George said:

jake said:

Bob (this one) said:

Did an experiment. Three kinds of apples baked together to see how
they'd turn out. Granny Smith, golden delicious, ginger gold.

Peeled, cored and filled with dried cranberries. Brown sugar over
top, dab of butter on each. Around the apples in the pan, apricot
preserves warmed/melted in apple juice. Basted every 10 minutes or
so. Total cook time about 35 minutes. 350°F.

The golden delicious became a mediocre applesauce in just over 15
minutes. The granny smiths seemed to have very little flavor. Not
[censored], not sweet, just a kind of weak apple flavor, though
considerably more solid than the golden delicious. The ginger golds
were brilliant. Firm, sweet/[censored], still had that little bite
aftertaste at the end.

Clear enough to me.

Pastorio

I am not familiar with the ginger gold variety. Is it a cooking apple?

It is classified as both. We get them fresh from a local orchard that
started selling them last year.

Ok, thanks!

The Cook said:

On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:18:05 +0200, jake <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Bob (this one) said:

Did an experiment. Three kinds of apples baked together to see how
they'd turn out. Granny Smith, golden delicious, ginger gold.

Peeled, cored and filled with dried cranberries. Brown sugar over top,
dab of butter on each. Around the apples in the pan, apricot preserves
warmed/melted in apple juice. Basted every 10 minutes or so. Total cook
time about 35 minutes. 350°F.

The golden delicious became a mediocre applesauce in just over 15
minutes. The granny smiths seemed to have very little flavor. Not [censored],
not sweet, just a kind of weak apple flavor, though considerably more
solid than the golden delicious. The ginger golds were brilliant. Firm,
sweet/[censored], still had that little bite aftertaste at the end.

Clear enough to me.

Pastorio

I am not familiar with the ginger gold variety. Is it a cooking apple?

http://www.virginiaapples.org/varieties/gingergold.html

that's a start, thank you!

Bob (this one) said:

jake said:

Bob (this one) said:

Did an experiment. Three kinds of apples baked together to see how
they'd turn out. Granny Smith, golden delicious, ginger gold.

Peeled, cored and filled with dried cranberries. Brown sugar over
top, dab of butter on each. Around the apples in the pan, apricot
preserves warmed/melted in apple juice. Basted every 10 minutes or
so. Total cook time about 35 minutes. 350°F.

The golden delicious became a mediocre applesauce in just over 15
minutes. The granny smiths seemed to have very little flavor. Not
[censored], not sweet, just a kind of weak apple flavor, though
considerably more solid than the golden delicious. The ginger golds
were brilliant. Firm, sweet/[censored], still had that little bite
aftertaste at the end.

Clear enough to me.

Pastorio

I am not familiar with the ginger gold variety. Is it a cooking apple?

Dunno how it's classified. It's a new variety that I can find only at
Costco. Asking questions like that at their stores will get blank stares
from staff.

Pastorio

I can imaginethat staff doens't know its products> I presuem training
them would be too expensive.

sf said:

jake said:

I am not familiar with the ginger gold variety. Is it a cooking apple?

I'm not surprised, I'm not familiar with it either. Different parts
of the country have different types of apples that are gown in the
region.

I believe we are in different countries, even> So imagine what
differences there might be.

George said:

jake said:

Bob (this one) said:

Did an experiment. Three kinds of apples baked together to see how
they'd turn out. Granny Smith, golden delicious, ginger gold.

Peeled, cored and filled with dried cranberries. Brown sugar over
top, dab of butter on each. Around the apples in the pan, apricot
preserves warmed/melted in apple juice. Basted every 10 minutes or
so. Total cook time about 35 minutes. 350°F.

The golden delicious became a mediocre applesauce in just over 15
minutes. The granny smiths seemed to have very little flavor. Not
[censored], not sweet, just a kind of weak apple flavor, though
considerably more solid than the golden delicious. The ginger golds
were brilliant. Firm, sweet/[censored], still had that little bite
aftertaste at the end.

Clear enough to me.

Pastorio

I am not familiar with the ginger gold variety. Is it a cooking apple?

It is classified as both. We get them fresh from a local orchard that
started selling them last year.

I am curious, although the flavor described on the site (posted above)
sounds too sweet for my taste.

"jake" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Bob (this one) wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Dunno how it's classified. It's a new variety that I can find only at
Costco. Asking questions like that at their stores will get blank stares
from staff.

Quoted message said:

I can imaginethat staff doens't know its products> I presuem training them
would be too expensive.

Costco is a warehouse store, you are pretty much on your own.
Merchandise is move it in, move it out. No staff lurking around
with answers for apple questions.

nancy