Day 38 - Sun-Maid dried Washington Apples

They are not fresh.  They are dried ... apples!  Sun-Maid dried Washington Apples are made using only the highest quality Washington apples.  They are orchard-ripened to the peak of their flavor, picked, sliced, carefully, oh so carefully dried and sealed into 5-ounce zipper bags to lock in freshness.

I found they had a pleasant level of stickiness and a shape that allowed me to stick them to my face as a mustache or eye brows!  With a little makeup, you could probably make them into a good fake scar as well.

I could not find out what specific variety of apple they are made from but they are tasty!  I like them on their own, in oatmeal, on my face or on cereal.  The only added ingredients are Potassium Metabisulfite and Sodium Sulfite as preservatives. They are healthier than cookies or chips so that's good.

In conclusion, they are better than raisins.  Tomorrow, I review Marzetti Peanut Butter Caramel Dip! for apples.  Crunch on!

Day 37 - Organic Braeburn and Dreams

Today's apple is the organic version of my old friend, from the 1990's, the Braeburn.  It is a good apple, this one is a good apple.  I would place it somewhere in the middle if I were ranking them, sweet, juicy, tart and fairly firm.

I would not be doing this blog today if not for the Braeburn.  As I said in my Day 9 review,  I was on lunch break at work at the Fox affiliate in Rochester, NY around 1997.  I brought an apple for lunch that day, not realizing it would be the best apple I had every eaten.  It was such a good apple, sweet, juicy, tart, just the right level of firmness and most importantly, that fragrant, floral quality that I had never experienced in an apple!  It was like the apple had been injected with rose water, wow!  It was like looking God in the face!  My legs buckled, I dropped my chips and they literally fell in slow motion.  I screamed, "Oh my God!" and then passed out.

I awoke, face down in a pile of broken chips and dreams to Ted the janitor emptying the trash.  I surveyed the room carefully but any evidence of the Braeburn's existence was gone.  I grabbed Ted by the leg and pleaded, "have you seen ... an apple?"  He said, "no" and pulled away quite rudely. Maybe the whole thing was a dream.  I have been chasing that dragon ever since.

Tomorrow, I review Sun Made brand dried Washington apples.  Crunch on!

Day 36 - Apple Butter Streusel Muffins

Today's review is for a homemade Apple Butter Streusel Muffin.  My wife Laura found the recipe online but added a little candied ginger to the steusel and this muffin is the bomb-diggity!  She executed the recipe flawlessly and it is so good.  The muffin has some cinnamon and nutmeg in the batter.  It has a layer of apple butter, a steusel topping and a apple cider glaze.  Good shit, yo.  Apple-eee and hot-damn!  Here is a link to the recipe:  https://www.tastesoflizzyt.com/apple-butter-streusel-muffins/

Tomorrow, I review the last actual apple I will review for a while.  It is an Organic Braeburn.  I looked for apples at some stores yesterday I hadn't been to before.  I went to Cermak Fresh Market. They had the biggest produce department I have ever seen but no apples I hadn't tried.  I went to Pacific Produce, nothing new.  I found an Organic Braeburn at a new Sendik's store on Miller Park Way.  This will be tomorrow's review.  I will have to wait for the next growing season for some new apples.  Crunch on!