tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post3479325905737113985..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Hooptedoodle #189a - Well, actually...MSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-75351960134223475962015-09-02T20:31:23.045+01:002015-09-02T20:31:23.045+01:00Yessss! What can I say, I'm a plastic tat iden...Yessss! What can I say, I'm a plastic tat identification pro. Was there a prize? Not the tat itself, please! <br /><br />Also, proof:<br />http://www.bananaguard.comPhyllionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451215894349113521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-60278478215633458192015-09-02T11:17:36.803+01:002015-09-02T11:17:36.803+01:00Apples are like just about every fruit, vegetable,...Apples are like just about every fruit, vegetable, domestic animal and musical genre in that they have become more standardised, less diverse, and much more bland as the super markets tell farmers what to grow and "customers" what to buy. Thankfully we have a decent market here, and can still find honesty box stalls at farm gates.<br />The Aussie cultivars are anything but soft, and would probably beat the stuffing out of your over-coddled Blue Noser apples in a street fight. They all grow in places like Tasmania that people largely avoid because they are cold, wet and all together a lot like England.<br />As for the dangly cord thing, it won't last. Health and Safety will have it banned lest kiddies use the device as a substitute for the all-but-lethal conker.Steve Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440638652987274722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-59839857884477086762015-09-01T20:20:29.506+01:002015-09-01T20:20:29.506+01:00Mind boggled. Do they use similar devices on the t...Mind boggled. Do they use similar devices on the trees to ensure the apples grow in the precise shape to fit or is that a GMO thing? <br />Apparently there used to be several hundred (I forget the exact number) of registered varieties of apples in Nova Scotia but these days it has shrunk to a dozen or so, not including wimpy Aussie newbies that presumably require extended sunshine and warmth. Most of our apples tend to be round though so wouldn't fit the carrier. I suppose the dangly cord would allow kids to show that their parents can afford to have their fruit shipped across the globe rather than buying from the ever decreasing number of local growers.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-29751077902011959992015-09-01T18:46:06.240+01:002015-09-01T18:46:06.240+01:00I hadn't realised Granny Smiths were Australia...I hadn't realised Granny Smiths were Australian either, but they most certainly are. Respect.<br /><br />The dangly thing - I'm not sure, but perhaps kiddies' knapsacks have a thing in the corner for hanging your apple-case from - just next to the iPhone holder. No? - oh well.<br /><br />We grow some interesting apples here in our garden - just a dwarf tree, really, but a variety called Redlove Era, which is pest and blight resistant, has dark crimson blossom and dark red apples with vivid red flesh - I guess you can eat them straight off the tree, but we stew em - they make a very colourful crumble - yummy. The variety is from Switzerland - a smallish country not far from Europe, where they specialise in chocolate, cuckoo clocks, railways (in places where most countries wouldn't even have places) and Nazi-owned works of art - all right, cancel the last bit - I got into an old version of Wikipedia.<br /><br />Because they are fun, I'll add a picture of the red apples to the blog post.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-3699358684063655462015-09-01T13:20:54.550+01:002015-09-01T13:20:54.550+01:00What a load of bo((ox!What a load of bo((ox!Ray Rousellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352596392520905197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-75428625327386620882015-09-01T12:37:26.019+01:002015-09-01T12:37:26.019+01:00At last, no more bruised apples in the haversack! ...At last, no more bruised apples in the haversack! Of course, a lot more time buying ones of the precise dimensions of the case, but you can't have everything. Why does it need the dangly thing? From whence might one, as it were, dangle an apple?<br />I had no idea that Pink Ladies were Australian, until now. A little Google-fu reveals they originate in Western Australia.<br />I love them, crispy and sweet, my sole choice for an eating apple. The other great Aussie apple, the Granny Smith, is ideal for cooking and juicing.<br />You can keep your tired, old world apples ... unless you want to make a proper cider, of course.Steve Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440638652987274722noreply@blogger.com