Comments on: Bramley apples, an English culinary icon resurgent http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/ A piecemeal investigation into the origins of our food Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:07:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: UK apple exports up... but still less than orange exports | The Tracing Paper http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/#comment-5203 UK apple exports up... but still less than orange exports | The Tracing Paper Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:33:11 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/#comment-5203 [...] It’s good news for struggling English (and the few Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish) apple producers, and also for the lucky recipients of our excellent Discoveries, Coxes, Worcester Pearmains and Bramleys. [...] [...] It’s good news for struggling English (and the few Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish) apple producers, and also for the lucky recipients of our excellent Discoveries, Coxes, Worcester Pearmains and Bramleys. [...]

]]> By: Peter May http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/#comment-17 Peter May Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:08:19 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/#comment-17 There's no reason not to eat cookers. If you like eating Granny Smiths you'll like eating Bramleys. I always thought the distinction that made an apple a 'cooker' was that its cells collapsed on cooking, i.e. its flesh went fluffy. There's at least one other category of apple and that cider apples, meant for making cider. I have never come across one of them (outside a bottle :) There’s no reason not to eat cookers. If you like eating Granny Smiths you’ll
like eating Bramleys.

I always thought the distinction that made an apple a ‘cooker’ was that its cells collapsed on cooking, i.e. its flesh went fluffy. There’s at least one other category of apple and that cider apples, meant for making cider. I have never come across one of them (outside a bottle :)

]]> By: Danielley http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/#comment-4 Danielley Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:59:15 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/#comment-4 Just moved to the UK and made some nice pies with Bramleys. They're quite close to Granny Smiths - nice and just tart enough to stand alone well in a pie without having to mix in sweeter apples. They're somewhat dry as well, like Grannies. I tasted one and it definitely tasted similar to Grannies, but I'm probably breaking some sort of long-standing tradition by saying so. The Brits definitely are doing their apples right - they're amazingly tasty! Just moved to the UK and made some nice pies with Bramleys. They’re quite close to Granny Smiths - nice and just tart enough to stand alone well in a pie without having to mix in sweeter apples. They’re somewhat dry as well, like Grannies. I tasted one and it definitely tasted similar to Grannies, but I’m probably breaking some sort of long-standing tradition by saying so.

The Brits definitely are doing their apples right - they’re amazingly tasty!

]]> By: Smerky http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/#comment-3 Smerky Tue, 27 Mar 2007 02:50:05 +0000 http://www.tracingpaper.org.uk/2007/03/26/growth-for-bramley-apples/#comment-3 I didn't know there was a difference between cooking apples and "dessert" apples... Bramleys sound delicious though! I didn’t know there was a difference between cooking apples and “dessert” apples… Bramleys sound delicious though!

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