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Apple review: Diva
Hey, remember how I used to do apple reviews?
I stopped by the fancypants grocery store on my way to work this morning, and found an apple I didn't immediately recognize. It's been a while. I looked back through my reviews, and it appears that it is indeed new to me! Odd time of year for a new New Zealand apple, but I'll take it.
Ah, I missed this bullshit.
Apple blogger Adam says, "It is pleasant and sweet, though not cloying, with some vanilla and a hint of table grapes along with the cane sugar. A measure of astringency adds to its charm. These flavors, like the colors on the peel, are a little washed out. The overall effect is crisp and delicate, but not terribly memorable."
Adam also says, "The summer harvest parade is well under way by mid August, with quality local varieties such as Williams Pride, Gingergold, and Gravenstein available fresh at farmers market. Diva is not without interest... but especially this time of year there is nothing to recommend it over the local fruit."
Adam clearly doesn't live in southern fucking California. I would love to eat some local apples -- heavily branded Honeycrisp imitators are not my idea of a good time -- but I take what I can get. There is a small local harvest in Julian, a town in the mountains near San Diego, but despite their trademarked Julian Apple Pie and Julian Apple Cider, they actually outsource most of their apples. Last year, the weather ruined the harvest, and that was that. I'll try again this year, but while they have a number of "pick your own apple" farms, I don't want to just go pick a Gala or whatever. What I actually want is to go to a farmers' market and find half a dozen things I've never heard of. It's not an experience I'm likely to have around here.
But I do have this Diva apple, so let's see how it is.
Verdict: Well, okay, he's right that the taste is a little washed out, sort of juicy and diluted, but it's actually got some subtlety, and I'm pretty desperate. I don't hate it. I could wish it had just a hint more tartness or complexity, but at least it isn't horrendously sweet. The flavor is growing on me; I'm not sure I'm having a Diva Moment, but I enjoyed the whole apple.
Buy again? Sure. Maybe if I were being bombarded with interesting apples like some people I wouldn't look twice, but I liked it. It reminded me a little of Aurora, a rather subtle/slightly watery apple I had once last year and was never able to find again. I'd eat another.
I stopped by the fancypants grocery store on my way to work this morning, and found an apple I didn't immediately recognize. It's been a while. I looked back through my reviews, and it appears that it is indeed new to me! Odd time of year for a new New Zealand apple, but I'll take it.
Ah, I missed this bullshit.
Apple blogger Adam says, "It is pleasant and sweet, though not cloying, with some vanilla and a hint of table grapes along with the cane sugar. A measure of astringency adds to its charm. These flavors, like the colors on the peel, are a little washed out. The overall effect is crisp and delicate, but not terribly memorable."
Adam also says, "The summer harvest parade is well under way by mid August, with quality local varieties such as Williams Pride, Gingergold, and Gravenstein available fresh at farmers market. Diva is not without interest... but especially this time of year there is nothing to recommend it over the local fruit."
Adam clearly doesn't live in southern fucking California. I would love to eat some local apples -- heavily branded Honeycrisp imitators are not my idea of a good time -- but I take what I can get. There is a small local harvest in Julian, a town in the mountains near San Diego, but despite their trademarked Julian Apple Pie and Julian Apple Cider, they actually outsource most of their apples. Last year, the weather ruined the harvest, and that was that. I'll try again this year, but while they have a number of "pick your own apple" farms, I don't want to just go pick a Gala or whatever. What I actually want is to go to a farmers' market and find half a dozen things I've never heard of. It's not an experience I'm likely to have around here.
But I do have this Diva apple, so let's see how it is.
Verdict: Well, okay, he's right that the taste is a little washed out, sort of juicy and diluted, but it's actually got some subtlety, and I'm pretty desperate. I don't hate it. I could wish it had just a hint more tartness or complexity, but at least it isn't horrendously sweet. The flavor is growing on me; I'm not sure I'm having a Diva Moment, but I enjoyed the whole apple.
Buy again? Sure. Maybe if I were being bombarded with interesting apples like some people I wouldn't look twice, but I liked it. It reminded me a little of Aurora, a rather subtle/slightly watery apple I had once last year and was never able to find again. I'd eat another.
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I hope you can find more apples to explore
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excuse you that is a DIVA™ moment