Passover '10 notes

[jbsegal]

21# chicken/17.5q water and then 12#/10.5q
All with more veg added than I usually do. This seems to be a good thing.
Having the 60Q pot to work in to start was a good thing.

5x Matzah ball recipe made.

10#apples/2#walnuts/cassia/cinnamon/found the nutmeg/concord grape all chopped. More wine will be needed. Probably more spices, too.
I don't know why I used Red Del and Braeburn some years ago, but this year I fear it was a bad idea... the RD's were tiny and the peel was inedible. The Brae's were ... not _soft_, and I don't think 'mealy' is the right word... they keep their shape but almost crumble if you look at them funny.
Laurie suggest empires.
Other suggestions also welcome - I want some sweet, and some semi-tart, all with a good firm texture that will hold up to chopping and walnuts and such.

It's nearly 5am. Gahx2.

Good... night...

Comments

[42itous.livejournal.com]

It's hard to find *any* good apples at this season. Empires are great, but not after they've been in storage all winter. (That's why I like to make a batch of haroset in September.) I used Gala, I think, when I helped my mom make some this weekend, and that turned out well.

[the-nita.livejournal.com]

If you can, find a good orchard near you - I'm lucky in that there are several, and their apple stocks are still remarkably fresh (for late March).

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

macoun and pink lady are very nice for sweet. granny smith are always my favorite tart apple.

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

also honey crisp...

[gmpe.livejournal.com]

Gala is a good (not too) sweet apple that seems to have a good texture. Empires are like an upscale Mac, in my world. Better flavor, a little sweeter. Almost went with those. I've also used Fiji's. I'm cooking for kids, so we don't need much semi-tart in our world yet. ;)

Chag sameach!

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

I support the empire and macoun suggestions. Honey Crisps are like the nouveau riche of apples to me, I don't trust them yet. (Bear in mind that my family are apple farmers back about 400 years on my mom's side...)

Anyway, I found some good Empires at Russo's the other week. They maybe storage (and how could they *not* be at this time of year!) but they were *well* stored and that makes all the difference.

Whatever my dinner is tonight, it's looking awfully sad!

[dsrtao]

Nobody's mentioned Cortland apples for the sweet side. If you can find them, of course...

Aside from that, another vote for Macoun.

[foms.livejournal.com]

You beat me to it.

[miraclaire.livejournal.com]

James and I used Granny Smiths this year, and it seems to have come out well.

[lionessprite.livejournal.com]

Woof!