Claude, good observation on the oxidation. There is an apple called "Snow Sweet" that is supposed to resist browning as well. Thanks for the link to your book, I just ordered a copy on Amazon. I look forward to reading it. Here's my book, with little to say about apples, but what the heck... http://www.amazon.com/Biology-Human-Freedom-Understanding-Self-Ownership/dp/0692205667/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402085345&sr=8-1&keywords=the+biology+of+human+freedom
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 7:13 PM, Ginda Fisher <l...@ginda.us> wrote: > > On Feb 26, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Claude Jolicoeur wrote: > > Le 18:50 2015.02.26, vous avez écrit: > > I am not particularly excited about the advantages of Arctic Apples, > although it will be interesting to see if they eventually play a role in > expanding the shelf life of sliced apples. > > > > There was a discussion on those apples on another forum recently, and one > person had a very interesting argument, which I think makes a lot of sense. > > It would be that these apples are not intended to be sold direct to > consumers... In effect, an apple eater wouldn't care less if the apple he > eats will stay white or not. And the apple eater will always prefer a > non-GMO apple given choice and knowledge (unless the GMO apple is less > expensive obviously...). > > However, restaurants, cafeterias and other McDonald of this world is a > totally different story. For these people it makes a lot of sense to have > non-browning apples, as they can prepare plates of sliced apples in the > morning, that will still look good in the afternoon. And as we all know, no > one at McDo will ever ask if what they eat is GMO or irradiated or anything > else... Hence, these GMO apples would actually be engineered for this > market. > > And by the way, as I touched the subject... Those that are old enough > might remember there was quire similar arguments many years ago about > irradiated fruits and vegetables. No one talks about this any more! Any of > you out there knows if irradiation is still done, and to what extent??? Are > there irradiated apples out there on the grocery store shelves? > > Finally, as a cider maker, I am a bit puzzled by these Arctic apples... I > assume that if used for cider (I mean hard cider here, but this could also > apply to fresh apple juice), they would produce a fully uncolored cider, > like true Champagne. While traditional cider may be quite deep in color, > mostly if the pomace is left to macerate between milling and pressing. It > will be interesting to see if some cider makers will use them to make > colorless cider! > > Claude Jolicoeur > > Author, > *The New Cider Maker's Handbook * http://www.cjoliprsf.ca/ > http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/the_new_cider_makers_handbook/ > > According to wikipedia, > "In total, 103 000 tonnes of food products were irradiated on mainland > United States in 2010. The three types of foods irradiated the most were > spices (77.7%), fruits and vegetables (14.6%) and meat and poultry (7.77%). > 17 953 tonnes of irradiated fruits and vegetables were exported to the > mainland United States.[69] Mexico, the United States' state of Hawaii, > Thailand, Vietnam and India export irradiated produce to the mainland U.S. > [69][70][71] Mexico, followed by the United States' state of Hawaii, is > the largest exporter of irradiated produce to the mainland U.S.[69]" > > I think most spices are now irradiated, and not a lot of other stuff. > > I'm sure you are right that the primary market for arctic apples is fast > food, etc. But as a consumer, I'd think they would be attractive to anyone > bringing apple slices or fruit salad to a pot-luck, or to a parent packing > apple slices in the morning for a child's lunch. I but different apples > depending on whether I plan to eat them fresh or make pie or apple sauce. > Cortland apples already have a reputation of being slower to brown, and are > commonly purchased for fruit salad for that reason. I expect to see the > arctic apples marketed to end consumers, as well as to food vendors. > > Ginda > > > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > >
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