[frozenbit]

A lot of terrible eating apples are great for baking, Granny Smith for example.

Also, red delicious _used_ to be, well, delicious. But selective breeding made them taste terrible: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Delicious

Wonder if the same will happen to other popular varieties, or if apple growers know better now.

[unmole]

> A lot of terrible eating apples are great for baking, Granny Smith for example.

There's no accounting for taste. Grany Smith is my favourite eating apple.

[r00fus]

I dunno - honeycrisp is not bad in a pie either. Depends on your preferred consistency at the end game.

Preference for consistency is also very subjective - gala apples while "mediocre" were preferred by my kids as they're "softer" when slightly overripe, better for smaller younger mouths.

[aidenn0]

Granny Smith falls apart when baked; I prefer something that retains some toothy-ness like a Rome.

[jcims]

I distinctly remember picking red delicious as easily my favorite apple in the 80's. It's unrecognizable now.