[soapboxrocket]

He's got Granny Smith in the shit category, and this just reminds me of a funny story about dogs!

We had two corgis and my wife made all their meals by hand. Part of their diet was apples, but we found one of the corgis would almost always eat around the apple (usually just a cheap red apple) pieces and leave them for the other dog. Then one time Granny Smith apples were cheaper at the grocery store so that is what we purchased and provided. He ate them up!

Turns out the dog just didn't like the sweeter apples and wanted the tart tang of a good Granny Smith.

[jonahx]

Came here to say that this invalidates the entire list!

Great to see this as the top comment!

[Karawebnetwork]

Red Delicious 25

Granny Smith 53

McIntosh 45

Cortland 24

Either I have never had a good apple or there is something off with this list and the reviews. Could it be they are using imported or out of season apples?

This list is pretty much the apples I have access to locally and they are all perceivably better than some of the international variety that are ranked higher on that website.

The comment section for Cortland is savage and honestly I agree with a lot of it.

[Dudical]

Red Delicious was described as "mealy", which sounds like an out of season apple. The science behind long term storage of apples made it really common to have edible apples all year round but when critiquing you've got to take freshness into account.

This site has a comedy bend but with all the interest I'd love to see it embrace a rotten tomatoes kind of style (the critics vs. the masses).

[Blackthorn]

I've had red deliciouses direct from the farmstand and they're mealy. They really are just bad.

[TylerE]

Nothing says delicious like having to put that in the name, right?

Actually powerful people don’t go around saying how powerful and important they are. They don’t need to.

[mark-r]

I've found that to be a universal truism in marketing. If your product is missing some important attribute, put it into the name. The power of suggestion overcomes reality. The Red Delicious apple is the very product that hammered this home for me.

[swasheck]

apparently the red delicious was selectively bred for appearance over taste and texture according to an article (which i cannot find) i read a few years ago (and somehow retained this information).

now the darlings are, apparently, pink lady and honeycrisp, which are both excellent apples.

[batiudrami]

Every golden and red delicious apple I’ve ever had I would describe as “mealy” though. In Australia we don’t get many of these varieties but Pink Lady is my favourite so I’m tentatively happy to back this list in.

[cvwright]

That’s only because you have terrible taste in apples. :)

Seriously though, who rates Braeburn at 73 and Cortland at 24? They’re really not that different if you get them fresh.

It sounds like they found their test Cortlands in a wet bag behind a dumpster.

[LilBytes]

I suspect the author of the website has no time for tart apples, seems there's a bias for sweetness.

[cvwright]

I suspect the author has a sample size of one for some of these varietals. Some of these descriptions are… off.

[josefdlange]

I have a corgi and that tracks for me. To people who don't have corgs, they're sweet kind friendly cute delicate beautiful creatures. The those of us who have been blessed with corgs in our lives, we know they're really the Frank Reynolds of dogs. And I love my corg for it. She's a trash dog, a scrappy little scamp, and knows that everyone else she meets will never, ever know it.

[jojobas]

All of their top picks are red, and the two I've tried are too sweet and bland at the same time.

I'll pick a Granny Smith any day over any red apple, the authors of this "ranking" appear quite arrogant in their pretentiousness.

Then again, I eat lemons whole so what do I know.

[reportingsjr]

I absolutely love sour foods, to the point of drinking straight up lemon juice when I was younger. I eat a granny smith apple probably every other day, and the more sour the better. Yet, my S.O. recoils at the thought of eating granny smiths. I wonder why people have such varied responses when it comes to sour foods.

[TylerE]

Their 3rd highest rated apple is incredibly sour.

[jojobas]

Seems to only be available half a year from now where I am, will try to remember.

[swyx]

you can listen to him rant about the Granny Smith at the end of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zohlRKE49wo pretty funny

“Granny Smith apple”

“Oh boy... Alright you just made a mistake”

[matwood]

Dogs are as unique as people :)

All 3 of my dogs love love love bananas. To the point where they can be dead asleep and they wake up from the sound of peeling the banana. My guess is they all would have preferred the sweeter apples over the tart ones.

[jamiek88]

I had a dog who loved watermelon. She was a (rescue) pug too so you can imagine the mess she made of that.

Even on her deathbed, literal hours before crossing the bridge, she still managed a little.

(Wow, I’m 45, it’s been nearly 5 years and I suddenly started crying after writing that. Goddamn I miss that dog. RIP Lucy.)

(I defensively stated rescue as I’m often assailed with ‘pugs should not exist’ replies. I tend to agree. But they do. So let’s give them the best lives possible and pressure breeders not guardians. Guardian instead of owner. I don’t want to own a sentient being. Semantics maybe but language changes attitudes and you all let that 02022 is the year guy do his schtick!)

[matwood]

No explanation needed. We have 3 frenchies - also rescues. People get them, realize their vets bills are insane, and then dump them off. They are also a big breed in puppy mills that get shut down. We have spent an inordinate amount of money on frenchies over the years (we've had 5 - not at the same time, but 2 died prematurely from health issues), but these dogs didn't chose be here, and deserve a good life.

[LilBytes]

You're both doing incredible work. It's heart breaking losing a dog, it's raw for me now currently I'm still in the crying-almost-daily stage.

Not too dissimilar to me, though I don't often go breed specific but age. I've foster failed a few dogs in the last 6-7 years. I lost my recent foster fail Buster on the 2nd of November and I only got him back from the crematorium yesterday.

It's been a rough few weeks, this home has only ever been a home with Buster in it and it's been dreadfully empty with his passing. I cry every day I see something that reminds me of him.

Baby gates that stop him going up and down stairs because of his arthritis. His dog beds in each room which he would follow us when my partner and I worked from home. Food bowls. His blankets to keep him old bones warm. Coming home or getting out of bed and him not being there to howl at me. It's truly dreadful.

Buster was 14.5 years old when he passed and was 12 yo when I adopted him. I didn't believe his age when I adopted him. He was a Husky X Boxer so I could only imagine what he was like as a puppy considering his appetite for movement at 12 yo when he was effectively 100+ in human years.

Some pictures of Buster: https://imgur.com/gallery/WtLy4ZN/comment/2279131045

I want to wait a while before fostering or adopting again but... I'm getting warn down by all the dogs that are needing a home from the groups I volunteer and donate to. I'm doom scrolling dogs in need daily.

[jamiek88]

Oh lilbytes,

My heart goes out to you.

I know exactly how you feel my only advice is to do your best to let those feelings come. Wallow a little. Feel and experience your grief.

Locking it away doesn’t work and the tears will become fond smiles in time.

Wishing you peace.

[matwood]

I'm so sorry. I feel for you and don't have any advice to give. Reading your post and looking at the pictures of Buster have me tearing up.

I've often wondered what makes our bonds with dogs so tight. I often joke with my partner that I wish she looked at me like one of our dogs does.

It's a reminder to show the people and animals around you how much you care about them everyday.

When you're ready, the next dog that finds you will be lucky find a person who cares so much.

[KyleBerezin]

My dog seems to prefer apples based purely on their crispiness.

[fennecfoxy]

Also Braeburn is mediocre?!?1