[jader201]

Hard disagree.

I used to love Galas but ultimately realized about 50% of the time they were mealy.

Since swapping to Honeycrisp, I’ve yet to have a mealy one. Maybe occasionally (about 1 out of 20-30) there’s one that has a hint of mealiness, but far from what half of the Galas were.

I do agree that not all of them are super sweet/flavorful, but still most of them are, and I’d take a less sweet but still crisp apple any day over a sweet but mealy one.

I never tried Fuji much, but don’t remember them being anything special. This site [1] (shared at least once on HN) has Fuji even below Gala.

[1] https://applerankings.com/

[limit499karma]

Something really off imho with a food writer that manages to insert foul matter vulgarity into food reviews. It's moved beyond cute into the 'wonder what ails this guy' territory.

[dahart]

Meh, he’s a comedian, not a food writer. Some of the taglines are maybe over the line, but a lot of them are funny, and all of them are in jest.

[lern_too_spel]

That site is a single person's opinion. He acknowledges that Fuji is many (most?) people's favorite variety among people who have a favorite variety but then rates it poorly to be controversial. The comment section of his review shows that his clickbait strategy was successful.

[throwawaycities]

Way I’d explain it as Fuji and Gala are similar (on the sweet side). I agree with you on inconsistency of the Gala, which is why I have it below Fuji, and Fuji’s being consistently crisp.

I’m firmly in your camp, I don’t care for mealy apples - I hear those people exist but don’t think I know any.