A magnificent fall display featuring apples. The photo was taken at the Bellagio Gardens in Las Vegas.
Fall is the season for apples. With all the varieties available for cooking as well as for decorating, I’m jotting some random thoughts on the fruit:
- When I was a kid, eating green apples with salt was a favorite treat. In the tropics, where I grew up, the apple had the cachet of being a somewhat exotic fruit for us. My friends and I enjoyed the salt-dipped apples while we sat in our shady backyard, yakking about games and the other neighborhood kids.
- Today, one of my favorite apple treats is homemade apple crumble, served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
- The texture of raw apples helps to “scrub” or clean the teeth.
- In China, apples symbolize peace.
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Sharifah, the first time I saw an apple tree was in Perth Australia in 1971. I was shocked to see so many apples just left to rot on the ground under the tree, whereas back home apples were so expensive. It was just like the Jambu Air after a rainy day.
When we were living in Boston we would go for apple picking with friends and enjoy collecting apples. Those apples really tasted juicy unlike the one we get here.
Anyway they were indeed experiences that would remain with me forever.
Take care.
Hi. Pak Idrus. Thanks so much for sharing these interesting experiences.