Raw Bramley apples - Why have I never tried one before...? Amazing!

rIcK · 26 Aug 2011 at 15:21

I eat a couple, stomach is still fine....

Hotwired · 27 Aug 2011 at 02:43

They're cookers for a reason.

Russets are the way to go for an epic British eating apple.

The tree in the garden is getting on nicely, hundreds of the rough skinned little delights. But yet again I see I'm going to have to bodge something to get the ones at the top of the tree up to 15' up. Last year it was a hook and net thing on a pole. From the top of a step ladder :rolleyes:

4MIT · 27 Aug 2011 at 03:21

I like eating pink lady, and the wife prefers cox!

panthro · 27 Aug 2011 at 06:28

Had a very well established and mature bramley apple tree in our old house. Was excellent for cooking but never ate them raw. The tree was also a massive PITA because it produced so many apples, we could not give them away fast enough and they just ended up on the floor rotting and stinking!

McPhee · 27 Aug 2011 at 17:22

4MIT said:
and the wife prefers cox!

I bet she does

I know, I know. I'm sorry, but it was just too easy to leave alone.

Moza · 27 Aug 2011 at 17:33

My favourite are McIntosh Red, should be coming into season soon so hopefully the supermarkets will have them!

j.col · 27 Aug 2011 at 20:39

Metalface Mark said:
I was always told they would badly give you the trots uncooked, so perhaps you could report back in the next 12 hours or so

I was also told this,
Or was it the little crab apples that give you the runs

Judgeneo · 27 Aug 2011 at 20:45

I haven't ate many cooking apples raw, but I was never ill when I did.

I agree with OP here, so much better than standard apples

I might start buying just them, give me an excuse to bake them as well.

On a slightly seperate note, baked apples with sugar,raisons and sultanas is one of the easiest to make, and most delicious deserts I know

Amp34 · 27 Aug 2011 at 21:08

panthro said:
Had a very well established and mature bramley apple tree in our old house. Was excellent for cooking but never ate them raw. The tree was also a massive PITA because it produced so many apples, we could not give them away fast enough and they just ended up on the floor rotting and stinking!

We had one as well, probably as old as the house, so around 80-100 years old. Trunk was about 2 foot across and made a great climbing tree. Come autumn and the fruit would be EVERYWHERE...