2. "The Honeycrisp variety is now so popular, consumers will spend three times the cost of other apples to experience it." Wow, I'm thankful I live in Oregon. Our local grocery store has about 10 varieties of apples on sale and Honeycrisp are usually no more expensive than other varieties.
I rarely see them for that cheap a cost in the bay area. I think I've seen them as low as maybe 2.20/lb but that's it.
It's like buying low-sulfur onions grown somewhere other than Vidalia, GA. If you know the food well enough, you can sometimes taste the placeness in it.
Exactly. That is why Pink Lady > Honeycrisp
They can be a bit hard to find. Here in Toronto I've only seen Envys from New Zealand. They grow a decent number of them in Washington, though, and since you're right next door in Oregon maybe your grocery store will have some of those.
I only started seeing them in the last 2 years. My current reliably available favorite is Fuji apples.
Although i am also fond of Discovery - it's a good apple, with striking red-streaked flesh. And my dad's got a tree of it, which helps.
I'm wondering if I have one of those "cilantro tastes like soap" mutations that affects my Pink Lady enjoyment...
Ones grown in the north to northwest are far better.
Just today I found a sale on organic Honeycrisps from Washington State and they're outrageously good. The flesh is very sweet and only slightly tart (not like a Pink Lady) and when you bite into it, what feels like half the apple cleaves off into your mouth. The interior is by no means mealy if you get a good one.
The problem is that growers everywhere try growing them due to the high prices, and it just isn't good at growing everywhere.