I really like Granny Smith apples. Can you tell me anything about them?
I love cooking with granny smith apples that have such a great flavor for a cooking apple. From my memory the origins are a bit fuzzy, but they were an accidental discovery by a lady in Australia in 1868.
Oh wow was she a Grandma by any chance lol.
married a farm labourer Thomas Smith (1799–1876), from the nearby Beckley on 8 August 1819 in Ebony, Kent. Both were illiterate. The Smiths lived at Beckley, Sussex for the next 19 years, during which time Maria bore eight children, three of whom died in infancy.
The Smith family migrated to New South Wales as free settlers under the NSW government 'Bounty Scheme', arriving in Sydney on the "Lady Nugent" on 27 November 1838. Thomas found employment with a settler in the fruit-
cooking and eating raw) are more widely grown.
Apples can be cooked down into sauce, apple butter, or fruit preserves. They can be baked in an oven and served with custard, and made into pies or apple crumble. In the UK roast pork is commonly served with cold apple sauce made from boiled and mashed apples. Bramley apple is by far the most popular cooking apple in the United Kingdom, while Granny Smith may be the most popular in the United States and Australia (where it originated).