Excaliber’s recommendation was right on point. I used 1 oz of habanero powder to a half a bag of the Honey BBQ snack sticks mix. Turned out awesome. Had basically the same heat level at the Habanero BBQ and the Habanero Lime mixes.
Honey Crisp Apples lose their crown
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cdavis Team Blue Big Green Egg Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User last edited by
johnsbrewhouse thanks for the info
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johnsbrewhouse Team Blue Regular Contributors Traeger Power User Veteran Sous Vide Canning last edited by
The Sugar Bee is actually grown in Washington I have found out, it is a cross between the Honey Crisp and an unknown variety of apple and grown by multiple growers in the Okanogan Valley and sell it under the brand of Chelan Fresh. Many apples are being developed by crossing the Honey Crisp. They are trying to replace the Red Delicious since it is hard to keep even under refrigeration and inert air. They get mealy after a couple of months. We get the freshest of all apples since it’s only a couple hour drive to the orchards over the mountains.
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I get nostalgic thinking about apples and remembering when my best friend and I would go get Braeburn apples to munch while we were joy riding the country side back in high school.
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Man, I love a good apple. I will have to be on the lookout for those
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Jonathon Can you show us a photo of them? I have never heard of that variety, but it sounds interesting. I know when we were on assignment in Montana several years ago I found some really nice apples up there, some I had never seen before down this way. I keep thinking I saw some too when on assignment in New Jersey/New York, but I thought the ones in Montana were better.
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cdavis Team Blue Big Green Egg Masterbuilt Canning Kamado Joes Regular Contributors Power User last edited by
That is a good looking apple
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Am I the only one that HATES small apples? I love when I find apples that are the size of a small grapefruit. Hoping these little bees are large enough for my manly hands
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Dr_Pain Most Honeycrisps crosses all share their larger size, of course we probably get the largest of them here since the growers are so close and those larger size apples are not considered usually grade A marketable since they send a lot to foreign markets like Japan as well.
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GWG8541 Regular Contributors Cast Iron Sous Vide Canning Team Blue Power User Military Veterans last edited by
johnsbrewhouse I tried a Cosmic Crisp last year for the first time. It was awesome.
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johnsbrewhouse That is one pretty apple. If it tastes half as good as it looks, that is good. Perfect size too.
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always good to see what comes out and newest flavor of the time
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GWG8541 They are really good, I got four apples off the tree this year. It’s still small and a survivor (my dog ate the top off it after I first planted it). These tree’s were hard to get at first with limits on who could get them and how many and pricey for the size. They are more disease resistant than some, but I still have to watch for apple maggot, so they have to be treated and the ground treated to prevent the fly larvae from hatching in the spring.
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johnsbrewhouse my local grocery had Cosmic Crisp in again last week. Man are they good. I think they are my new favorite in the apple world.
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Jonathon Never heard of them but I do like Honeycrisps and Fujis, so if these are better, they must be fantastic. I will definitely keep my eye out for them.
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johnsbrewhouse Team Blue Regular Contributors Traeger Power User Veteran Sous Vide Canning last edited by
bocephus You should be seeing them now, they are a late apple, so the release them to stores in November for fresh sales. They will also be available longer since the keep long being breed especially for that market.
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johnsbrewhouse Next time I run to the grocery store I will look for them, interested in what could knock off the honey crisp.
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johnsbrewhouse Team Blue Regular Contributors Traeger Power User Veteran Sous Vide Canning last edited by
bocephus The Cosmic Crisp is a cross between a Honey Crisp and Enterprise. It was developed by Washington State University at the request of the growers to replace some of the Delicious varieties whose shelf life and refrigeration life is poor. I was able to get two trees for my home early being a resident of Washington, mine just started producing this last summer. Originally the seedlings could not be distributed outside the state of Washington until the commercial distribution was established.
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