This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. A cooking apple or culinary apple is chocolate apples apple that is used primarily for cooking, as opposed to a dessert apple, which is eaten raw. Cooking apples are generally larger, and can be tarter than dessert varieties.
Some varieties have a firm flesh that does not break down much when cooked. 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. A baked apple is baked in an oven until it has become soft.
Popular cooking apples in US, in the late 19th century. Tart: Duchess of Oldenburg, Fallawater, Gravenstein, Horse, Keswick Codlin, Red Astrachan, Rhode Island Greening, Tetofsky. Sweet: Golden Sweet, Maverack Sweet, Peach Pound Sweet, Tolman Sweet and Willis Sweet. Your Guide to the Best Apples for Baking and Cooking”. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants.
Growing Fruit in the Upper Midwest. The Chocolate Touch is a children’s book by Patrick Skene Catling, first published in the US in 1957. John Midas is delighted when, through a magical gift, everything his lips touch turns into chocolate. The story is patterned after the myth of King Midas, whose magic turned everything he touched into gold. John Midas is a young boy with an intense, but obsessive love of confectionery, especially chocolate. Cranium, the Midas’ family doctor warns John that his health is poor, and until further notice, he is to eat only those foods that are conducive to a healthy body, much to the boy’s disgruntlement.
The doctor’s orders are backed by John’s folks, who dispose of their son’s entire candy stash and have control over his spending money. Whilst on his excursion he sees a coin on the ground. However, when he studies the coin he sees it is engraved with the image of a fat boy and the letters JM, and dismisses it as a unknown token. Even so, John remarks the coin is unique as JM stands for John Midas, and decides to hang on to it. Also on his walk he comes across a candy store he has never seen before. The next morning, John is amazed to find everything he eats tastes like chocolate. Then, the Chocolate Touch’s effects go into full swing, and whatever touches his mouth turns to chocolate.