Friday I talked about the health benefits of apples. Today I am going to provide some great websites with tons of delicious recipes using apples in every meal.
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/healthy_apple_recipes
http://www.applerecipes.us/
http://southernfood.about.com/cs/apples/a/apple_recipes.htm
http://www.foodnetwork.com/topics/apple/index.html
http://allrecipes.com/recipes/fruits-and-vegetables/fruits/apples/
Here are some fun APPLE facts:
• Apples contain 80-85% water
• Apples are a member of the rose family
• Apples float because 25% of their volume is air
• Apples ripen six to ten times faster at room temperature than if they were refrigerated
• A peck of apples weighs 10.5 pounds and a bushel weighs about 42 pounds and this yields 20-24 quarts of applesauce
• Archeologists have found evidence that humans have been enjoying apples since at least 6500 BC
• After oranges, apples are the second most valuable fruit grown in the US
• All apples have five seed pockets, each with a seed
• A medium apple is about 80 calories
• Hand picking is still the most common way of gathering apples
• It takes four to five years before the apple tree produces its first fruit
• It was the favorite fruit enjoyed by ancient Greeks and Romans
• Apples can be grown farther north than most other fruits as they blossom in late spring, minimizing frost damage
• It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple
• One apple has 5 grams of fiber and are a great source of the fiber pectin
• One of the oldest varieties is The Lady or Api
• One gallon of apple cider takes about 36 apples
• Pomology is the science of growing apples
• Throughout the world, there are 7,500 varieties of apples
• The sugar content of a fresh apple varies from 6 to 10 percent
• The largest apple picked weighed three pounds
• 39% of apples are processed into apple products of which 21% is for juice and cider
• Varieties can range in size from as large as a grapefruit to as small as a large cherry
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