Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Joy of this, Joy of that Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 10:04:56 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <8c5b7aab-bdea-bf1b-4a63-d8e88f5ebe33@example.net> References: <68718613-d60f-a88a-4191-404acc1ed82d@example.net> <3a416c2c-ac2e-686b-3357-8a12c8b29181@example.net> <7fe3461d-034d-182a-1f49-593897da8287@example.net> <3bdd895b-3d89-0af9-8cb1-c75e3536a34f@example.net> <20241202131938.00006a37@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1050426"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:61613 On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote: > On Mon, 2 Dec 2024 13:19:38 -0800, John Ames wrote: > >> On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 22:11:22 +0100 D wrote: >> >>>> I think chickens and turkeys that have have been bred to maximize >>>> meat spoil the playing field. >>> >>> Ahh, ok, yes that makes sense. >> >> See also the Red Delicious, the certified 100% *least* delicious apple >> on the planet throughout *any* of our lifetimes... > > Yeah, but they last forever... > > https://web.archive.org/web/20180824070017/https:/www.nytimes.com/ > 2000/11/04/us/perfect-apple-pushed-growers-into-debt.html > > The Red Delicious almost wiped out the Washington apple industry. They'd > went all in on the cultivar and when the consumers finally decided the > apple sucks they were in trouble. Did they learn? Hell, no. > > https://www.seriouseats.com/how-honeycrisp-apples-went-from-marvel-to- > mediocre-8753117 > > Long story, but they then jumped on Honeycrisps. The apples weren't bred > to grow in Washington's climate nor were they meant to be a year around > commodity apple. I have eaten this apple and I think it is average. What I find, is that the worse the apple looks on the surface, often, the better it tastes, as in, if it's from a local grower or a neighbour, it's not going to look polished and "industrial" but taste much better. Caveat emptor!