
August is a busy month if you think about it. In some parts of the country kids are going back to school in other parts families are getting in those last minute vacations, it’s also the start of the apple harvesting season. Fall is typically the time we think of pumpkins, squash and corn harvests but just before all those wonderful veggies come in its apple season. Apples kind of transition us from one season to another, a delicious, wonderful smelling transition. The East coast hosts the start of the apple harvesting season; from Maine to North Carolina there are many places that have festivals to celebrate it. There are over 7,000 cultivars of the apple known. Apples and man have a long history together from the Garden of Eden; some believe it was an apple that Eve fed to Adam, to the three Golden Apples of Greek mythology.

They also really do have many heath benefits helping with everything from bone health to preventing asthma and cancer. Apples are rich in vitamin C and a great source of soluble fiber, they fit in any lunchbox and are a great snack you can take almost anywhere with you. I don’t know about you but just biting into a firm, juicy apple makes me happy.

Is there anything better than a hot apple pastry or cobbler loaded with cinnamon and brown sugar topped off with a big scoop of French vanilla ice cream to warm up a cool fall evening? I don’t think so and I’m a huge chocoholic. Apples are great for cooking in general; you can make pies, tarts, puffs, cookies you can bake them, fry them, freeze and sauté them make apple sauce, apple butter, apple jelly and preserves. You can cut them up and eat them with caramel or cover them with caramel and nuts, I know I sound a bit like that scene from the movie Forrest Gump where they are discussing shrimp, but apples are such a versatile fruit that almost anything you can think of to do with them is yummy. Apples were often served at the end of a meal because they were considered an aid to digestion and to be powerful aphrodisiac which made them a good transition into the evening ahead. So, after all this is it any wonder that apples have become one of the most loved fruits on earth?








