The market is offering golden delicious this week. Golden delicious are extremely fragrant, juicy, and honey sweet. This type of apple is great eaten as a snack, cut up in a salad, prepared as a sauce, juiced, or used in baking. When shopping for apples look for fruit with firm flesh that is tight beneath the skin. Be sure to avoid those with soft spots, dark bruises, or holes.
Large apples tend to mature faster and as a result can be a little mealy.
If the apples need ripening keep them out at room temperature, but if you would like the apples to last longer be sure to refrigerate them. Great alone or cut into a fruit cup. Apricots do ripen after picking, but fruit that is greenish yellow will not have time to develop good flavor before it spoils. Heat intensifies the flavor so cooked apricots are a delicious treat. The fruit should be cooked until it is soft but not mushy.