As I wrote about for Uptake this week, we stopped by Gizdich Ranch in Watsonville last weekend to pick up a bushel of apples 
for my annual apple sauce making project. Gizdich nicely provides a worksheet to help figure out which apples you need. Here is a brief summary:
Eating apples (not good for cooking)
- Honey Crisp
- Royal Gala
- Red Delicious
- Braeburn
- Fuji
Cooking apples (good for sauce or butter)
- Pinova
- Golden Delicious
- Newton Pippin
- Mutsu
- Granny Smith
Pie apples
- Golden Delicious
- Newton Pippin
- Mutsu
- Granny Smith
I came home with a 1/2 bushel each of Pinova and Golden Delicious. At the moment, the boxes are sitting in my garage, giving off the most wonderful aroma. Soon, very soon, I will begin the saucing and buttering process. Then my kids will once again be happy!
