During Christmas I made an apple pie using Granny Smiths, or so I thought. The apple pieces were bland, mushy and didn't hold their shape...very disappointing. I had questioned the produce person in the market at the time I was buying the apples, telling him that they didn't look like the Granny Smiths that I knew. Although they were bright green, they had the 5 points on the bottom, like a Delicious. He assured me that they were, indeed Grannys, so I went ahead and bought them. That was a regret. I should have listened to my instincts.
~ C