If you ever want to add some color to your fridge, just buy a few different varieties of apples...

If there's one fruit that brings variety to a crisper, it's gotta be the apple. Right now, at this very moment, I have a miniature Christmas in my fridge, as red and green apples share the same space. And that is hardly the full extent of the color palate for the friendly, edible members of the apple family.

My green buddies are Granny Smiths. Tart, yet tasty. The red pals are Delicious, both in name and the taste sensation when between your teeth. The red Delicious have brothers and sisters that are Golden, adding a yellow tone to a fridge shelf. Sure, you may say. Well, bananas are yellow, so what then, Mr. Yella Apple? Show me a red banana, and I'll show you a monkey that would be prudent to avoid that particular bunch...

I believe the Gala apples are just one of the varieties that sport a multi-colored skin, with tones of all of the above. I know there are more that have a sunburst finish, like many a Gibson electric guitar, but to be honest, I could only memorize a few names, as I walked past them in the supermarket... It's not like I consume every blasted variation there is. To me, none of them at all taste like chicken...

Come to think of it, every apple tastes relatively similar, be they green, red or golden. Are they dyed somewhere in a factory, before being shipped off to market?? Am I paying double the price of a Spartan, just because somebody somewhere added some bumps on the bottom, and called it Delicious?? Would I bring a Gala to a gala?? And just who is Granny Smith anyway??

Questions. Always questions...

Chow for now!!