Apple A Day

APPLES ARE ABUNDANT THIS FALL. Mother Nature delivered near-perfect weather during this year's growing season, benefiting the state's apple orchards. The Farm Bureau reported this, noting that this year’s harvest continues a three-year winning streak.

Honeycrisp apple prices have halved since a couple of years back which is good news in today’s grocery budget challenge. I’ve already used this year’s crop to make an apple-walnut crisp where I froze half and then made a pork-apple-onion dish that was to live for.

https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/apple-crisp.html 

https://cookingformysoul.com/skillet-pork-chops-with-apples/#recipe 

WebMD® promotes fresh apples as an appetite suppressant saying, “Choose a whole apple with the skin on. Whole apples are rich in fiber. Chewing also signals to your brain that you're eating something substantial, making you feel fuller.” 

We are further reminded:

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” The aphorism originated in Wales, first appearing in a publication in 1866 in a different rhyming format: “Eat an apple on going to bed and you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread.”1 The saying reappeared in 1913 in its current form. (Google AI)

It appears that being politically correct was in force even at the turn of the last century.

How fun to take in the many benefits of September’s apple harvest. Perhaps the Apple Commission should plug apples as a natural GLP-1 stimulant to help us lose weight.