[soapboxrocket]

He's got Granny Smith in the shit category, and this just reminds me of a funny story about dogs!

We had two corgis and my wife made all their meals by hand. Part of their diet was apples, but we found one of the corgis would almost always eat around the apple (usually just a cheap red apple) pieces and leave them for the other dog. Then one time Granny Smith apples were cheaper at the grocery store so that is what we purchased and provided. He ate them up!

Turns out the dog just didn't like the sweeter apples and wanted the tart tang of a good Granny Smith.

[jonahx]

Came here to say that this invalidates the entire list!

Great to see this as the top comment!

[Karawebnetwork]

Red Delicious 25

Granny Smith 53

McIntosh 45

Cortland 24

Either I have never had a good apple or there is something off with this list and the reviews. Could it be they are using imported or out of season apples?

This list is pretty much the apples I have access to locally and they are all perceivably better than some of the international variety that are ranked higher on that website.

The comment section for Cortland is savage and honestly I agree with a lot of it.

[josefdlange]

I have a corgi and that tracks for me. To people who don't have corgs, they're sweet kind friendly cute delicate beautiful creatures. The those of us who have been blessed with corgs in our lives, we know they're really the Frank Reynolds of dogs. And I love my corg for it. She's a trash dog, a scrappy little scamp, and knows that everyone else she meets will never, ever know it.

[jojobas]

All of their top picks are red, and the two I've tried are too sweet and bland at the same time.

I'll pick a Granny Smith any day over any red apple, the authors of this "ranking" appear quite arrogant in their pretentiousness.

Then again, I eat lemons whole so what do I know.

[reportingsjr]

I absolutely love sour foods, to the point of drinking straight up lemon juice when I was younger. I eat a granny smith apple probably every other day, and the more sour the better. Yet, my S.O. recoils at the thought of eating granny smiths. I wonder why people have such varied responses when it comes to sour foods.

[TylerE]

Their 3rd highest rated apple is incredibly sour.

[swyx]

you can listen to him rant about the Granny Smith at the end of this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zohlRKE49wo pretty funny

“Granny Smith apple”

“Oh boy... Alright you just made a mistake”

[matwood]

Dogs are as unique as people :)

All 3 of my dogs love love love bananas. To the point where they can be dead asleep and they wake up from the sound of peeling the banana. My guess is they all would have preferred the sweeter apples over the tart ones.

[jamiek88]

I had a dog who loved watermelon. She was a (rescue) pug too so you can imagine the mess she made of that.

Even on her deathbed, literal hours before crossing the bridge, she still managed a little.

(Wow, I’m 45, it’s been nearly 5 years and I suddenly started crying after writing that. Goddamn I miss that dog. RIP Lucy.)

(I defensively stated rescue as I’m often assailed with ‘pugs should not exist’ replies. I tend to agree. But they do. So let’s give them the best lives possible and pressure breeders not guardians. Guardian instead of owner. I don’t want to own a sentient being. Semantics maybe but language changes attitudes and you all let that 02022 is the year guy do his schtick!)

[KyleBerezin]

My dog seems to prefer apples based purely on their crispiness.

[fennecfoxy]

Also Braeburn is mediocre?!?1