Try New Things - Like a Pink Apple

Greetings:

On March 17th I wrote a Day about Trying New Things. In the Day I wrote,

"Trying new foods is one thing I love to do. This simple decision to try new foods can be a first step towards trying new things in other areas. I love cooking with spices which are unfamiliar, or trying a new fruit or vegetable that I have only read about. By contrast, I have an uncle who has taken a ham sandwich on white bread with mustard to work every workday throughout his entire career. How boring would that be? Spice up your life by trying new exotic flavors. I have started cooking with fresh fennel. Try a new vegetable or fruit. I tried an English cucumber for the first time. It actually wasn't much different from the cucumbers I have eaten in the past, but it was fun trying a new variety. It is all about getting out there and shaking things up."

I think food, especially fruits and veggies, are one of the easiest ways to try new things. Low risk factor and if you don't like it, you don't have to ever try it again. My recent adventure in trying something new comes in the form of an apple. My friend Julie encouraged me to venture from my favorite apple, Red Delicious, to other varieties. While in the market I stumbled across a Pink Lady Apple. Now how could I resist an apple that is my favorite color. The produce person gave me a sample and I was hooked. The apple is crisp and tangy but also very sweet. I liked them so much I bought a bag of them.

So of course I had to look up the Pink Lady Apple on the Internet. I must live under a rock because there was over 1, 400,000 hits. Seems that a lot of people have discovered this "new" apple! For more info about the pink lady here are a few of my favorite websites. Hey the Pink Lady Apple has its very own website! How cool is that!

Other sites:

http://www.foodsubs.com/Apples.html

http://www.orangepippin.com/apples/pinklady.htm

http://www.pinkladyamerica.org/aboutpink.htm

Of course these are just a few of the sites. For the other million plus sites do a search in Google for The Pink Lady Apple.

And while you are at it do a search in your grocery store or farmers market and pick up a couple of the Pink Lady Apples. It is a yummy way to try something new!

Live the Day,

Rachelle