Choice of the week (90): Apples or pears?

Apples or pears?

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Good reasons for the apple

There are good reasons to adore the apple: in its round perfection, from shiny red to shimmering yellow to glowing green, it surpasses all its fruit colleagues (sorry, pear!) in terms of appearance alone. It was not for nothing that it was once dedicated to Aphrodite as a symbol of love and beauty. It was also considered a symbol of power and adorned many a ruler’s hand in its golden version. Wars have been fought because of apples (thanks, Troy), people gave up paradise because of apples (thanks, Eve), Switzerland is independent because of apples (almost, thanks, William Tell). Many children can only be persuaded to eat fruit because of the apple slices that their grandmother puts in front of their faces. Apples are also versatile – you can eat them raw or preserve them or bake them in a cake – and they are so healthy that they have become a proverb (an apple a day…). But above all, apples taste so good that every time I think about them, I want to eat one. Like now.

topicnews · September 6, 2024

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