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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:30 PM
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Grapples?
So I'm at the store yesterday, buying some apples, and I see this plastic container with 4 apples in it and the label says "Grapple -- Tastes like grapes!"

And I'm debating whether to try them. And I'm trying to imagine what an apple that tastes like a grape would taste like.

And I conclude that it probably tastes just like an apple.

Am I wrong? Should I have tried them? It was 3.99 for a set of 4.
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:35 PM
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1. DON'T DO IT! For the LOVE of GOD and ALL that is HOLY!!!
My brother worked in a grapple factory for three days. I'm not kidding. Grapples are apples that have been soaked in a flavor solution. He said it was one of the most nighmarish day labor experience he's ever had.

Step away from the Grapples - they aren't meant to be. If nature meant for Grapples, they would grow on trees.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 05:58 PM
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3. You have convinced me
I had no idea! It wouldn't even have occurred to me that it was possible for them to commit such evil on an apple!
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The empressof all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 04:50 PM
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2. They taste like Grape Koolaid flavored apples
Eat a grape or eat an apple. Or you can make a grape/apple salad. Grapples are filled with chemicals, don't taste "real" and are expensive. What's the point?
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-05-06 06:00 PM
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4. Ewww. I'm so glad I passed, and so glad to have learned
what these really are.

I was just confused as to how a grape and apple differ in taste, I just couldn't really imagine it. But then, apple juice and grape juice don't taste the same, unless it's white grape juice, and then it's pretty close to apple.

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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 12:10 AM
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5. Thanks also for warning me
I was thinking that was some hybrid thing. Instead, when I want to send some special apples to my apple fans, it will be Honey Crisp and Pink Lady.
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calico1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 08:18 PM
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6. I was dumb enough to buy some last year.
The curiosity got the best of me and I paid a premium price for them when I could have gotten lots more apples for the same price. My conclusion? They taste like....APPLES. Not even as good as the apples I usually buy. I think I ended up tossing two of them.
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housewolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:06 PM
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7. I looked at them over the weekend too
Had never seen them before, was interested by didn't bite - now I'm REALLY glad that I didn't. Thanks so much, Dotcosm, for asking the question, and to DU for always being such a great source of information.


Grape-drink soaked apples. Really, now!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 10:28 PM
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8. hey!
there you are! good to see you :hi:
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