Richland Gourmet Apple Blog: June 2013

Friday, June 28, 2013

Gourmet Candy Apple Health Facts

RichlandGourmet Apple Contributor/Blogger

Who sits up and thinks about how much water, vitamins and carbohydrates are in an apple? Scientists do and we at Richland Gourmet Apples are glad about it!

According to the Institute of Food Research, apples are made of more than 80% water. Only 4% of the apple consists of vitamins and minerals while the other 10% is carbohydrates¹. When you break down the numbers like that, eating one of our jumbo sized granny smith apples makes good health sense; but wait there’s more.

Research conducted prior to 2008 proved that apples contain flavonoids. Flavonoids are what’s known as a plant secondary metabolites². Huh? We’re not scientists here but bottom-line, eating granny smith apples helps with such things as heart disease, memory and lung function. You see because the skin of our granny smith apples contains Vitamin C and E, researchers have shown “a positive correlation between lung function and the number of apples eaten per week. Eating five or more apples a week was linked to better lung function³.’

Can you imagine eating five of our jumbo granny smith apples hand dipped in caramel, covered in large pecans, roasted almonds and mouth watering walnuts? Or what about one striped with Belgian milk chocolate, thin wafers, and marshmallows? I mean, does that sound like it can help you with your lung function or what? Didn’t your heart skip a beat? But wait, I digress.

Getting back to the original point, there are some really cool benefits to eating one of large granny smith apples. So if you’re like so many Americans who’s trying to be more health conscious but still would like to enjoy an occasional applely indulgence, why not purchase some of our chocolatey delights today? Visit richlandgourmetapples.com!

SOURCES:

1 http://www.ifr.ac.uk/info/society/spotlight/apples.htm

2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavonoid

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Empty Stomach Apple Eating

Staci Sweet

Richland Gourmet Apple Contributor/Blogger

Ordinarily, when you’re watching your weight, you pay careful attention to your caloric intake. As a result, usually when you’re hungry, you reach for a piece of fruit without giving it any thought. And moreover, when you’re not hungry, researchers have reported is the best time to eat; so again, if you’re like me, you’ll go to your frig and grab the quickest, easiest thing to put in your mouth which is usually a delectable piece of fruit. Well, did you know that if you’re dieting, you should always eat fruit on an empty stomach?

According to thefruitpages.com, when you eat it on an empty stomach, your body has the opportunity to burn the calories; whereas when combined with a meal, the natural sugars in the granny smith apple aren’t able to burn quickly and thus not producing the energy need to ‘burn off’ the calories. That means though you’re attempting to eat healthy, you also have to pay attention to when you eat; even the smallest piece of fruit.

So when is the best time to eat one of our yummy chocolate covered, caramel coated granny smith apples? On an empty stomach! But you have to be deliberate about when you eat one of our scrumptious goodies because our jumbo sized apples are more than a mouthful and will require you burn off extra energy – if you know what I mean.

So how can you enjoy one of our apples and still stay in shape? Eat it on an empty stomach and then for an added boost in your metabolism, walk for at least five to ten minutes afterwards. Don’t make a big deal out of it; just walk around your apartment a few times or walk in place in front of your television on commercials to be sure our luscious caramel, golden cashews, and thin wafers don’t stick to your hips.

Just because you’re watching your weight, doesn’t mean you have to deprive yourself of a few delicacies. Just be sure to eat one of gourmet candy apples on an empty stomach and walk a few minutes afterward. Ready to order a few? Visit richlandgourmetapples.com today!

SOURCE: 1 http://www.thefruitpages.com/treefruit.shtml

Edible Wedding Favors and Hashtags

Staci Sweet

Richland Gourmet Apple Contributor/Blogger

With June and July being peak season for weddings, have you ever considered gourmet caramel apples for your wedding favors?

What is a wedding favor? According to the world wide webs go to website Wikipedia, “Wedding favors are small gifts given as a gesture of appreciation or gratitude to guests from the bride and groom during a wedding ceremony or a wedding reception¹.” The European aristocrats would provide bonbonniere’s which are made of porcelain or crystal but with our green, health conscious society today, gourmet caramel apples could serve the same purpose and display an edible gesture of gourmet appreciation.

After the wedding many times, wedding favors are stashed on a shelf, thrown in a closet, or pushed into a cabinet drawer; never to be seen again. But by giving an edible wedding favor, your guests are sure to enjoy and remember your special day. I know what you’re thinking; they’re too expensive.

Well, not if you consider that the average apple weighs about 1/3 to half of a pound which is about 227 grams². Our jumbo sized gourmet granny smith apples are well above the average weight! That means that just one apple could very well be a wedding favor for a family of four; ensuring that every member enjoyed a slice or two.

Plus, why not make it social media apple trend? Simply create your new family’s last name as a #hashtag and invite each guest to use it and tell what they thought about your special day and their wedding favor.

Here’s how:

First order your gourmet caramel and gourmet candy apples at RichlandGourmetApples.com.
Once they arrive, go to MarthaStewart.com³. They have a huge selection of label clip-art and templates to choose from.
Once you’ve made your selection, you can say something like;

Thank you for attending! Do us a favor. Use #mynewfamilylastname and tell us how you enjoyed the wedding and your gourmet apple wedding favor!

Are you ready to order your gourmet apple weddingfavors? Visit RichlandGourmetApples.com!

SOURCES:

¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_favors#At_weddings

² wikianswers.com

3http://www.marthastewart.com/350348/label-clip-art-and-templates/@center/326420/martha-stewart-clip-art-and-template-crafts

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Apple Game Night

Did you know that there is a new Fruit Ninja^® game for Android-based devices¹? Yep! According to Softpedia.com, "The game now features Gutsu's Cart, Starfruit, Bomb Deflects, Berry Blasts, Peachy Time, The Pomegranate, Tablet Support and Local Multiplayer (which is compatible with 7' tablets and up."

So are we at Richland Gourmet Apples^® a little perturbed that once again we’ve been snubbed in the fruit game? I mean first its Boston University^® and their blatant age discrimination² against our granny smith apples and now Fruit Ninja^®. Oh their game features starfruits, berries, peaches and pomegranates, but no apples! What next? Will we not make the cut for the Fruit Growers Conference?

But don’t worry. Just because were ‘granny’s’ doesn’t mean we aren’t up on our tech game. Have you checked out the Granny Smith Online Game^®? No seriously. There’s an actual online game that’s a ‘fast-paced racing platformer filled with spectacular crashes and stunts³.’ No we didn’t invent it, but we at Richland Gourmet Apples are all things apples so if its granny smith- we’re all for it!

And you know what would be cool? If you’d purchased a few of our granny smith apples dipped in gooey caramel layered in golden pecans and piled high with white fluffy marshmallows and covered with white and milk chocolate and played the latest version of FruitNinja^® or Granny Smith^® for your buds, bros, or just for you and the kids. Ready to get your apple game on? Visit RichlandGourmetApples.com today!

SOURCE:

1http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fruit-Ninja-for-Android-Gets-8-New-Blades-in-Latest-Update-359694.shtml

²http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/exotic-fruit/

³http://www.grannysmithgame.com/

Monday, June 10, 2013

Fruit Discrimination by Boston University

Staci Sweet

Richland Gourmet Apple Blogger/Contributor

Can you believe it? A chief research MRI technologist at Boston University’s School of Medicine scanned exotic fruit; from the likes of pineapples, melons, and even bananas to artichokes but he didn’t use his highly sophisticated scanning equipment on a granny smith apple.

I mean granted, according to a 2004 report¹, it is ranked 13^th in the world as far as health benefits go. But is that truly a reason to exclude the granny smith apple from his diagnostic-magnetic-resonance-imaging-at-work-science-project? I think not!!!! Oh I know what it is; its ageism isn’t it???

It’s because our apples are elders amongst the global fruit community that we’ve been discriminated against. It’s because our ‘granny’ smith apples have a hard core isn’t it? And sure, if you were to slice her down the middle, you’d only see a few seeds but does that really justify Mr. Ellison’s exclusion of apples?

No, she may not be leafy and fleshy and look all cool under the protocols and parameters of his highly sophisticated magnetic resonance scanning equipment; but I dare anyone to say that our Appleologists™ have not done their very best to give her a face lift. I mean once they pour that luscious chocolate on top of her pores and smack a few golden cashews on top, we’ll put her up against that wonderfully tilted pineapple he so tenderly sliced down the middle in his video. And once we dip her in some pink gooey caramel; oh yes, then Mr. Andrew Ellison, Mr. Chief Research MRI Technologist of Boooooston’s University’s School of Medicine will come calling then - won’t he?

But if he doesn’t, you’ll still purchase a few of our gourmet candy apples for the elders in your life won’t you? You won’t discriminate and practice fruit ageism with our gourmet caramel apples, will you? Of course you won’t! To buy a few, click here and oh yeah to take a look at Mr. Andrew “I Make Fruit Presentations on Highly Sophisticated Scanning Equipment’ Ellison’s video², look below and be sure to follow his unusually artistic and medicinally creative blog. And if you're in the Miami area, be sure to check out Dr. Aaron Palmateer speak at the Museum of Science on Diagnostic Fruit Pathology at 3280 South Miami Avenue, June 12th. For more info.

SOURCES:

1 http://www.besthealthmag.ca/eat-well/nutrition/15-health-benefits-of-eating-apples

2 http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/exotic-fruit/

Apple Artisan

Staci Sweet

Richland Gourmet Apple Blogger/Contributor

As a writer, you tend to see things in terms of the product or service you’re writing about. So as an Apple Blogger, when I saw the June 7th report on Rock Center with Brian Williams^® by NBC’s Willie Geist on 'Artisans'; it dawned on me that our products at Richland Gourmet Apples^® are just that – artistry.

Because lets face it. Why would anyone pay $15 - $25 for an apple? The same reason someone would pay $35 for a sharpened pencil (check out David Rees, Artisanal Pencil Sharpening); its art and as such, those that create it are in fact ‘artisans’. So what’s an artisan? An artisan is defined as someone who makes things by hand. And as such, due to the time and workmanship that’s involved; the artisan accesses a high value to the product or thing that they made by hand.

An apple is a thing. And in case you didn’t know it, our apples are handmade by our Appleologists™ or to be politically correct and in sync with our artistic counterparts, by our Apple Artisans. You didn’t think that we mass produced our gourmet candy apples did you? No ma’am, there’s no way that we could put these delicate babies on an assembly line.

And wouldn’t you like to be one of the few who’s tasted a gourmet granny smith candy caramel apple? I mean if you are a true supporter and patron of the arts, shouldn’t your appreciation span into the artisanal area of gourmet caramel apples? Because if you don’t, then one has to truly question your artistic palette. Well, maybe we went a little overboard – but you get the gist. To show your support for the arts, visit RichlandGourmetApples.com today!

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