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I'm old enough to remember when Red Delicious were the bomb. They really fucked them up by heavily breeding them for a tough skin for travel. They were so popular in the 80's they bred them to shit.
They didn't deserve this future.
I miss my Red Delicious.
Oh, holy crow! I wasn't just wearing rose tinted glasses, they actually do suck now?! I can remember Red Delicious apples in the 90's that'd make you wanna slap your grandma.
Not crazy. I live in Apple country (Ontario, Canada) and Red Delicious were my favourite apple until my 20's.
A Red Delicious used to have a snap to the skin when you bit and a crisp crunch with a semi-sweet flavour. As time went on they bred more and more for the thick skin because it was so popular. In breeding that thick skin a lot of times what you get is an apple that's mealy inside like a MacIntosh (fuck those abominations).
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/red-delicious-apples-suck_n_5b630199e4b0b15abaa061af
As opposed to the current version, which makes you wanna slap your grandma.
The "best for" entry for Red Delicious on the site is "compost."
It's about right.