As I mentioned yesterday, we were pretty obsessed with finding the Rhode Island Greenings during our apple picking venture. Well, since my dad's side of the family is from Rhode Island, I feel a particular connection to that apple - though last weekend was the first time I'd ever heard of it. Though we didn't find the apple, I did find out some interesting bits about it and about RI in general:
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| The oh so sought after RI Greening |
- The Rhode Island Greening was the first named apple in America and is the official state fruit of Rhode Island.
- Greenings are the perfect apple to make apple slumps with - I have no idea what an apple slump is, but if we'd found some Greenings, I certainly would have made a slump or two.
- Rhode Island's official state name is The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, which is the longest official name of any US State - which is very funny because Rhode Island is the smallest state!
- Rhode Island was the first of the 13 colonies to declare independence from Britian and the last to ratify the US constitution.
http://www.rachaelraymag.com/Recipes/rachael-ray-magazine-recipe-index/dessert-recipes/Apple-Slump
ReplyDeleteyum! I might have to make some, RI Greening apples or not...
I like apple.Thank you for bringing such nice posts.
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