January’s Reading
January’s Reading
Apples is God’s Ovaries
Before we begin this month's scheduled announcement:
It's really important to eat apples. And Poison Pen is proud to have been invited to serve on the President's Special Commission on the Intersection of Youth Culture and Apples. We, of course, serve at the President's pleasure, but make no mistake we're gonna get to the bottom of some of the youth gang influence peddling going on in the dirty underbelly of the apple world. We cannot be bought. We cannot be threatened, no matter what your varietal. So take that, you Braeburn punks. You can go core yourself.
Thank you.
This month's reading features (and their corresponding apple*)
The Fallawater - Chuck Carlise – Poet/Non-fiction writer – Beneath its tough skin the greenish yellow flesh is firm, juicy and mildly tart. Best when cooked into sauce or made into pies as it does not rate high for fresh eating.
The Belle De Boskoop: Casey Fleming – Fiction/essayist – Excels as a longtime keeper, sweetens in storage. Greenish-yellow flushed with brick red and a light russeting. Flesh aromatic, acid tart and crisp.
And, all the way from Northern Ohio
The Beautiful Arcade himself
Michael Dumanis – Poet and Author of My Soviet Union - Good sauce and culinary apple. Large, green fruit turning to light green upon ripening. Sometimes over 6 inches in diameter. Sub-acid to mildly sweet flavor.
* All apple information taken from that warehouse of apple data: allaboutapples.com
January 29, 2009 8:30 PM