"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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Brian --- 'flayb' to respond wrote:

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I saw a newspaper report yeaterday which claimed the UK is the
only
country in the world to grow an apple variety (Bramley) specifically
for
cooking. Does anyone know if this is true?

Janet
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Many reports and articles related to apple growing state that
the UK is
the only country to actually grow apples specifically for cooking. I
have
always doubted this but have seen it many times and repeated in Google
searches. Foreigners are a peculiar lot!!

Surely the issue is that British 'cooking apples' cook down to a paste

Not!
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Many cookers will retain some shape and firmness but " Cooks to a
puree" is a diagnostic characteristic of a Bramley ~~ if in doubt. Not
that I'm a cook! Am not even sure of the ingredients for a boiled egg!!
Best Wishes Brian