I love apples. However, I can't seem to find any ENGLISH apples in the shops. I can find apples from New Zealand, Chile, Argentia and South Africa. Sometimes I can find French or Dutch apples, which is slightly better as they don't get flown half way round the world before I buy them.

My main gripe is that I always wash apples before I eat them, but I can't get rid of that bloody wax stuff that they are alwys covered in and I'm loathe to use washing up liquid on account of that is not really a good idea. <sick>

Does anyone have any advice on where to obtain ENGLISH apples WITHOUT the bloody wax?

Washington State, USA, Delicious free-range apples have no waxing and they are grain fed.

But they are not ENGLISH apples :(

I'm going to suggest Waitrose. But really, I have no idea.

The alternative is to find one of those businesses that assembles and delivers boxes of fresh fruit and vegetables to your door on a weekly/fortnightly basis. They tend to have an emphasis on local produce. My mother runs one of those.

Off the tree in our garden!

Which part of the country do you live in WW? I think your somewhere near me, check out the link below.

Try local market places such as in Ilkeston, Ripley or if you feel like a drive the Chatsworth House Shop.......................though buying a tree with ripe apples on it might be cheaper than shopping in the Chatsworth House place.

http://www.information-britain.co.uk/shops.cfm?id=10577

That's why they are delicious!

Try this drink:

1/3 oz Crown Royal® Canadian whisky
1/3 oz DeKuyper® Sour Apple Pucker schnapps
1/3 oz cranberry juice
1 splash 7-Up® soda



Pour Crown Royal canadian whisky, DeKuyper sour apple pucker and cranberry juice into a cocktail shaker. Shake and strain into a shot glass. Add a splash of 7-Up if desired, and serve.

So when we all coming round to your place to watch the GP Flood? <thumbsup> <pissed>

If you catch a plane now, you can be here for tomorrows race!

Thanks for the invite, but its little too late to fly out for tommorow <thumbsup>

Apparently if you momentarily dip the apple in boiling water it causes the wax to shrivel up, and you can scrape/peel it off.....

I live in Burton.

We have a good farm shop at Curborough near Lichfield. I buy all my decent meat at Peter Coates at Alrewas - he has his own abbatoir so we know it's local produce.

Sadly I can't find apples that are not covered in wax, other than the ones on the tree further down the hill. :(

do you have a link for this?

Did you check out the link WW?

I don't understand. I have never seen an apple with 'wax' on it.

Not sure if you are trying to wind up WW, but all shiny apples at the supermarket especially the red ones have a very thin layer of wax.
Apples are coated with shellac and carnauba wax to improve their shine because consumers prefer to buy shiny apples and more importantly for supermarkets it extends the shelf life of the apples.
Put an apple in cold water for a few minutes and the apple goes a whitish color, thats the wax reacting to the cold water

http://www.usapple.org/consumers/wax.cfm

Oh right :P No I wasn't, I just didn't understand. I eat the apples regardless, in that case.

One of the reasons why some consumers do not like the wax, is because it seals in anything that was sprayed on, or came into contact with with the apple.
You have to trust the apples were cleaned properly to remove pesticides and other airborne dirt that the apples came into contact with before this wax sealing took place. More so as its very difficult to get the wax off the apple.

Safest bet is to just peel apples before eating them if anyone is worried. <thumbsup>

Thats before it gets irradiated to extend its shelf life like most other fresh food

http://www.food.gov.uk/safereating/rad_in_food/irradfoodqa/

Maybe I'll think about buying an apple tree

No, because it's supposedly common knowledge!

<roflmao>

Not round here it ain't! <smartarse>

That much is obvious!

Well, I eat lots of apples and I don't think I have been harmed as a result of not peeling them or anything. I do wash them before eating, and cut out any nasty bits :)

I can't say I have ever given the shine of an apple any thought! But I have now :D

Or better still, just nick apples off someone else's tree <roflmao>

I'm a bit old for that kind of thing <roflmao>

Get someone else to do it for you :)

Good idea - I have the ideal candidates too - the chavs three doors up the road! <roflmao>

They'd be too busy nicking 10p worth of sweets from the local cornershop and thinking they are 'rock solid' because of it.

If I didn't know better I'd say you knew too much about that sort of thing....

In that case perhaps Chris could pop down and nick the very nice looking apples off the tree further down the road? <roflmao>

I live in the north east. You don't have to look far to see some things happening...