Yankee Magazine
Appetizers
Peach and Hot-Pepper Salsa
Breakfast & Brunch
Old-Fashioned Blueberry Muffins (1981)
Food
Clam Chowder (2008)
Food
Old School
Colonists loved the versatility of the Roxbury Russet, a Massachusetts variety and the oldest named American apple. “It’s good for cooking, good for cider making, and can be stored until April,” Watson says. How? Put it in a plastic bag, punch a few holes for some air, and keep it in a root cellar.
Food
Livin Large
Like something with a little heft? Then go for the Wolf River, which can weigh up to a pound and a half each. When Watson recently got his hands on one, he gave it to his local general store. “Everybody commented on it,” he says. “Customers were snapping pictures of their babies next to it.”
Food
Hill Country Treat
Old-time Mainers know all about the Black Oxford, a native variety that ripens in mid- to late October. It stores well and offers the right sugar/acid balance, giving it both sweet and tart flavors for great off-the-tree eating.
Food
Going Green
The Rhode Island Greening is a dessert and baking favorite that was adored so much by Providence founder Roger Williams that he was reportedly buried beneath an apple tree. “Great texture, nice flavor,” Watson says. “One of the best pie apples. It kicks Granny Smith’s butt.”
Food
Get Procative
If you want something different, ask for it–and your local orchard is a great place to start. Two of Watson’s favorite New Hampshire orchards: Alyson’s in Walpole and Gould Hill in Contoocook. “[An orchardist] may know where to go,” Watson says, “or they may have one or two trees themselves. They just haven’t put them […]