Back to Basics: Apples

by Gavin Rutter

Thursday October 28 2010, 1:02pm

Sainsbury’s Basics Apples are awesome. The poor little things, they haven’t quite made the high-grade ‘Class 1’ standards that their fatter, pricier, better-packaged brothers have reached. But man, are they versatile. One week Granny Smith, the next Red Delicious…they know how to keep me guessing.

What is it that attracts me so? At 97p a bag, they are cheaper than chips (even if the odd one is bruised or malformed). But more than the price, it’s a Class issue. Do I feel like a crusader, beating the Big Man by my budget choice? Far more than I have the right to. I relish the slight inadequacies of my ‘Class 2’ comrades. Even if I relish them with my Organic bread and cheese. It’s that bit of frugality that makes my snack just a little bit sweeter.

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