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Look! Grapples!
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Puzzle ID: #28558
Submitted By: sugarnspice4u7 Corrected By: medster99
Submitted By: sugarnspice4u7 Corrected By: medster99
Trivia
Trivia brain teasers have some element of trivia in them, but they are not just pure trivia questions.Trivia
My friend Brandon and I were sitting on a bench waiting for our friend. We started talking when a sticky situation came up. He told me he had tried this new type of apple called a "Grapple."
"It's a very cool apple that tastes like grapes!" he exclaimed, "I figured since I enjoyed them so much that I could plant the seeds from the grapple. Then, by midsummer, I can have instant grapples fresh from the tree!"
"But Brandon, it's not going to work out," I said.
"I know that you are going to tell me that I just don't have the green thumb," he explained, "but I still have that apple tree in my backyard from last summer, and it's still alive."
"You can try and plant the seeds, but you won't get grapples," I said.
Why?
"It's a very cool apple that tastes like grapes!" he exclaimed, "I figured since I enjoyed them so much that I could plant the seeds from the grapple. Then, by midsummer, I can have instant grapples fresh from the tree!"
"But Brandon, it's not going to work out," I said.
"I know that you are going to tell me that I just don't have the green thumb," he explained, "but I still have that apple tree in my backyard from last summer, and it's still alive."
"You can try and plant the seeds, but you won't get grapples," I said.
Why?
Answer
Because grapples are not genetically engineered as most people tend to think.Grapples are simply Fuji apples soaked in Concord grape juice for a few days to a week. If Brandon had planted the seeds, the tree would have produced Fuji apples, leaving him bewildered!
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yay! i'm the first to comment!!! i learned something new today. good teaser!
when he learns his lesson, will his respnse be akin to sour grapes?
thanks for teh awesome comments!!
Good to learn new things.
I think I will try that sometime.
Do you think that would work with regular apples?
I think I will try that sometime.
Do you think that would work with regular apples?
actually you could but you wouldnt taste the grape flavor.
If you bite into a red delious apple and then into a fuji apple you will see that the fuji has a flavorless fresh taste and can absorb flavors better. In markets avalible, Grapples are very expensive and many people have no idea what it contains. simply you can take a fuji apple and mimicate it!!!!
If you plan to try it~ Remember that the longer soaked, the more flavor absorbed!!
If you bite into a red delious apple and then into a fuji apple you will see that the fuji has a flavorless fresh taste and can absorb flavors better. In markets avalible, Grapples are very expensive and many people have no idea what it contains. simply you can take a fuji apple and mimicate it!!!!
If you plan to try it~ Remember that the longer soaked, the more flavor absorbed!!
Cool, anyone for a grapple pie. Rumapple sound refreshing.
Now that's trivia.
Super teaser!
I thought this was to do with how apple blossom pollinates.
Most types of apple blossom cannot self pollinate, they have to be pollinated by a different type of apple pollen so the seed is a hybrid of 2 apple types.
Apple trees are normally grown from cuttings so you get the apple type you want. The seeds grow a random hybrid, dependant on the pollen.
Don't know if this applies to the Fuji apples or not.
Most types of apple blossom cannot self pollinate, they have to be pollinated by a different type of apple pollen so the seed is a hybrid of 2 apple types.
Apple trees are normally grown from cuttings so you get the apple type you want. The seeds grow a random hybrid, dependant on the pollen.
Don't know if this applies to the Fuji apples or not.
Interesting... learned something new. Had never heard of Grapples or soaking apples.
Might just try it sometime, although I tend not to buy Fujis. I prefer Honeycrisps, Braeburns and Macintoshes.
Might just try it sometime, although I tend not to buy Fujis. I prefer Honeycrisps, Braeburns and Macintoshes.
Nice one
very good
I could go for some grapples right now. It's fun to say.
Great teaser, I'd never heard of grapples.. or fuji apples.. Sounds interesting though
boooreing
Not sure what to think about this one. Needless to say, I didn't get it.
Never heard of grapples
PRETTY WEAK, NOT INTERESTING, I GUESS LIKE SOMEONE ELSE SAID, JUST BORING.
Well I never knew that there's such thing as a grapple so my answer was "because there's no such thing"...
Yeah I've seen these before. They smell like the candy grape, not actuall grapes. I took one sniff and walked away. It was pretty easy to tell that they were not genetically engineered.
I have had Grapples and had no idea that they weren't genetically engineered to taste that way. Fun to learn something in a Teaser!
Terrible - not a Brain Teaser - just trivia, besides, I thought that Grapples were invented by you as a device for the "puzzle". Ugggg!
THANK YOU! I love it when I actually gain something from these teasers besides a headache! LOL!
Actually laughed aloud on this one! Two words, NI CE!
I have never heard of Grapples
either.
I like the sound of the Grapple Pie Tho & then ADD some rum & raisins
to it . Xmas Grapple Pie. M-m-m-m Purple.
either.
I like the sound of the Grapple Pie Tho & then ADD some rum & raisins
to it . Xmas Grapple Pie. M-m-m-m Purple.
Sorry for not liking the teaser but really enjoyed all of the comments !!
I had a Grapple once, and it tasted too much like a chemical grape flavor.
I've never had one but they sound delicious. I got it right by the way. Thanks for a great teaser. I truely enjoyed it.
Monday~
Monday~
Not a riddle/brain teaser. Silly trivia and not even a good one.
I didn't know there were such things as grapples! I thought it would be impossible to grow because apples grow on trees and grapes grow on vines.
I never heard of grapples... at least i learned something.
I have never heard of grapples. I would like to try one, they sound interesting.
Wow...ya got me!
Well, that pretty much wasted 5 minutes of my life.
Nice teaser
I only got the anwser because my Grandfather spliced fruit trees (cutting the upper part of a fruit tree at a slant and cutting another tree's bottom half at a slant and tying them together)
and my dad told me you can only graft trees not vines (grapes) or bushs (strawberrys)
I only got the anwser because my Grandfather spliced fruit trees (cutting the upper part of a fruit tree at a slant and cutting another tree's bottom half at a slant and tying them together)
and my dad told me you can only graft trees not vines (grapes) or bushs (strawberrys)
oh and hradilv if you look under the title you'll see it says "trivia" for category
interesting...I learned something new today...keep more teasers like this coming; things like this make learning fun!
Had a Grapple (pronounced like gray-pole) about 5 years ago...it was ok.
i thought the answer had something to do with fruit snacks, because i had no idea! boy do i feel dumb! thanks for the trivia!
Snap, I was really expecting a more creative answer. The literalness doesn't really make my brain think... but it's a fair answer.
no clue...
How are we supposed to know that Grapples are just apples that have been soaked?? Is this something that exists in the US and the rest of us are left confused??
Okaaaaay... Not really a brain teaser, it's just if you know what a grapple is so I didn't really enjoy it but it was still fun learning about these grapples
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