{"id":7316,"date":"2020-11-05T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T10:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/?p=7316"},"modified":"2021-10-29T19:08:14","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T19:08:14","slug":"bonfire-night-humble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/bonfire-night-humble\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bonfire Night Ruins the Humble Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you aren\u2019t from the UK and aren\u2019t familiar with Bonfire night then let me explain, because it all might sound pretty weird.<\/p>\n

A brief history of bonfire night…<\/h3>\n

Back in 1605 a chap called Guy Fawkes<\/a> planned to kill the King by blowing up the Houses of Parliament. It all came down to religion, Catholics vs Protestants. Guy Fawkes placed gunpowder under the houses of parliament, and he was unfortunately rumbled. In celebration, we plant a dummy of Fawkes on top of a bonfire and set it alight, along with fireworks. It\u2019s all incredibly unusual, but also very British.<\/p>\n

So now back to the point of this story. One of the other traditions that comes with bonfire night is toffee apples. Fruit mixed with other sugary items has always been popular. Who doesn\u2019t love strawberries dipped in chocolate? I can even cope with banoffee. But I draw the line with toffee apples. This concoction was created in the early 1900s and has been eaten ever since on the 5th of November by children across the country. What is it exactly? An apple on a stick dipped in candied sugar and dried, brittle enough to break your teeth, and if that doesn\u2019t do it then the inhumane amounts of sugar will surely rot them away. Kids don\u2019t even enjoy the best part of it, the apple. They usually lick\/pick off the sugar and throw the fruit away, it\u2019s abominable.<\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t just stop there though, now companies and supermarkets have taken it to another level and caked apples in all sorts of products, chocolate, marshmallows, popping candy and basically anything that will stick to sugar. But what\u2019s the problem with this? Well there isn\u2019t any problem if you love toffee apples and you don\u2019t mind a few extra fillings. But why can\u2019t we just appreciate the apple without having to drench it in processed products? My issue is that this method of cooking (if you can call it that) completely takes away everything an apple has to offer and that\u2019s just such a shame.<\/p>\n

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For the love of the lovely apple<\/h3>\n

At this time of year in the UK, we\u2019ve just been through a plentiful harvest of various types of apple. There are so many things you can do to accentuate the flavour, taste and texture of apples. Add them to a crumble, squeeze fresh apple juice or simply just eat an apple a day to keep the doctor away. Is there anything better than getting your teeth into a crisp, cold apple? I don\u2019t think so. The beauty of them is that they come in so many different varieties, they don\u2019t need to be tarnished in such a way that there is simply nothing left of the original flavour.<\/p>\n

So here is my plea to you this November. Instead of reaching to the supermarket shelves for that sugar coated, low quality apple. Choose a fresh apple instead. Enjoy it on its own, or in a dish and enjoy the brilliant flavours and texture it has to offer. Just don\u2019t dip it in sugar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the UK, apple takes the spotlight at Bonfire Night, says Simply Souperlicious’ Eryn Barber. She explains why fresh apple is best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":48290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_aioseo_title":"","_aioseo_description":"In the UK, apple takes the spotlight at Bonfire Night, says Simply Souperlicious' Eryn Barber. She explains why fresh apple is best.","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[163,464,382,496,465,384,395],"class_list":["post-7316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soup_and_soul","tag-apple","tag-bonfire","tag-culture","tag-eryn-barber","tag-guy-fawkes","tag-soup-and-soul","tag-soupsoul"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48925,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7316\/revisions\/48925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplysouperlicious.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}