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[–] Leeks@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago (2 children)

NileRed made one of these recently.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I have never heard of this channel. Holy shit this is excellent.

[–] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

You've been missing out! He's one of my all-time favorites.

Enjoy your solid-week of backlog!

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Also check out his slightly more deranged second channel, NileBlue. I love his videos because they really show the whole scientific process, errors and all

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

And NileGreen parody channel

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Does NileRed acknowledge that he is also NileBlue, or do they both pretend like they've never met - slash - have some sort of eons old blood feud?

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Hehe yes, he mentions the different channels, but there is definitely a Jekyll and Hyde aspect

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Him, styropyro and explosions&fire are great channels by young scientists.

[–] flappy@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Also Sam Zeloof but he stopped posting due to running his own company, and The Thought Emporium, and Hyperspace Pirate.

[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

What a great video. I love that over the course of the video you basically figure out how these things were invented.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

What I remember:
They smelled a little like grapes, but they just tasted like a sub-par apple. They were also harder/dense than normal apples, and were expensive.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

I’ve had these. They taste fake, because they’re fake.

[–] poopsmith@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I remember these. Tried them once and never again. It's a cool gimmick but pricey.

[–] cuuube@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

I think I tried one of these once. It truly does taste like both apple and grape at the same time. It would be a great product for parties for sure.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I've always preferred Fujis, then they engineered Cosmic Crisp and those are pretty damn good as well.

Granny Smith's bitterness pairs well with certain cheeses, also.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well apparently these aren't engineered, but artificially flavored. Kinda disappointing.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Cotton candy grapes and Pineberries are natural cultivars as well. Stewing apples in a vat of grape flavor just isn't appealing to me,, no matter how FDA compliant the process is.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

Check out SweeTango apples some time. The crunch and the flavor are both excellent

[–] xep@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago

I'd love to try one once, but I'm not fond of the idea of my apples being doused in flavouring.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Who even comes up with shit like this?

And more importantly? Who buys it?

[–] EunieIsTheBus@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

And more importantly? Who buys it?

Single men trying to impress their single male friends.