I don't understand why they have to exist. Some things that have no real point still bring pleasure, yes, but what is so wrong with the taste of an apple?
I think if they wanted to coin a word for this thing, they a) should realize that the double p makes the a short, SORRY, b) the word "grapple" already exists, SORRY, and c) there are really heinous mental links for anyone who knows what scrapple is. Someone was really, big time, *not thinking*.
I've heard the word "grapple" (pronounced with a short "a") used to refer to mixtures of grape and apple (specifically, "grapple juice") as long as twenty years ago, so it may not be their coinage. It is equally possible, though, that the usage I encountered was sufficiently obscure that they have indeed coined it independently.
Anyway, I know what scrapple is and didn't make the mental link until you mentioned it (and still don't seem to be perturbed by it), so your point (c) may be a bit overstated. :-)
I've bought them, out of curiosity, and they've been offered to kids at my daughter's school (her school participates in a Federally funded program that offers fruit to schoolchildren daily.). The kids seem to like them. Personally, I don't.
It just seems so...I don't know. Silly. But I've spent most of my parenting years trying to get my kids to learn to like food in its purer rather than processed forms, and I want to ask, "Why?" Heh. :)
I don't disagree. :) And in addition, most grape flavoring is made from pear juice, anyway, so it tastes even stranger to me. I don't like artificial grape. :P
That said, I eat muscadines or scuppernongs when I want that flavor . . . or concord grapes. Scuppernongs are easier to find around here, though, and the flavor is more . . . rich.
Now, a scuppernong, apple (virginia gold or albemarle pippin), and walnut salad . . . that's tasty. I bet using sallies would be good, too, but I don't have any slab hicory trees.
I bought some a year ago because I thought I overheard someone in the supermarket saying they "Taste great", instead of "Taste grape".
I am not the first person to make this sort of mistake. I once bought some laundry detergent which advertised that it "Makes clothes smell great!" We reeked of grape smell until was gone.
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Date: 2005-08-12 08:36 pm (UTC)They still disgust me.
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Date: 2005-08-12 10:46 pm (UTC)Anyway, I know what scrapple is and didn't make the mental link until you mentioned it (and still don't seem to be perturbed by it), so your point (c) may be a bit overstated. :-)
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Date: 2005-08-12 09:37 pm (UTC)This is just stupid.
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Date: 2005-08-13 03:53 am (UTC)That said, I eat muscadines or scuppernongs when I want that flavor . . . or concord grapes. Scuppernongs are easier to find around here, though, and the flavor is more . . . rich.
Now, a scuppernong, apple (virginia gold or albemarle pippin), and walnut salad . . . that's tasty. I bet using sallies would be good, too, but I don't have any slab hicory trees.
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Date: 2005-08-13 02:23 am (UTC)I am not the first person to make this sort of mistake. I once bought some laundry detergent which advertised that it "Makes clothes smell great!" We reeked of grape smell until was gone.