Apples to Apples

Since I received a few comments about my previous "Apple Games" blog, I decided to do some research about the "Apples to Apples" game that everyone was talking about. After some online researching, I found that it really did not have anything to do with apples, but I will tell you what the game is about anyway...

Each player is dealt seven "red apple" cards; on each is printed a noun or noun phrase. The judge draws a "green apple" card on which is printed an adjective, and places it face-up on the table. From their seven red-apple cards, each player, except the judge, chooses a card they think is the best match for the green apple card, and places it face-down. The judge shuffles the red apple cards, reads them aloud, and decides which noun is the best match for the adjective. The player who submitted that red apple card wins the round, and takes the green apple card to signify the win. All players then draw red cards until they have seven again, and the judge may pass to another person to repeat the process.

I LOVE any type of word/drawing/team game like this, so it sounds like a good game to invest in. Try it out at your next family or friend gathering!

More Apple Games

Romans had a huge celebration to honor Pomona, the goddess of fruit. They did this to thank her for the harvest. People played games, ran races and enjoyed a big feast...I noticed that many of you had a lot to say about apple bobbing, so I figured I would post about some more apple games that the Romans would play..and I will warn you now, some of them are just not normal...

Swinging Apple Game..Tie an apple to a piece of string hang it on a doorway or the ceiling. Hold your hands behind your back and try to take a bite at the swinging fruit.

Apple Eating Race..Players kneel down in front of a chair. An apple is placed on each chair. Each player has their hands behind their backs. On the word "Go!" each player races to see who can finish the apple first. If the apple falls, the player is out of the game.

A Seedy Game.. Give each player an apple cut in half. The object is to count the number of seeds in an apple, the number of seeds in the apple revealed something about the person's future.
2=an early marriage
3=an inheritance
4= great wealth
5=a trip across the ocean
6=fame
7=all the person's wishes would come true

Paring Up.. Pare a green apple in one long, winding piece. Swing the paring over your head three times singing:Paring, paring, long and green,Tell my fate for Halloween.Then drop the paring behind you. When it forms the shape of a letter, that letter is believed to be the first initial of the person you will marry.

..weird, no?

Apple Dumplings!

My all time favorite dessert is Apple Dumplings. Many have probably never heard of them, but they are simply amazing. They are made up of a cored, peeled Macintosh apples. Once you have successfully cored and peeled the apple, you make a dough, basically the same dough as pie crust. Then, you wrap each individual apple, topped with cinnamon and a piece of butter to keep it moist, into a piece of the dough. Then the best part, the sauce is drizzled over the apples. This amazing sauce is made up of sugar, water, Cinnamon, nutmeg, and butter and then brought to a boil. Many people leave it as this, but in my family, we would always add red food coloring to make it more "apple like."

The best way to eat the apple dumplings are straight out of the oven with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream on top. The apples are soft and the red sauce is warm delicious, and it makes the apples and crust extremely soft and soggy and amazing. The next day, eating them cold after they have been refrigerated is also good, but warming them up is always better.

I suggest that anyone who has not tried this recipe, to do so immediately. Some may think it is like apple pie because of the apple and the pie crust, but it is a totally different experience.


(This was the most accurate portrayal of what apple dumplings look like in my family, and it even has a reddish sauce!)