Any fruit packed in I call my 9 pound hammer. I keep it in the brain {the top part} of my pack. On one hike, every time I would record, I would say, I feel like there is a 9 pound hammer, hammering on my brain. Then at the end of the day I acted like I was surprised they were there. {most likely to never be on a You Tube near you} Two apples and an orange can feel like nine pounds after a day of carrying them. But they sure do taste good at camp. Fruit is the best trail magic.
And I did try smoking out of an apple, just to see how it would do. I was able to smoke out of it, but you had to use a lot of flame on it to overcome the inherent wetness of the apple.