How do ya like them apples? (idea) by LaggedyAnne

An idiom. Common usage is the equivalent to:

"What do you think of that?!"
"So there!"
or a very defiant "Nyaa, nyaa nyaa nyaa nyaa"

This rhetorical question is particularly useful when spiting someone else, as used in the Good Will Hunting example. "I got her phone number. How 'bout them apples?" Another example might be:

If you're going to complain about the downvoting, I'll nuke your node, instead. How do ya like them apples?

JerboaKolinowski says: Could well be Irish - I spotted it in an Irish newspaper just the other day as a photo caption. Lots of Irish in Boston, right?

Note: while I'm not sure the origin of this phrase, it is not unique to New England. In fact, we here in the MidWest use it all the time.
The best answer is a deadpan "Puréed into applesauce, actually, with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Thanks!"

Boston English	Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis	Good Will Hunting	Put that in your pipe and smoke it
I'M GUNNA BE WICKED RETAHDED: Come for the scenery, stay for the BAP (another E2 nodah pahty)	Jeff K.	Why I Like the Soviet National Anthem	I just happen to like apples and I am not afraid of snakes
You're laughing now, but I'm voting this sucka down	A cunning plan to reduce pedestrian stupidity and arrogance on the bike path	He thinks I don't, but I do	I'M GUNNA BE WICKED RETAHDED: Come for the scenery, stay for the BAP (another E2 nodah pahty) - II
I am not hitting on you	What do you want, a cookie?	All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others	Dorm practical jokes
...	Caramel apple pie	The Golden Apples of the Sun	Less Than Jake: A Play
cackleberry	Pepperidge Farm	heatwave tricks	Everything will be alright