I guess
inquiring minds want to know.
Just what did I do
with 30 lbs of apples?
Well, thanks to my friend
that has two apple trees,
we added about another 30 lbs to mine.
Here's a batch from her trees.
McIntosh and Honey gold.
Yum!
Once they were
all washed,
we set to work.
We peeled.
Some of us with this
cool little unit...
It peeled, cored and sliced all at once!
Even Becky got in on the action.
And some of us peeled, cored,
and sliced by hand.
We canned
22 quarts of
apple pie filling
and
24 half pints of apple butter.
This is just my half of the goodies!
It was a great day
of production in my kitchen
and it sure smelled good in here!
We're both using some
of what we made as Christmas gifts.
(Valerie, do NOT tell Jim).
We'll add some other
goodies to go with it
and hopefully appease some
appetites longing for a taste of fall
in the dead of winter.
So there you have it!
My take on apples!
23 comments:
Yum. I can just imagine the wonderful aroma in your house. Looks like you had some great help there!
That's a lotta apples....
Wow! that sure is a big job to do all that! How wonderful it will be though to enjoy all year! I can almost smell that apple butter over here!
Yum!
Superb!! I would LOVE to know how you can Apple Pie filling. I didn't know you could do that.
That looks great! Our apple trees didn't do very well this year :-(
Jill you are so smart and ambitious...WTG. I just knew you'd be doing something fantastic with your ton of apples.
Hugs Madi
Oh, yum! That looks so delicious - I can just imagine the wonderful aroma in your home! Every year around the end of October the kids and I make homemade applesauce - it's become a tradition - and I love the way it makes the house smell.
Good Lord, that's a Lot of apples! Glad you had help!
hughugs
This is so much work. Wonderful post . Thanks for sharing. I used to do all of this and gave it up. I had too. Loved your blog
What a lot of work but oh my, how delicious will they be! Always a delight to come here Jill.
do i smell a giveaway?! perhaps a jar of apple butter for one lucky winner!? :)
every single day it's something new here, your blog is sooo much fun!! i just love that it's always changing!!
you said you wanted to be good at something, you are great at so many things, why don't you see that!!
this is wonderful. they have cute little square shaped boxes at a.c. moore, imprinted for christmas. a cloth napkin, all your goodies. i've done them with mail/stationary themes, added pens and stamps. i've also done movie night with a dvd and snacks and 2 movie tickets. food themes are always a big hit!!
That's fantastic what you've produced! Mmmmm, can just about smell those wonderful aromas coming out of your kitchen too. That peeling corer thingy is great as well, and it looks like Becky has got it working beautifully.
Perfect Christmas gifts :D)
Yummm! Your canned goodies look wonderful! I love me some apple butter on warm gingerbread! mmm!
That is a neat little apple peeling gadget. I have always wondered if those really worked. Now I know! :)
I even like apple butter from the store so I can imagine how good your's taste.
You have been busy, looks lovely though. I can only imagine how lovely the smell must have been. Apple butter - is that a bit like lemon curd but only apple instead or lemon?
YUM! I love apple butter..time to get crackin' on mine.
Looks delicious. Good for you! :)
Great minds think alike:) Yummy! I'll trade you a pear for an apple..... Bonnie
Apple butter YUM! It all looks so good!
That was a lot of work - but it goes much more easily with friends. sandie
Yummy, I can almost taste it :)
Good idea, I often wonder what to do with a glut of apples. What's apple butter? can you post a recipe?
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