Apples to applesauce
Sep. 15th, 2008 10:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
astra_nomerWe went apple-picking yesterday, along with the intrepid ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
marcusmarcusrc. It was a mixed success, because DS1 got upset early on over not getting to pick out the wheelbarrow he wanted, so he spend the rest of the time moping in the car with DH. DS2, on the other hand, had a blast: apples are just about his favorite fruit.
In the afternoon, DH peeled and cored enough apples to fill my biggest mixing bowl, and I cooked them all down into applesauce.
Method:
1) pour 1 inch of apple juice into biggest pot
2) fill pot with sliced apples (luckily, volume of biggest bowl ~= volume of biggest pot)
3) cover pot, turn high on high until boiling vigorously, then turn down to moderate boil
4) cook until done (i.e. apples all mushy)
5) use stick blender to saucify cooked apples
Now, I'm not a huge fan of applesauce: I mean, if it's there I'll eat it, but there are lots yummier things I'd rather eat. But this stuff tasted just like fresh apples, not that watery gruel-like substance you buy in the store. Yum! Anyway, I canned about 5 pint jars, and put the last little bits in containers for DS2's lunches.
Now I am eyeing food grinder attachments for my KitchenAid mixer, on the theory that it will cut on the peeling and coring step. Then again, if DH will do the peeling and coring for me, maybe I don't need it! Home-cooked food tastes so wonderful: if only it didn't take so much time and energy.
That got us through maybe half of one of the three half-bushel boxes we picked. Maybe pies next?
marcusmarcusrc. It was a mixed success, because DS1 got upset early on over not getting to pick out the wheelbarrow he wanted, so he spend the rest of the time moping in the car with DH. DS2, on the other hand, had a blast: apples are just about his favorite fruit.In the afternoon, DH peeled and cored enough apples to fill my biggest mixing bowl, and I cooked them all down into applesauce.
Method:
1) pour 1 inch of apple juice into biggest pot
2) fill pot with sliced apples (luckily, volume of biggest bowl ~= volume of biggest pot)
3) cover pot, turn high on high until boiling vigorously, then turn down to moderate boil
4) cook until done (i.e. apples all mushy)
5) use stick blender to saucify cooked apples
Now, I'm not a huge fan of applesauce: I mean, if it's there I'll eat it, but there are lots yummier things I'd rather eat. But this stuff tasted just like fresh apples, not that watery gruel-like substance you buy in the store. Yum! Anyway, I canned about 5 pint jars, and put the last little bits in containers for DS2's lunches.
Now I am eyeing food grinder attachments for my KitchenAid mixer, on the theory that it will cut on the peeling and coring step. Then again, if DH will do the peeling and coring for me, maybe I don't need it! Home-cooked food tastes so wonderful: if only it didn't take so much time and energy.
That got us through maybe half of one of the three half-bushel boxes we picked. Maybe pies next?
