When my children were young, I read to them a book called
Apple Pigs. about the wonderful apple tree that produced so many apples the family did not know what to do with them all. We don't have huge trees, but we were very surprised to see how many apples were on our two semi-dwarf trees this year! We picked about 6 bushels!
They are hard and tart...great for eating or baking pies and cobblers. In our case, it is applesauce for our food storage.
I swore I would never can applesauce alone again but here I am! That was about five years ago when I didn't have a "system" yet and I made a huge mess! It still is messy but this year Dale had to work and I was home for spud harvest so I was elected to start the all-day project. What really helped is using my Playtex gloves. I didn't have sticky hands to distract me all the time. It also helps to have a heavy duty large pressure cooker, a Victorio Strainer (don't try making applesauce without it!) and sufficient jars, sugar, and cinnamon. The good thing was it made the house smell wonderful and when Dale got home, he processed the 57 jars for me in the pressure cooker. Be careful what you swear off! It comes back to haunt you. I may have to make some
apple pigs or
Halloween decorations.
When my children were young, I read to them a book called Apple Pigs. about the wonderful apple tree that produced so many apples the family did not know what to do with them all. We don't have huge trees, but we were very surprised to see how many apples were on our two semi-dwarf trees this year! We picked about 6 bushels! 
They are hard and tart...great for eating or baking pies and cobblers. In our case, it is applesauce for our food storage.
I swore I would never can applesauce alone again but here I am! That was about five years ago when I didn't have a "system" yet and I made a huge mess! It still is messy but this year Dale had to work and I was home for spud harvest so I was elected to start the all-day project. What really helped is using my Playtex gloves. I didn't have sticky hands to distract me all the time. It also helps to have a heavy duty large pressure cooker, a Victorio Strainer (don't try making applesauce without it!) and sufficient jars, sugar, and cinnamon. The good thing was it made the house smell wonderful and when Dale got home, he processed the 57 jars for me in the pressure cooker. Be careful what you swear off! It comes back to haunt you. I may have to make some apple pigs or Halloween decorations.
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