I seem to recall telling you to check back this weekend for an updated final canning tally.
OH SILLY ME.
Why I thought I might actually get through a million pounds of apples (no, that is not an exaggeration--just ask my aching hands) in less than a week, I don't know. Because I am a foolishly optimistic person, apparently.
Despite diligent labor and many, many trips to the compost with apple peels and cores, I still have a lot of apples. I don't know how many pounds (a million?), but about 3/4 of a bushel anyway. I think I might get another canner-load of applesauce done today. Then I need to start on the next canner-load. A canner-load is seven quarts, which requires me to actually make three batches of applesauce.
On the upside, I have discovered that my melted apple butter is DELICIOUS in yogurt. So I'll probably make some more of that and just freeze it. I think I should have room for a couple of quarts of that in the freezer, even though our freezer will soon be crammed to capacity with lamb.
After all of that, maybe I'll only have half a million pounds left. Progress!
3 comments:
I don't know anything about sheep...will eating apple peels hurt them?
I know they are on there way to the freezer now...but , before?
Congrats on the apple progress!
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Mmm, but the house will smell so good!
I'd be baking nightly apple pies if I were you, even if it would barely make a dent in the apple consumption. Dessert and breakfast, all in one pie.
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