Cider
I have a buddy with a small farm in Spanish Fork that has an orchard of apples. He usually makes a deal with another farmer that the other guy does all the work trimming and spraying the apples and they share in the harvest. That didn't happen this year.
This year there were worms in the apples so he opened the orchard for free. My family went through the orchard picking apples for cidermaking. We stopped somewhere North of 1000 pounds of apples! Thank goodness we took a break that day!
The next day found us in the garage with an assembly line of sorts. My oldest, my buddy's oldest, my buddy and my wife all were cutting the worms and eaten parts out of the apples. My other two and my buddy's girl were tasked with moving the apples from the truck to the rinse water then from there to the cutting stations. My job was to put all the cut apples through the chewer and then press for cider. We worked for hours and ended up with a decent amount of cider...and it tasted wonderful!
This year there were worms in the apples so he opened the orchard for free. My family went through the orchard picking apples for cidermaking. We stopped somewhere North of 1000 pounds of apples! Thank goodness we took a break that day!
The next day found us in the garage with an assembly line of sorts. My oldest, my buddy's oldest, my buddy and my wife all were cutting the worms and eaten parts out of the apples. My other two and my buddy's girl were tasked with moving the apples from the truck to the rinse water then from there to the cutting stations. My job was to put all the cut apples through the chewer and then press for cider. We worked for hours and ended up with a decent amount of cider...and it tasted wonderful!
posted by Pastor Tom at 8:19 AM
1 Comments:
You're making my mouth water! Cider freezes really well, so I hope you have a really BIG freezer!
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