Carrying on juicing today, adding some which gives a sharper dry juice, to counteract the sweetness of the others.
Tidying bits here and there, gradually being able to see the kitchen bench... until you use the space!!
The weather was rather miserable...
There were a few breaks in the wet and windyness, which gave me a chance to take a few things down the garden to the workshop...but I wasn't going to stay there today with the temperature feeling like single figures, just....and getting cooler...
I sorted the apples I still have...five trays are up in the cool sewing room, three still down.
I think that I remember correctly that these ones make good apple rings...
I've started getting things together and organising places to stay for my end of month trip.
Two funerals..a cousin in Essex and a friend in Cheltenham. So I can stay with a friend in Gloucester...I phoned her and she was with her daughter in France!! But she will be back in plenty of time. Next step book travelodges for the first leg...as it is over 400 miles I'll do that in two days.
And work out which way to go after Gloucester!!
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I would be most interested to hear about your apple rings, how you do them and what you do with them. What keeps your apple juice from fermenting? Is it heated, poured into bottles and then wax sealed?
The apple juice looks like a magic potion!
You are always busy.
Apple rings are a good nibble while travelling...or even when not travelling!!
That is how my daughter processes her apple juice. I process the bottles after filling..cold water bath, tops a quarter open, raise to 190⁰F (just about simmering temperature) hold for 20 minutes, remove, close top, tape the top, cool on side, wax top when cool... otherwise it just runs off!!
Home made apple juice. Nectar of the gods.
I'm sorry you have funerals but a trip away is good. It's apple time here too -- maybe making apple bread this week to freeze.
The weather has been pretty miserable here too, we've had never ending thunderstorms.
I think I'll bookmark this post for your juice processing method. Sounds good to try.
Oh dear, sorry about the funerals. I hope you travel safely!
I do our cider differently. We have an old fashioned press that has a grinder on top. We grind the apples, then they fall down into the press and we turn the screw thingie to push a wood disc down onto the ground apples. I heat the juice to boiling, jar it up and press in a water bath for 20 minutes.i sometimes use the pressings to make vinegar too. Right now we are making pear cider, same process.
I sure like your bottle rack!
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