[Ag-eq] Apples

[Jody W Ianuzzi]

Hi Tracy
If you get a dehydrator make sure it has a fan. The one we got has a thermostat that ranges from 95 to 160 degrees. 

JODY
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On Aug 29, 2013, at 10:34 AM, nfoster at extremezone.com wrote:

> Tracy:
> 
> Your apples sound wonderful; I love the sweet tart ones.  It's hard to get a
> really good apple here in Arizona.
> 
> Could you freeze the cooked appple side dish that you're making?
> 
> If you know how to can, you could can apple sauce and the like.  One of my aunts
> makes and cans wonderful apple butter.  My Mom makes lots and lots of dried
> apples.  She always sends me some and they are yummy!
> 
> I don't have any good ideas for getting the apples off the tree.  Could you
> shake it, or some of the limbs?
> 
>  Good luck.
> 
> Nella
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>:
> 
>> I have a bumper crop of apples this year.  They're not as big as
>> store-bought, but they have a wonderful sweet-tart crispness that can't be
>> beat.  The fruit drawer on my fridge is full of apples, and the harvest is
>> just starting.
>> I just ordered a food mill from Amazon.  I'm hoping that it will make apple
>> cooking easier.  Because the apples are small to medium-sized, and harder
>> than store-bought, I don't think an ordinary apple-corer would do a good job
>> on them.  Right now, if I want to cook some, I slice them and pare out the
>> core, which takes a bit of time, since I need to fix several apples.  Then I
>> saute them in a little butter for a minute, add a little water, cover and
>> cook them for about 15 minutes, and get a delicious side-dish.  When my mill
>> comes, I'm hoping to branch out into actual applesauce.
>> I've also gotten a lot of apple dessert recipes, but there's a limit to how
>> much dessert we can eat without getting fat, which is too bad, because I
>> enjoy baking.
>> Does anyone have any hints about apple storage or apple cooking prep?
>> Also, our method so far for harvest is to pick up what falls on the ground,
>> keep the good ones, and chuck the damaged ones in the compost.  I've put
>> nets on a few of the low-hanging fruits too keep them from falling, but
>> there's too much to net them all. My neighbor talks about going up a ladder
>> and picking apples off the tree, but I'm not keen on climbing a ladder every
>> day to see if I find any ripe apples at the top. Any ideas about apple
>> harvesting, better than picking up windfalls?
>> Tracy
>> 
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