As part of our goal to only buy local food in 2009 I’ve been hitting the farmer’s market every Saturday morning. The kids eat a lot of applesauce and of course nothing I find at the store says where it comes from so I bought 6 – 20 pound boxes of apples.
It took me several weekends to finish saucing them all and when I did my arms and shoulders were sore and my feet hurt. But I now have a freezer full of applesauce that should last us until apples are in season again.
I also made apple juice and left it on the counter to turn to cider. After about 3 days it was starting to get that cider kick but I accidentally knocked the lid closed and the next morning it had mold floating on it. The plan had been to make cider then turn most of that into vinegar. Chicken Little was very disappointed it didn’t work out. He’s a big vinegar fan, often asking to taste the various ones I have in the cupboard and then contrast and rank them.
He had been tasting it every day and noting the changes it was going through. We’ll try again when my shoulders recover.
Katie says:
OK! That is totally cool! I have wanted to make my own vinegar too….even read up on what the heck “mother” was…and all the wonderful things you can use “mother” for.
Hope your shoulders are doing better….
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