Last week I got a message from my friend, Emily, asking if we were interested in free apples. Of course the answer was YES! Her husband's 86 year old grandma had a huge yield from her apple trees and was sorry to see fruit going to waste. I am so thankful Emily thought of me! We were out of town camping, but she dropped off 4 big paper bags of apples and I canned them last night since they were starting to get overripe.
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DH put the apples downstairs where it's cooler to await my arrival and their squishy doom |
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The apples appear to be in sorry shape. These are washed in the sink. |
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Inside an average apple. The apples got better after the first bag. |
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Apples ready to boil. I left some bruising, but cut off a lot, too. |
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You can see a lot of bruises went into the 'yuck bucket' |
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Mid-canning set up from left: Hot sauce, sealed jars, canner, raw apples (on deck for cooking burner), seals & rings in small lidded pot, cooking apples with round cookie sheet on top, cutting station with washed apples in white tub. |
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The kitchen gets soooooo gross. My poor KitchenAid. Other sink empty for washing apples. |
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33 Quarts - Done! I used recycled lids on these which is a big canning no-no, but everything sealed so I feel OK about it. |
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I also put 2 quarts in the fridge for the next few days so I didn't waste seals.
Thanks again, Emily!
Katie
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