Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Grandma Applesauce.

I have lots of blog posts I want to type up, so i'll make this more of a picture post. 
 
P.S. When I am nursing baby at 3 AM I tend to think of the best blog posts, but I never write them down.  hmm.. gotta change that.  Funny how my thoughts are the best in the middle of the night....
 
Okay, when mom came to visit (who is now known as Grandma Applesauce), we went to an orchard and picked apples and tomatoes!  We made applesauce for baby, sliced apples for pie, and delicious tomato sauce!
 

Step 1: Put baby in front pack and go to orchard
Step 2: get handsome husband to climb up tree to get the best apples
 
Step 3: rinse apples (apparently we didn't rinse well enough because a little catapillar made its way into Bryan's school bag!)

then if you want to make apple slices, slice and peel apples and cook for 5 minutes

dump into ice water to stop cooking process
 




stuff into jars and add a little simple syrup


to make applesauce quarter apples peels and cores included and cook down until really soft

here they are soft and ready to be whirled!
place in food mill and whirl whirl whirl!

you see at the bottom is perfect applesauce, and the seeds and skin stays in the top!


water bath to preserve and admire on the counter


ooh Eli, that will be yummy lunch one day :)

and you can't forget tomato sauce!!

its so delicious I don't even want to used canned anymore. 


so there you have it. Grandma Applesauce sure knows how to make yummy applesauce!  Love you mom!


1 comment:

  1. add just a pinch of salt to bring out the flavor, use 3 kinds of apples for the very best flavor, hold the sugar, you probably won't even notice it is not artificially sweetened because it is soooo good. for tomato sauce be bold and gutsy....add a carrot, some wilty celery, an onion that is lonely in the frig, and a variety of spices and herbs and the flavors all swirl and blend and it is good enough to make plain pasta like dinner for a king. i love your results and that you can now carry on the tradition of canning. love you too, grandma applesauce

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