Yesterday Aurelija and I went apple-pick-up-ing. We picked up the ones that had already fallen off the tree. I guess that way we know they're ripe. But I reminisced, and shared with Aurelija, about my childhood when we would climb the trees at the orchard and pick them off the branches. The orchard wouldn't even be open until the apples were ripe -- that's how we knew they were ok.
She was enchanted by the idea of an apple orchard :)
I told her if she comes to the states to come in the fall so we can go together.
Then we realized that after December, we would never live together again.
That was a little depressing.
Anyway, now we have about seven thousand apples. So last night we made apple pancakes and fried apples, which turned out more like a delicious apple dip for pancakes and our favorite 99cent cookes :). The basket was still overflowing!
This morning, Aurelija made rice with apples.
For lunch I had some apples.
Our basket is still full.
I just love apples. Hopefully when the basket is gone, I will still love apples.
Sounds yummy! (Including the new dishes in the next post) Do you have a simple recipe for applesauce? It only helps to keep longer if you don't eat it all, but I guess it can even be frozen if you make a big batch! My sis-in-law also makes delicious apple butter, but I think that is a lot more work!
ReplyDeleteMy friend knows how to make apple sauce! I can ask him and then I will post the recipe, but I think it's pretty similar!
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