(They really are the cutest couple.)
...add ten crates of these, donated by some very generous local farmers...
...and you have the makings of over 400 gallons of fresh-squeezed apple juice!
Now, I am no apple juice making expert, so I'm not even going to try to explain to you how this was done, exactly, but I will do my best to give you a general idea, using pictures. Here goes!
As mentioned above, you start with ten crates of these...
...then random people, including myself, put them in these...
....in which they are hauled to the pulverizer (I'm just making up these names.)...
After being pulverized, they then go to the super-pulverizer...
....then to the press...
....where the juice is released into a tube, then into a bucket...
After the lids are sterilized...
...the juice is then poured in jars....
...by women with fancy aprons...
(apparently engrossed in intriguing conversation)
....then is transported to the steamers...
John was in charge of keeping the steamers running...
...and spent about nine hours doing this altogether.
The "timers" kept track of how long the apple juice was steamed...
....which job, according to them, was extremely important...
After being carefully timed, they are ready to be taken out and packed into crates for takin' home...
This day was so fun! There was never a shortage of snacks...
...and it was wonderful working with such beautiful people, both inside and out...
Thanks so much to those who organized this amazing event and to all who participated. This experience is one I won't soon forget. :)
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What an AWESOME ward/community activity!!! Loved your pictures and commentary. You are so funny. I get your humor.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. Looks like a fun group activity. Yummy too!
ReplyDeleteI stole two of the pictures from this post. Amazing photography! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSteal away, BJ! They're your cute kids!
ReplyDeleteWas this a church activity or neighborhood? what ever it is AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteI would have to say that was some of the most creative canning equipment I have seen. Very impressed. I wish I could have been there.
Janiece, it's hard to answer that. Everything in our community seems to be combined with the church, so I guess it was a ward/community activity!
ReplyDeleteLynn, thanks! And I wasn't even trying to be funny! :D
ReplyDeleteThat is so fabulous!!! What a great activity - very Amish of you. =) How many did you take home? =)
ReplyDeleteThat's so awesome! I remember doing this with my mom, but we had only five of us doing the work. We gathered the apples off the golf course (free!), then used a guy's apple press in exchange for some of the juice. I think my mother froze most of her juice, though . . . or traded it for other things like firewood . . . she's excellent at bartering!
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun! I have to agree that my in-laws are the cutest couple! They were so kind to bring some apple juice to us, and it is Delicious! I love the photos!
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