Good morning to everyone. Yesterday, changed from a foggy morning (like this morning) to an 80 degree sun shiny day. I expect that today will be the same. I did notice that while on the back patio, having me cup of coffee and watching the birds fly over, that ants are building up their nest on my paving stones. So that means that a gully washer is coming. Which is heavy rain. It’s funny, what the insects will tell you.
Like some of the first insects to arrive will let you know that spring is on the way. The ladybugs along with the bumble bees and butterflies will tell you that. Also if you garden, the bumble bees seem to come out at 10:00. I used to have a garden full of trellised green beans and if I was late picking them, then I had to say “move over Mr. bumble bee” and I will be gone quickly.
Enough about the stories you will find in nature, throughout your life. If you would only look for them.
Today is the day for the homemade applesauce recipe. As I am only one, this made enough for myself, so you will find that the taste can not be beat but the amount that you get out of two bags of apples is what you see in my photo.
Two bags of McIntosh apples or Winesap apples. Any apples will do, but these are my favorites as my Daddy was a produce man, and I know my fruits and veggies, well.
I used a large apple corer/slicer and cored the apples into slices. Then I poured 5 TBSP of lemon juice into each of 2 large bowls. You save the scraps if you want to make candy apple preserves or jellies. So then I peel all the apple slices and save the peels and cores in one bowl and apple slices in the other bowl.
Turn on a large crock pot and pot the apple slices in it. Add 3/4 cup of water and cook on high for 2 or 3 hours, while stirring and checking on, every 30 minutes. This is all that I do. I do not need to add any sugar as they are already sweet and tart for some of the very best natural apple sauce.
As for the peels and cores and lemon juice, put them in a freezer bag to keep and I will give you the recipe for candy apple preserves very soon. It will make 1 1/2 to 2 jars of goodness.
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