Putting it by...end of the season run
KW
Arkansas Black, Arkansas Gold, Mutsu and Detroit Red. Friend of mine who has
been the beneficiary of the early season crop called me up and wanted to
repay the favor with finished goods. Off to the county cannery she goes with
plans to split the spoils between applesauce (pints) and canned slices
(quarts).
The Arkansas Blacks make the most delectable pink tinged applesauce (no
sugar necessary) and the quart slices are the perfect size for a single
batch of Dutch Oven Dump Cobbler that so warm our souls during the winter
Boy Scout camping trips.
The rest of the Detroit Reds in the high tops of the big old snaggly tree go
to feed the deer as they continue to drop over the next 2-4 weeks.
KW
Wallace
"KW" <keith_war...@windstream.net> wrote in message
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> Just picked the last run of apples. Two 5 gallon buckets of a mixed batch.
> Arkansas Black, Arkansas Gold, Mutsu and Detroit Red. Friend of mine who
> has been the beneficiary of the early season crop called me up and wanted
> to repay the favor with finished goods. Off to the county cannery she goes
> with plans to split the spoils between applesauce (pints) and canned
> slices (quarts).
please tell how your county cannery is set up and run. sounds interesting.
KW
"Wallace" <please...@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I haven't set foot in there in several years since getting pretty well set
up to do things on my own here at home. What they had at that time was
pretty much what the home canner would use, just on a larger scale so that
one can do significant quantities in a shorter amount of time. It's run by
the County Extension Service and is staffed by pretty knowledgeable folks as
well. IIRC the pressure canners hold 30 quarts or 55 pints per run and they
have commercial stoves and related cookware, steam sterilizer for the jars,
food mills, stainless steel prep tables, sinks, etc to facilitate roughly
10-20 people working at a time.
Here is what little they have on the county web site about the cannery.
http://www.ucfarmersmarket.com/canning.html
KW