so it's FREEZING here.. we are still bound and determined to keep the thermostat below 70 on some kind of consistant basis, but my will is BREAKING!!!
Since its columbus day and the kids (and ME!) are off of school we decided to do what all the other locals do and we went apple picking.. Ben was working so we took off early (to try to beat any kind of crowds!) and ate at a GREAT pancake place and headed up the mountain to pick apples.. it was SO fun BUT it took like 15 minutes before we had filled out big 18-20 pounder bag and we had gotten our assorted variety's (according to the kids)... my fav variety so far are the Empire... the weather was cold BUT at least the sun came out so it didn't really do anything to the temp but it made me feel better at least (total mind trip I know!!!) these apple trees were nothing like I had ever seen before, they were puney and more like apple shrubs but boy the HUGE apples that they produce are YUMMY!!! the guy at the farm said after the first good snow the'll probably close cuz the apples get too mushy and since there is snow forcasted for tonight (VERY early for this neck of the woods) it's so sad all those great apples will go to waist (ok not to waist the guy also said they go through and get the ones that aren't totally smashed from the ground below the trees they send off to make cider so I would think after some snow it all goes to cider)...
now the question, what the heck do I do with 22 pounds of APPLES!!! i'm defrosting pie crust (no judgements steph!) and i'm going to do a couple of pies and probably some apple sauce and I found a recipe for cookies but i'm not sure about those.. here's what I know forsure.. we will be COMPLETELY appled out by time we get through all of this...
ta ta
