If these sound like something you want to try, let me know and I will include them in your next delivery.
We have cut up the mid grade fruits and cooked them in a low cooker with a small amount of cinnamon. Applesauce for the winter when apples go up to 7.99 a Lb. These generated more compost from parings, but otherwise were what I expected.
Libby and Tory absolutely loved the apple cores and eagerly await their evening snack of more.
Customer taste test:
- Crunchy and tart! My favourite! We loved them/would take more/would
recommend
- Apples have good texture and pleasantly tart taste. We ate them raw, but
probably could cook with them too. One had a scar that we cut open and there
was browning down into the apple suggesting something small might have eaten
its way into one side, but the other half of that apple was fine. Would be interested in some more for sure.
- I liked the crispiness of the apple. But it was a bit tart for our taste.
- I'm no food critic as I like most food so here goes my best Lanark apple
review...
I enjoyed eating the apples raw probably more than cooked. I did notice
how fast the apples browned as i cut them up to cook but that was expected for
me. I like apples that are crisp and tart but didn't find these especially
crisp or tart.
- Its taste is OK. However, we like different kinds of apples, e.g., crisp apples.
I assume the discrepancy between the different assessments may be that two fruits were not good enough for a sample to draw consistent conclusions from.
There is much more to write about from the past season, I may have some time to finish a very lengthy post if the weather is too wet to do other work around here.
Highlights of the summer include catching bee swarms and raising a hundred square foot shed onto a temporary foundation.
Plenty we have learned, including mushroom cultivation, chicken first aid, how to clean a carburetor, and building a staircase.
Less fun news include the cat and mouse game between us and the local bear.
One other note - I am trying to figure out how to crack black walnut shells. Another farmer said placing them between two boards and driving a tractor over them might work, but then that would leave me with the onerous task of separating the broken shell from the nuts - which might also be broken up. Alas, I do not have a tractor....