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Blend and pack tomorrow

Adam Snyder

Level 2 snow emergency canceled our church service this morning. We're halfway through making 4 bushels of apples into sauce. The blend is 1 part each Jonathan, Cortland, Macintosh and Yellow Delicious. Should last us the year, even with adding a fourth mouth to feed early next year. #homesteading #youcanjustdostuff

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kidwarp 🛡️ 2 weeks ago

Damn man 4 bushels…. That’s a lot! The most we’ve processed at once is about 150 pounds… which was a bushel n a half. What did you use? Great show of pow!

Adam Snyder 2 weeks ago

↩ replying to kidwarp

It's Jonathan, Macintosh, Cortland, Yellow Delicious. It's a real nice blend, sweet and tangy.

Joe Li₿ertarian 2 weeks ago

We used to just cook l batches of the same ratio, so it was all pretty much identical. I don't know the number of bushels, but between us and our neighbors, we'd have 300 quarts. My T1D son really loved it but since his diagnosis he can't eat it (sugar is the medicine for a low blood sugar). So we don't keep it around anymore. He and I eat low carb (most of the time) and it's helped us both (for different reasons).

Adam Snyder 2 weeks ago

↩ replying to Joe Li₿ertarian

We cook each variety separately and blend after. I think the Jonathan's cook slower than the others, so we'd get some scorching if we mixed varieties while cooking.

Joe Li₿ertarian 2 weeks ago

↩ replying to Adam Snyder

Interesting... that sounds like a "pro tip"!

Adam Snyder 2 weeks ago

↩ replying to Joe Li₿ertarian

That's what my in-laws tell me. I definitely noticed differing cook times though. Macintosh cook fast