When hubby and I moved to western NC in 1997, his supervisor and wife invited us to breakfast our first morning there. I remember she pulled apple slices from her freezer and cooked them up with our breakfast and they were so good with our big country breakfast ! I've made fried apples a few times since then, but I usually buy them in the can and doctor them up a little.
I cooked a small batch with our supper the other night. I left the peelings on, as an experiment, as I didn't want to peel all my apples before freezing. Well, I decided I didn't like them as much with the peeling left on, but we ate every bite of them. (hubby and daddy didn't seem to mind the peelings)
So I peeled apples yesterday. I really didn't have that many, so it was no big deal. I used this method of soaking them to keep them from turning brown. (using only salt and water) It's a great article.
I was so happy that this method worked and my apples didn't turn brown . Look at those pretty white apples! I took all the peelings and scraps and packed them up to take to my daddy's goats. After about an hour, to my surprise, those peelings and scraps had not browned either! They had had no salt treatment! ha! Maybe it was just my apple .... they were McIntosh. I will definitely try this method again with a different apple to see if it really works.
Now about my freezer: I went to pull a pork roast from the freezer yesterday and guess what? My food was thawing!!!! It seems the temperature wants to be around 36 degrees, not enough to keep my food frozen. I brought in my new meats and crammed them into my refrigerator freezer. I hope we can figure how to fix the freezer and I'm glad I didn't have it full!!!
And here's my little embroidered children all framed up! I am planning to hang them in the hallway, mainly for my own viewing pleasure. I can't believe I waited over 35 years to frame them. :-))
I like your framed children and the pie safe behind them in the picture. Do you store quilts in the pie safe cabinet? I have two reproduction ones and they are full of quilts.
ReplyDeleteCute little children--finally getting to hang around the house. :)
ReplyDeleteI, too, love that pie safe!
Interesting about those peels not turning brown. I'll be curious to know what you discover with another variety of apple.
I've never frozen apples--just made applesauce and jam, but I am going to check out that article, as I have some I need to do something with and I'm not in a jam making mood, LOL!
ReplyDeleteI never did this with apples!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip!
Hey Penny! You really have been smart! Sorry about the freezer problem. And especially since you were working hard to fill it.
ReplyDeleteFried apples is something I really need to do because I'm sure my hubby would love that. I'll check out the article. Where'd you get the apples?
Love the framed embroidered children too! I feel like your home is so cozy and filled with things you love.
Debbie J.
Your embroidered children are cute! I've always read that lemon juice keeps apples from turning brown; salted water is new to me.
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Oh yummy looking apples! and the little ones framed up nicely.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you framed your pictures and will be enjoying them. I am so sorry that your freezer decided not to keep things frozen but am happy you caught it in time so that you did not lose a bunch of food!
ReplyDeleteMMMMM those apples sound good! Although - I'm wondering if they're the new GMO apples that won't turn brown. You never know how old they are as they don't go bad....which concerns me. I love your little embroideries, so darling!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI read your comment over at Juliekquilts.blogspot.com about wishing your had enough quilts that if someone said they liked one - you would be able to give it to them. I actually had that happen to me. I had been wanting to make a quilt for my sister-in-law. It isn't that she is picky, she just has a definite decorating style and it was hard figuring out what would go with it. One day she came to visit and I had one of my recent finishes on the bed she was sleeping in. She came upstairs that first morning all agog about the quilt that was on her bed. There was a lot of hand applique on it and I liked it a lot so I didn't even consider giving it away - to anyone. About the 3rd time she brought it up that day I thought, "Here is a finished quilt that she really likes, I could give it to her and then I wouldn't have to make something else." DONE. That was over five years ago and she still tells me how much she likes that quilt. It was fun to just pass it over to it's new owner.
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ReplyDeleteYour embroidered children are beyond special. I’m glad you are going to hang them and I think you will smile everytime you look at them.
Years ago, I went apple picking with a friend and brought home a feed sack full of small apples.
We ate lots, I made caramel apples for a church party and I made as many apple pies to freeze as I had pans for, I’m thinking it was about 12. I froze the raw pies and then baked them frozen. They were good.
Thank you for the link. I put it into my Pinterest account. Sorry about your freezer. Love your framed embroidered children.
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