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. :-))