Applesauce

Friday and Saturday were applesauce days! We thought we had about 10 bushels of apples but after putting up the applesauce I think we had more than that. I started Friday morning, William joined me after work and Heather and Ryan arrived Friday night. We did 31 quarts that day. I was awake when William went to work Saturday morning so I just got up and started cutting apples at 5:00 am on Saturday. Ryan started cutting apples with me after he and Heather woke up. Heather made our breakfast, set up the movie for us, and did anything we asked her to do while we cut and cut and cut the apples. After the apples were quartered we steamed them. Then the softened apples were put into the saucer and sauced.


Heather added the sugar and cinnamon then the applesauce was put into the bottles, sealed and processed.


Towards the end of the cutting, my hands were hurting. My left hand was especially sore. As we were cleaning up I noticed a blister in the middle of my hand where the paring knife had been rubbing. I have never gotten a blister before while canning. But then I have never cut so many apples in such a short time in my life!! You can see how red my hands are. And they also have the canning look where the juices get into every crack and crevice in your hand and turn brown.



Here is the final product minus the 20 quarts that Heather and Ryan took home. I used a few pint jars to give to Kristine and Grandpa.