Last year my dad and Matt decided to buy a hundred year old apple press. With every thing we had going on and not knowing when little miss was going to arrive we had a low key pressing the week after she was born. This year we went all out and had about 40 friends and family members take part in the day. It was great!My Dad smoked a pig in the smokehouse (which is now operational at the store) and everyone brought delicious foods! I made cider donuts....it was all good!
We got a whole bin of apples which according to my searches is about a 800lbs of apples, resulting in 26 gallons of cider (not including what was drunk during the day)....and it's all done by hand...no motors involved in this process. The left of mash will be going up to the deer on my parents' property as a gift before hunting season.
We had a lot of fun: How could we not? The day was absolutely beautiful, we had food and drink a'plenty, and wonderful friends and family around.
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5 comments:
Super fun! See there are benefits of having your own general store!
FUN!! Isn't it so wierd that last time she wasn't even HERE yet and now she is almost a year old!!!!!!!
This looks like so much fun! And A is just beautiful I love her outfits and her hair.
Oh, my husband is so jealous! He wants a cool old apple press like that. He wants to rig one up but I don't think that we have enough apples to make it worth while (his aunt's trees). Anyhow, it looks like a lot of fun.
Sounds like such a wonderfully special day.
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