tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883722148004616014.post5718013660053802693..comments2023-11-17T04:53:58.405-08:00Comments on Tooling Up: 2013 Apple Sauce - 30L cooked and cannedHollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05413198575104625457noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883722148004616014.post-15909535064770529192013-09-23T10:12:30.418-07:002013-09-23T10:12:30.418-07:00@mssewcrazy - apple sauce is not really that much ...@mssewcrazy - apple sauce is not really that much work. With this setup it took me about 13 minutes per quart averaged over the day. Its about the least amount of work in preserving food that I can think of; less than making jam or preparing pie fillings. Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05413198575104625457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883722148004616014.post-8611858517939985722013-09-23T10:10:15.341-07:002013-09-23T10:10:15.341-07:00Nope, no peeling. Last couple years I've borro...Nope, no peeling. Last couple years I've borrowed the Squeeze-O from Jim Serdy. The awesome thing about it is that the sauce comes out the screen all along the conical sides, but the seeds, stems, and skin poops out the end of the screen into a separate bowl. <br /><br />If you are doing a little bit of sauce its probably faster to peel and core them before cooking. But if its more than a liter or so, the mill is significantly quicker and has a higher yield (its better at getting all the soft parts out of the apple).Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05413198575104625457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883722148004616014.post-51972790400951571382013-09-23T08:00:53.389-07:002013-09-23T08:00:53.389-07:00You didn't peel the apples this year?You didn't peel the apples this year? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04690190249597921091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-883722148004616014.post-50577296930640317672013-09-09T16:50:41.416-07:002013-09-09T16:50:41.416-07:00Yum, My mom always canned apples for pies, not sur...Yum, My mom always canned apples for pies, not sure of how. I have used her pressure cooker and another I bought this summer and have been canning peas and also some tomatoes so I have been a busy bee. I am mostly now blanching and freezing okra. My daughter had blueberry bushes at the house they purchased so have some of those in the freezer though no apples. You have some great little helpers in the kitchen, though apple sauce seems like a really lot of work even with the good company. I had forgotten how delicious the peas were from the pressure canner the way my mother canned them. Food now is so artificial we have become immune to the tasteless stuff in the stores. I'm sure the applesauce is wonderful. I didn't know about adding in crab apples though some people in our area would do jelly from them. That is I guess for their acid content.mssewcrazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610005723483105088noreply@blogger.com