All About Apples
We’ve been watching our fruit trees and just love seeing the fruit buds that are starting to weigh heavily on the tree limbs.
Although we don’t have apple trees in our own back yard, we get plenty of apples from family and friends as they become ripe. If you’re like me, you’ll soon have bags of apples on your front porch. And truly – nothing’s better than a nice juicy apple just picked from the tree.
It’s always good to have a few standby recipes that help you preserve and
keep these fruit well into the fall and winter, so I’ve included an apple butter recipe.
Let’s look at a few
apple facts for fun:
Two Pounds of apples make one pie
2500 varieties of apples are grown commercially in the United States.
A medium apple has about 80 calories and is fat, sodium and cholesterol free.
Apples float in water because their volume is 25% air.
The old saying, “ an apple a day, keeps the doctor away ”. This saying comes from am old English adage, “ To eat an apple before going to bed, will make the doctor beg his bread.”
In 2005 United States consumers ate an average of 46.1 pounds of fresh apples and processed apple products
Don't peel your apple. Two-thirds of the fiber and lots of antioxidants are found in the peel Antioxidants help to reduce damage to cells, which can trigger some diseases
How do ya' like them apples!
Recipe Box –Apple Butter
Ingredients:
Apples, cooked until soft and strained – need 2 ½ quarts or 10 cups
5 cups white sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp allspice
½ cup lemon juice
1 qt apple cider
Directions:
Cook in oven at 3500 for 3 or 4 hours or until thick stirring frequently.
Put in 7 pint jars.
Can be served with freshly baked bread, toast, bagels or crackers.
It also tastes wonderful as a side dish for most white meats and is especially delicious served warm on top of ice cream.