Jill and the grandkids came on Saturday with 3 bushels of Ginger Gold apples in tow. We were planning to make applesauce and apple pie filling that afternoon and I was a little concerned that it was going to be a late night. Was I ever wrong!
The grandkids (Jill’s two and the two oldest of Keith) are basically adults now and everyone of them knows how to work. We jumped right in on a major canning project and in less than two hours had completed the process and had an apple blast!
I was reminded of the song we sang as kids, “When we all work together, together, together, when we all work together how happy we’ll be.”
Pictures of our afternoon.
I had never used an apple peeler. I had one upstairs that I had gotten several years ago to give as a gift and never gave it. Jill forgot hers so I decided now was the time to claim this as mine. I was totally impressed. That thing peeled, cored and sliced the apples so neat. I had no idea what a gem I had tucked away and was not being used. The kids had a lot of fun with it.
“When your work is my work and our work is God’s work, when we all work together how happy we’ll be.”
Good memories!
Joann Coggins Said:
on September 7, 2020 at 1:05 pm
your family is so lovely,you sure made alot of applesauce.looked good enjoy your labor day.God Bless you all!
Kendra L Said:
on September 7, 2020 at 9:04 pm
Do you have a recipe for the pie filling? I’ve never seen that method.
Pat Said:
on September 8, 2020 at 2:45 pm
Yes. It is in Aunt Esther’s cookbook on page 615.
I will add it to the blog post this evening.