Winter must be almost over, as we have eaten all of the apples that I had stored! Tonight's dessert finished them.
Every year I store a lot of apples in the refrigerator, and every year my family tells me that I bought too may! They never seem to object when I make an apple dessert, though! Tonight I made an apple crisp, which is simple cut up baked apples with a crumb topping. It is a simple recipe, but sometimes the simple recipes are the best.
First I cup up the apples and I added a little sugar. Then I mixed a cup of sugar with a cup of flour, and I cut up 8 ounces of butter to mix in with the flour-sugar mixture and I sprinkled it over the apples. Then I baked at 450 degrees for about an hour: it is done when the topping is nicely browned.
Delicious!
Not every variety of apple should be stored in the refrigerator for 3 months: I choose the hard cooking apples that have JUST been picked, especially if they look like they are not quite ripe. They store best in a paper bag to keep the humidity up, though the vegetable drawer in the refrigerator works almost as well. I always have far more than will fit in the drawer, though: I started the winter with 30 pounds of apples!
To see if an apple has just been picked I look at the underside to see if the bottom of the core is still green or if it has turned brown: an unripe cooking apple that is still green at the bottom of the core is ideal for storing!
At any rate I sure will miss those apples! When it is storming outside I sometimes get unexpected urges to cook,
For me this is the end of the agricultural year: the soil has frozen hard and the most delicious food that I have stored has been eaten. Oh, I still have some uninteresting baggies of corn, but vegetables cannot compete with dessert!
Winters last gasp here will be February, which is a cold and overcast month where I live. February is the LONGEST month of the year, and that would be true even if it were only 2 weeks long! February is winters last gasp, here. February takes all of the worst things about winter, rolls it all up into one neat ball, and sticks it to us! March is a little unpredictable, but not February. February is PERFECTLY predictable! February will be MISERABLE: it always is!
Dang. Eating all of the apples has gotten me down, which is just plain silly. Maybe I am really just anxious because I am seeing the dentist tomorrow to have some work done.
Then again, maybe I just need to buy more apples!
Every year I store a lot of apples in the refrigerator, and every year my family tells me that I bought too may! They never seem to object when I make an apple dessert, though! Tonight I made an apple crisp, which is simple cut up baked apples with a crumb topping. It is a simple recipe, but sometimes the simple recipes are the best.
First I cup up the apples and I added a little sugar. Then I mixed a cup of sugar with a cup of flour, and I cut up 8 ounces of butter to mix in with the flour-sugar mixture and I sprinkled it over the apples. Then I baked at 450 degrees for about an hour: it is done when the topping is nicely browned.
Delicious!
Not every variety of apple should be stored in the refrigerator for 3 months: I choose the hard cooking apples that have JUST been picked, especially if they look like they are not quite ripe. They store best in a paper bag to keep the humidity up, though the vegetable drawer in the refrigerator works almost as well. I always have far more than will fit in the drawer, though: I started the winter with 30 pounds of apples!
To see if an apple has just been picked I look at the underside to see if the bottom of the core is still green or if it has turned brown: an unripe cooking apple that is still green at the bottom of the core is ideal for storing!
At any rate I sure will miss those apples! When it is storming outside I sometimes get unexpected urges to cook,
For me this is the end of the agricultural year: the soil has frozen hard and the most delicious food that I have stored has been eaten. Oh, I still have some uninteresting baggies of corn, but vegetables cannot compete with dessert!
Winters last gasp here will be February, which is a cold and overcast month where I live. February is the LONGEST month of the year, and that would be true even if it were only 2 weeks long! February is winters last gasp, here. February takes all of the worst things about winter, rolls it all up into one neat ball, and sticks it to us! March is a little unpredictable, but not February. February is PERFECTLY predictable! February will be MISERABLE: it always is!
Dang. Eating all of the apples has gotten me down, which is just plain silly. Maybe I am really just anxious because I am seeing the dentist tomorrow to have some work done.
Then again, maybe I just need to buy more apples!
