Harvest Moon
Time to process apples! Our apple trees (one each of braeburn, rome, King Cole, and spitzenburg) have out-done themselves this year. We've had one branch on the spitzenburg propped up for most of the summer - its applies are huge and heavy, so propping was necessary to keep the limb from being damaged. We finally remembered that we've got a perfectly serviceable food dehydrator in the garage. In this year of full freezers (and having to make room for half a beef next month!), we're now drying stuff to keep from putting more into the freezer. We've got a bunch of pie filling and applesauce stashed away, so, we're happily drying apples. The spitzenburgs seem to make the nicest dried apples: large slices, with a sparkly zing and plenty of sweetness. King Cole apples are drier than the "spitzs" - at least this year, anyway - and are good dried, but have a more subtle flavor than the spitzenburgs. The slices are sturdy, leathery. The coles seem to be a good ba...