Apples - 8/22/2018

Round, slightly bumpy

Stem tall

Smooth skin

Pale green with just the suggestion of rose

So many memories

Peeling them for pie

Cutting them up for snack

Peanut butter for a dip

Applesauce boiling in a pan

Gathering them in the orchard

Dicing them into a snicker salad

putting chunks in cast iron over a campfire

Sprinkled with cinnamon and cloves

Crisp and delicious

More for eating, less for decor

Sauce into jars

Pop pop popping of canning lid tops

Sweet and tart

Mealy and just about to turn 

Fragrant yet not so overpowering

Helping mom or grandma

Boxing them up for storing in the root cellar

finding the bruised ones in the yard

Giving those to the cows

Cows were not interested

Curious about how to coat with caramel

Giving them out at Halloween instead of candy

So many different varieties

Rome, Jonathon

Honey Crisp

Macintosh

Jonagold

Pink Lady my favorite

golden delicious

Why are red delicious called that, so not delicious

Granny Smith with salt

Pairs nicely with cheese

Bleu cheese spread with walnuts

slices of cheddar

Apple pie - with ice cream and velveeta - ooh gross

Juicy and tart

Feeling the skin

Looking for bruises or bumps

Checking out the size some apples come in

How did they get so large

What apples make the best pie

What make the best sauce

Why do they taste so good with spices

Making a baked apple in home ec

Trying it again and home and it didn’t turn out so good

Watching my grandfather at the cider press

drinking some of that cider - feeling it dribble down my chin

Warm, sticky, tart yet sweet

Wanting to try the handle

It is much to hard for me to turn

His large hand covers mine - and we turn it together

The smell of the apples as they are turned into cider

Taking the rest of the apple to the compost pile

Watching pieces drip from my hands into the pile

Gathering pieces of peel from the yard

Walking with bare feet on the warm and sticky grass

Feet brown from running around the farm

Going to the trees to see if I can climb higher 

More apples to be picked

Resting beneath the apple tree


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