Apples, Apples and more Apples.

Every other year we have a huge apple crop.

What to do with all those apples. 

If you live in this little town you can take them to the Post Office and leave them by the door.  

Soon they will have found a new home.  

I'll get the ladders out and invite my friends and neighbors. 

The pig farmer gathers the fallen apples

and the deer take care of the rest.  

 The apple press is rolled out again. 

It's easier going if we first cut up the apples into smaller pieces.  

 The most intensely flavored and concentrated apple juice  is the result. 

The light frost made them sweet and ready to pick.

Have you seen this little wonder of an apparatus?

It peels, cores and slices, all with one motion, apples and pears and potatoes.

And pears already picked.

For the perfect pear pie. 

 There are many more apples to pick and/or press.  

Have a lovely week my dear friends. 

Gina 

What is your one most favorite food item

on the Thanksgiving Table

Could it be Bavarian Creme?

Or do you like home made Cranberry Sauce best?

What about caramelized Sweet Potatoes

Or do you like it all?

 I have favorites and in the following order:  mashed potatoes and gravy, sage dressing, cranberry sauce, caramelized sweet potatoes, roasted turkey  and "cabbages in disguise" also known as Brussels sprouts. 

In an hour or two there will be room for a piece of Pear Pie.

Happy Thanksgiving,

dear Friends. 

Wishing you a most special day. 

Gina 

The perfect squash for cooking and baking

There is nothing better than a bowl of hot squash soup on a cold and wintry day. 

  We save our squash seeds from year to year. Lakota Squash is an American Squash cultivated by Native American Tribes as early as the 16th Century. 

Most of our Hubbard (green) Squash are taken on more and more of the Lakota characteristics.  The bees are to blame. 

 Cut up squash into large chunks. Remove seeds and bake at 350 for an hour or until soft.  After baking, mash the pulp and use in recipes for soups, breads, cookies, muffins,vegetable side dishes and more. 

Squash bread fresh out of the oven.  

  

Everyone likes (loves) my squash bread.

Squash pulp freezes well and is ready to use throughout the winter.

And for Desert the perfect Pear Pie.

All winter squash are loaded with vitamins.  They keep well and are fun to grow.  They never disappoint. 

Until you grow your own, pick up a squash from your local grower and find out for yourself how versatile they are.

Have a wonderful week my dear Friends, 

Gina