[Jamestown1630]

This week: Apples!

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-JT

[miss marmelstein]

If our drought ceases (will it ever?) and the heat dies down, I may start to think about autumn food, my favorite. But apples are starting to appear in the farmer’s markets.

[Fiddlstix]

Bookmark

[Fungi]

Use only firm apples with no evidence of rot to press for cider or juice. Penicillium expansum causes soft rot of apples and produces a mycotoxin called "patulin" and is found in juiced apples that have soft rot. Depending upon how many "bad apples" are used, the juice may have an off taste and could be harmful. Just a fungus for my thought.

[SaveFerris]

Is canning tomatoes a cooking or garden topic? LOL

Somebody here said they did it with salt (some say lemon juice).

I would be a first-time canner with no pressure devices; counting on the cooling of the hot liquid to vacuum-seal.

It can’t be that difficult; folks were doing this in the 1930’s and before.

All advice appreciated. I won’t have a lot but want to try if I am able.

[kalee]

I’m looking for a moist apple cake recipe, bundt cake with walnuts, no icing. I had a piece at a party once and wish I had asked for the recipe. It was extremely moist, the hostess said it had oil instead of butter.

[mylife]

There is only one apple.. the granny smith, or perhaps the wyandot or macintosh

[leaning conservative]

I don’t care for Apple cider, but those little Apple cups w/ cinnamon strikers are so darn cute!

[Yaelle]

I’m up for trying the apple fritters. Reading the reviews as I cook dinner right now, I see that people changed them up a million ways. Which way did you make them, Jamie? May I call you Jamie? Lol. Exactly as written, with glaze, etc?

[Califreak]

http://www.lilvienna.com/original-viennese-apple-strudel/

I’m not much of a baker, but even I can make this Apple Strudel halfway decent.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Here’s a recipe I copied earlier this summer from the P. Allen Smith show on public TV.

Individual Apple Pies
Preheat oven to 375 degrees

6 firm, Granny Smith apples
Carefully remove insides with melon baller being careful to not puncture skin

Peel 2 additional apples and slice thinly

Mix
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 Tablespoon brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Dash of salt

Toss with sliced apples and carefully fill apple shells.

Take pre-made pie crust and cut into lattice strips

Weave across tops of filled apples, sealing edges. Press fork around edge.

Brush with melted butter

Sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar

Place in baking pan with small amount of water in bottom; Cover with foil.

Bake 20-25 minutes.

Remove foil and continue baking until brown

Serve warm.

These were so cute on TV!

[pugmama]

I did these Apple BBQ pork sandwiches for a family reunion- a meal that can be made ahead of time. The BBQ sauce can be made a week ahead of time. Family really liked this, as did I.

http://www.foodanddrink.ca/lcbo-ear/RecipeController?language=EN&recipeType=1&action=recipe&recipeID=6372

[bgill]

Not apple-y, but thought I’d share Susan’s Cinnamon Raisin Biscuit recipe we tried last night - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o53UNrPAp8 . I didn’t have vanilla pudding mix so substituted chocolate. Also, I can’t get White Lily flour here so used half cake flour and half store brand all purpose flour and the biscuits came out fine but I might try only cake flour next time as they were still a bit delicate and crumbly as homemade biscuits tend to be. However, after they sat overnight, they held together very well for breakfast. They’re not your traditional yeast cinnamon rolls but a quick and easy biscuit.

Ferris, watch some of Susan’s videos on canning. You’ll learn a lot and have questions answered. She’s big into following Ball’s safety rules and explains the why and how. She does the research on everything she cooks so her videos are very educational:

https://www.youtube.com/user/imstillworkin/search?query=canning

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Core apple, do not bother to peel, that's where all the nutrients are.

Mix honey, rolled oats, a dash of salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Pack the middle of the apple with this mix.

Add small pat of butter to the top of the packed apple.

Microwave for about five minutes.

Let it cool a bit.

Eat.

This is one of my "go to" deserts when I have unexpected company.

You can mix this up however you like, use brown sugar or crushed red hot candies instead of the honey. Use cardamon or mace instead of the nutmeg.

Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

[jetson]

yum

[Liz]

Reminds me of Pollock's paintings, dripping paint on sailcloth.
But this guy used a fire extinguisher.

Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered 3 by Lucien Smith
Photographer: CLX Europe

From the series Smith made by spraying more than 200 canvases with paint
from a fire extinguisher; estimated at $12,000 to $18,000. A bigger spray
work sold for $372,120 two years ago. Now going for 7,000 dollars. (From
recent article about the collapse of the art market.)