Applesaucin'

Last Saturday we made applesauce ALL BY OURSELVES!!

(Well, not completely, of course!  We had all the knowledge and equipment passed on from Kevin's mom that proved invaluable!)

We started out with 28 quart jars...and ended up making 48!  

Holy cow that was exhausting!

This is what 90lbs of gala and golden delicious apples look like.

Washing the apples...

Cooking...

and mashing the apples.

Stirring the goods!

Canning the applesauce.

Colin's idea of the greatest day? Sleep in, stay in pajamas all morning, watch TV, and play with the iPad...consider it done, my son!  Anything to keep you away from the dangers of a crazy kitchen and boiling apples!

Not even close to done!

  

 We started at 7am and finished around 12:30pm.  With Kevin acting as head chef and me as his little sous chef, we were quite the team!  Neither time nor stove space were wasted until we were finished.

And now we have our year supply of applesauce :)

YUM!