JUICING UP THE INVENTORY

NorthernWinos · Sep 13, 2008

It does smell pretty good in here...the only thing missing is the cinnamon smell...then it would be like a pie....

Ummmm...apple crisp tomorrow.

NorthernWinos · Sep 24, 2008

It's that time of the year again....Everyone is trying to give each other apples.....

Friends brought over a couple buckets of Dolgo Crabapples....They were falling off the tree from the strong winds of late. They said their feet were rolling on fallen apples and they were getting pelted by flying Crabs like large red hailstones....

Pretty little fruit...

Took 40# to get 10 quarts of juice..

Not the most productive fruit to juice....but makes great wine...

Wade E · Sep 24, 2008

Wow, the crab apples around here were gone quite a while ago.

NorthernWinos · Oct 2, 2008

Yes....I do juice grapes....Probably send chills through the real grape winemaker's spines, but I make do with the tools I have and the quality of the grapes we can grow up North.

These white grapes are Louise Swenson and Edelweiss...they can make a decent wine...but my crop was pretty sparse. I will make wine with this juice. I kept some of the Edelweiss grapes for eating...they are great.

The purple grapes are Valiant, those I do wine make with the juice and it isn't too bad.

The juice from the 10.12# of white grapes and 21.5# of Valiant.

This is the pulp/seeds of the 30+# of grapes that was left in the steamer basket.

So, the steamer does do a good job of extracting the juice from grapes....don't know how it affects the flavor and integrity of the juice...it's all I have ever done.....

Edited by: Northern Winos

NorthernWinos · Oct 10, 2008

Yesterday's juicing project.....

Some Wild Plum juice [for future wine....?].....Some Beta Juice from berries that were not quite ripe...[will add it to some sort of wine] And .....some very nice Beta juice from ripe black fruit....

Meanwhile...back in the Cannery/Kitchen....Today...T.O.P......Tomato/Onion/Pepper combo...Good in everything....

NorthernWinos · Oct 13, 2008

Apples are the least rewarding of the steam juicing process.....But the end product is very good....we make wine with it as well as drink it for a breakfast beverage.

Takes time, but worth the effort.