tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post7422729402870618439..comments2023-11-17T12:32:11.301-05:00Comments on Daphne's Dandelions: On Making Apple ButterDaphne Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-36567613749913064282009-09-20T22:21:57.973-04:002009-09-20T22:21:57.973-04:00Great photos of this process! Interesting about t...Great photos of this process! Interesting about the cyanide. I just read a book called Babylon Rolling and a character - as she's going nutty - starts to collect apple seeds to grind up and spike her husband's food. I'd been wondering if it was a completely made up thing or not. Thanks for the answer. The first photo of the apple seeds/core cut up is really pretty. <br /><br />We went apple picking today. I'll have photos up on my blog sometime soon...Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232693432045335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-1150260487012272752009-09-20T12:04:14.624-04:002009-09-20T12:04:14.624-04:00Wow, Daphne, you have gone all out to make this wo...Wow, Daphne, you have gone all out to make this wonderful condiment. I have only ever used the crock pot method, having a giant, way too big for everyday use but perfect for company or apple butter one. Your lid gadget sounds ingenious. I believe you are a gadget lover at heart, along with the produce loving and garden loving. :-)<br />FrancesFranceshttp://fairegarden.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-8412125580393676612009-09-20T07:04:10.213-04:002009-09-20T07:04:10.213-04:00Dan, I love my strainer too. It makes my life so e...Dan, I love my strainer too. It makes my life so easy. If you do a lot of processing it takes a lot less time.<br /><br />mothernaturesgarden, :><br /><br />ReapWhatYouGrow, it doesn't taste like caramel, but I'm guessing it does caramelize a little bit. Apple butter is always a pretty reddish brown when it is finished. It has its own unique taste. I wish I could describe it to you.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-50540653275779368692009-09-19T17:51:38.973-04:002009-09-19T17:51:38.973-04:00I would love to know what it tastes like, as I hav...I would love to know what it tastes like, as I have never eaten it. It sounds delicious - does it go caramel-like?ReapWhatYouGrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342206685425368241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-44651868270408388692009-09-19T15:59:02.381-04:002009-09-19T15:59:02.381-04:00I can almost smell them.I can almost smell them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-73325070668320649652009-09-19T13:04:26.320-04:002009-09-19T13:04:26.320-04:00The apple butter looks excellent, I have not had a...The apple butter looks excellent, I have not had any in ages. I like your food strainer thing. I almost picked one up on kijiji last month but they had already sold, at 20 bucks it would have been a bargain.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743102355360873845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-4941357453734048922009-09-19T07:16:48.212-04:002009-09-19T07:16:48.212-04:00Ancel, I too woke up to the smell of apples and ci...Ancel, I too woke up to the smell of apples and cinnamon. It was wonderful. In fact the whole day it smelled of it even though the butter was already canned.<br /><br />June, the microwave is a novel idea. I think this amount would overwhelm it though. I guess you could do a little at a time.<br /><br />Annie's Granny, I used a spoon that was long enough so it couldn't get lost in the pot. I love having a couple of really long spoons. Oh dear no lids? You ought to buy lids by the case with all the canning you do. I heard about apple butter in the oven, but I've never seen any instructions for it. It sounded like an interesting idea.<br /><br />Engineeredgarden, well you get enough fruit. You must have a ton of jam canned up by now. Sadly I have my raspberries only. Well I have blueberries too, but they didn't produce this year.<br /><br />Ribbit, the canning is work, but a lot of the seed saving is really, really easy. You just have to pick the right things to save your seed from.<br /><br />our friend Ben, (though from the comment I'm guessing it is really Silence), I would really love another crock pot. One that is like a friends - wide and short. Mine is tall and narrow and terrible for doing sauces. It is great for keeping chilis and the like hot without evaporating all the water. I love cottage cheese, but rarely buy it (lactose intolerant and the lactose free brand isn't sold in the stores I usually go to). I'm guessing it would be good too. I'm also thinking it would be good in oatmeal. <br /><br />Emily, I heartily recommend the crock pot method. No standing around all day stirring a pot.<br /><br />Stefaneener, lol isn't it funny that a little $10 gadget can be so exciting. I bought a canning funnel at the same time and I'm swooning over it. It makes my life so much easier. Ouch. Hot sweet things really burn. Luckily I didn't get any real burns yesterday. Just a lot of hot, hot, ouch, ouch.<br /><br />kitsapFG, I noticed you did pears the same time I was doing apple butter. Your pears look wonderful.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-20074675991892815532009-09-19T00:55:48.226-04:002009-09-19T00:55:48.226-04:00Ouch! The apple butter looks good - well done!Ouch! The apple butter looks good - well done!kitsapFGhttp://www.modernvictorygarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-16682558480835437642009-09-18T23:56:39.624-04:002009-09-18T23:56:39.624-04:00Oh, that gadget! Makes me a little weak in the kne...Oh, that gadget! Makes me a little weak in the knees, that does. So very very nice.<br /><br />I love the way things get smaller and smaller and smaller. Sorry about the splash. I did some weird bandleader move and threw applesauce around yesterday, and that hurt. I didn't have to retrieve a bowl, though. Tough you are!Stefaneenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08422241601075022500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-82550763775032903132009-09-18T20:41:28.603-04:002009-09-18T20:41:28.603-04:00We thought about apple butter this fall but I'...We thought about apple butter this fall but I'm not sure we'll get to it. I'm having a hard time finding time to make the quince jelly from the juice we cooked down earlier this week. <br /><br />If we do make it, we'll think in smaller batches and try the crock pot.<br /><br />Glad you survived getting the bowl out of the pot.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00500390722832190990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-78317655303587038882009-09-18T19:07:19.946-04:002009-09-18T19:07:19.946-04:00Such a good point about standing over the stove (g...Such a good point about standing over the stove (gasp) and adjusting seasonings and sweeteners as you go, Daphne! I had one Crock-Pot and, like you, found that it just couldn't handle enough to make a full batch of tomato sauce, apple butter, or the like. So I got another perfectly functional one from a thrift store for a dollar or so and now I'm in business! Go for it. And enjoy your yummy apple butter! When I first moved to PA, I was appalled to find that the loacls put apple butter on their cottage cheese (a savory food for us Southerners eaten with tomatoes and salt). But someone finally persuaded me to try it and, guess what, it's good! Try it, you'll like it.our friend Benhttp://ourfriendben.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-84220398622014682822009-09-18T17:10:15.143-04:002009-09-18T17:10:15.143-04:00I want to be you when I grow up. Ok, so I'm g...I want to be you when I grow up. Ok, so I'm grown, but I still have a ton of years left in me and I want to be you with your cool canning and flowers and seed saving and...well, you get the point.Ribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01460673212389110633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-26733886610323293032009-09-18T15:14:49.538-04:002009-09-18T15:14:49.538-04:00My "word verification" word is "bra...My "word verification" word is "brave"....cool.<br />Anyway, I'd love to make apple butter, but can't make myself go and buy any. Instead, I just use what I grow on the property.Jeff Vandiverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07200011426236637927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-1313827448634532612009-09-18T14:06:12.235-04:002009-09-18T14:06:12.235-04:00Ouch. I'm always losing my spoons in hot pots,...Ouch. I'm always losing my spoons in hot pots, but I've never dropped in the whole bowl! I had a bad start to my strawberry jam, too. I had it all measured and in the pan, when I discovered I had only 3 lids left. I had to can three jars and put used lids on another three and refrigerate them.<br /><br />I used to cook my apple butter in the oven, in my big roasting pan. I do it by crock pot now.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-47580118628374391132009-09-18T13:51:51.514-04:002009-09-18T13:51:51.514-04:00Birch got me a second big pot for these instances....Birch got me a second big pot for these instances. But then he ruined it maple syruping. I do rely on the Crockpot a lot. Also, with tomato sauce, in a pinch, I have resorted to the microwave to cook it down. It is amazingly fast and much simpler somehow. We don't use our microwave for much, but cooking down the sauce in a hurry makes me a little less grudging about the space I give it in my kitchen.<br /><br />And I love that you know -- of course you know! -- exactly the substance in the apple seed that isn't good for us. I learn something every time I visit you, Daphne!Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630593290368661236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-54542884435988749862009-09-18T12:36:22.125-04:002009-09-18T12:36:22.125-04:00Oh you lucky thing. Yes, I know all about the burn...Oh you lucky thing. Yes, I know all about the burns from hot jam - hot sticky jam, and the bizarre fact that when you are trying to clean the kitchen it seems like you have enough pots for an army, but when making jam there is just never enough. <br />But still apple butter - how scrummy. When I lived in Oregon I would have my 2 crock pots on all day and all night, waking up to the smell of apples and cinnamon, yum. <br />Have you ever tried pumpkin butter?Ancelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187869622200533544noreply@blogger.com