We didn't pick our own apples this year. Instead, a friend gave us a bounty of apples. I don't even know what variety they are! They were "seconds" and "drops", purchased by the pick-up truck load, so most were made into applesauce. Another friend lent us an attachment for a Kitchen-Aid that turned cooked apple chunks (stems, seeds, peels and all) into applesauce. It took a few hours, but with help from kids, we canned 22 quarts of applesauce. I probably have 10 more quarts of something to make from the remaining apples, but what will it be? Canned apple slices? Apple butter? Apple pies? Hmmm...
(By the way, many thanks to Jamie and Rachel for the apples and the tool to quickly process them. We have some wonderful friends here!)
Apples wrapped individually in newspaper and put in a cardboard box keep for a few months in our autumn-temperature mudroom. Some of these apples were large enough and in good enough condition to store and eat raw, but most required cutting off bruised parts and cooking.
The helpers pose behind their handiwork. Behind the half-wall are steps going down to our garage, so we have a little height adjustment going on. That is Anna's Very Big Smile.
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