BlueRoseMama
08-17-2006, 05:02 PM
I have been getting apples from my dads tree, and yesterday I got probobly about 45lbs of them, and 12lbs that I pawned off on Sarah, which worked out great, because I nearly forgot I ordered those three boxes of free stone canning peaches from the guy at the farmers market which I needed to pick up today. So now I have ungodly amounts of fruit in my house, and all waiting to be made into something to can. THREE BOXES OF PEACHES people... along with what would consist of 7 boxes of apples. I am just a little bit crazy. Just a tad. LOL!
Two good things... #1, most of these apples were picked off the tree, which means they will last if I need them too, but for all intents they are perfect for canning right this second. and #2 the peaches need to sit in a warm room for the next three days until they are ready, giving me time to finish the applesauce before the peaches are even ripe much less 'over' ripe. So although I am terribly busy, pregnant, and a little crazy... what I am trying to do is at least DO-ABLE. lol...
I said to someone that I had at least a bushel of apples at my house... and I was a little wary when he said "you can't take home these peaches... your crazy. You gotta take care of those apples." so I figured I better know what a bushel was because he calmed down when I said about 7 of 'those' boxes (pointing at the shorter peach boxes). But it turns out that I DO have a bushel of apples! LOL! (the other sales person at the store said that if I have four burners running I can do it easy and if I wanted to, I could finish the apples today. It was cute to see them arguing over what I could or could not do. LOL!)
Here are some approximations to keep in mind when purchasing apples:
* 1 pound apples = 3 medium apples = 2 cups sliced
* 3 pounds apples = 8-9 medium apples = one 9 inch pie
* 1 peck apples = 10-12 pounds = 32 medium apples = 3-4 9-inch pies = 7-9 quarts frozen = 4 quarts canned
* 1 bushel apples = 48 pounds = 126 medium apples = 15 9-inch pies = 30-36 pints frozen = 16-19 quarts canned
At least I know I know what I am talking about now. :D
Val
Two good things... #1, most of these apples were picked off the tree, which means they will last if I need them too, but for all intents they are perfect for canning right this second. and #2 the peaches need to sit in a warm room for the next three days until they are ready, giving me time to finish the applesauce before the peaches are even ripe much less 'over' ripe. So although I am terribly busy, pregnant, and a little crazy... what I am trying to do is at least DO-ABLE. lol...
I said to someone that I had at least a bushel of apples at my house... and I was a little wary when he said "you can't take home these peaches... your crazy. You gotta take care of those apples." so I figured I better know what a bushel was because he calmed down when I said about 7 of 'those' boxes (pointing at the shorter peach boxes). But it turns out that I DO have a bushel of apples! LOL! (the other sales person at the store said that if I have four burners running I can do it easy and if I wanted to, I could finish the apples today. It was cute to see them arguing over what I could or could not do. LOL!)
Here are some approximations to keep in mind when purchasing apples:
* 1 pound apples = 3 medium apples = 2 cups sliced
* 3 pounds apples = 8-9 medium apples = one 9 inch pie
* 1 peck apples = 10-12 pounds = 32 medium apples = 3-4 9-inch pies = 7-9 quarts frozen = 4 quarts canned
* 1 bushel apples = 48 pounds = 126 medium apples = 15 9-inch pies = 30-36 pints frozen = 16-19 quarts canned
At least I know I know what I am talking about now. :D
Val