Making the BEST Apple Preserves in Appalachia
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2022
- We love apple preserves! So good to eat as a side dish or on biscuits, but my favorite way to use them is as fried pie filling. The recipe is an old one passed down in the mountains of Appalachia.
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This is very similar to the way I learned to make apple and pear preserves from watching my granny so many, many years ago. She layered her apples and sugar straight into the big enamel ware kettle she used for cooking them, then covered them overnight. Next morning she gave them a good stir, then brought them to a simmer and slow simmered them for hours until the fruit slices were clear and the syrup had cooked down to a honey like consistency. Then they went into the jars and she flipped them bottoms up to cool. No water bathing. I know that's frowned up by the experts these days, but she raised 4 children and 4 grandchildren and we all survived without getting food poisoning. ;)
Putting sugar on fruit over night was called “toughing the fruit” meaning this caused the fruit to get tough and hold their shape during the cooking process. We did this with apples and pears before making preserves.
Biscuits, cooked apples and fried potatoes! It IS a feast! My Mother-in-Law made pink applesauce every fall. We used either Jonathan or McIntosh apples for the natural pink color. Such a treat all winter long! 👍🏻😃
Oh yes . My Grandma was from KY. We would go to see my Grandparents. And one of my childhood memories was waking up to the best fried Apples, homemade biscuits, taters, saus, ham, eggs with the ham juices from frying would be poured over the eggs. Grandma would sop it up with a biscuit. Miss they so much. Have a wonderful Evening you and your family.
With each of these storing of vegetables, fruits, jams, jellies, even meats, etc, I picture your lovely family enjoying them all winter this year. Apple Cider Vinegar, if you use it often enough is worth the little time and practically no money involved. It is a most healthy addition to one's diet for health or even weight loss. I love it. There's a good recipe on making ACV on Off grid with Doug and Stacy.
I am a brazilian lady who loves to cook.
When my daughter was young I taught her to make apple butter. She took to it like a duck takes to water & it's become her traditional canning job. Every couple of years she'll get her apples & can up the apple butter. I've never had apple butter with peanut butter, but that sounds marvelous & I plan to try it. Thank you for your videos. God bless.
I preserve apples in the freezer. My mom was amazed the first time I showed her how to do them. I peel and slice the apples and then put them straight into a freezer bag and straight into the freezer. I cook them in the microwave (until done). I can use them for apple pies, fried pies, baked pies, and etc. I mostly zap them, add some sugar, and cinnamon when I have 1 to 2 minutes left to cook them and we eat them as "baked apples".
Your apples come in sooner than ours do here in southern Ontario -- we look for new crop closer to the end of September. In Canada we celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October and many families have a tradition of visiting a pick-your-own apple farm the week before then. Fresh as can be!
Wow, Tipper, you and Corie have been really busy and productive! These are such great skills to pass on to your children!
Thank you Tipper for sharing.
thats why is called Apple-lachia. It works well with pears, we had about a dozen pear trees when I was a kid and always had pear preserves. My grandma would put gelatin in the juice so you got slices of pear with pear jelly.
Thank you Tipper for reminding me of what my moma would do when 🍎 and fruit was ripe, 60 years ago in Eastern Kentucky.
My absolute favorite jelly/jam is Apple Butter or pumpkin butter. I eat it almost every morning on sourdough toast. I have made peach butter too and it’s delicious as well. Your jars of apples are beautiful! 🍎
Stayman / Winesap fried in butter. Served with breakfast. My favorite.
Hi Tipper watched you today ... like l do most days. I am wondering could you make a cook book on the canning and also the recipes you show us. I would love to buy one for sure. Also could you show us how you make apple butter. I grew up on it. Please! Well thank you for your enjoyable videos. Blessings 🙏
We get them around September 3... that’s usually when orchard’s open up for pick your own... later the prepackaged ones are from clearing the leftover ones...
You have made beautiful preserves ! I was thinking big fluffy pancakes would pair well with the apples. Everything you make looks delicious, yum. I so enjoy all your observations, stories, local custom and folklore that goes into your videos.
Once we had an ornamental apple tree that was grown strictly for the beautiful flowers it had each year. One year I really looked at it and saw it had tiny apples growing where the blooms had been. I decided to pick them and experiment by making jelly. I had to cook them whole because they were so small. After I drained them thru cheesecloth I decided to add cinnamon with the sugar. Didn't need pectin because they had plenty of natural pectin, I could tell by how tart the original juice was. Anyway I made the jelly and it was beautiful! Pretty pink color and the cinnamon made it taste like apple pie! Just an idea if anyone thinks they want to try it!! My family loved it!