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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 23 2006 : 11:08:48 AM
here's a fun little project to make: apple pot-pourii sacks
been picking apples off the trees and ...
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frying them in butter and brown sugar
(didn't use any 'particular' measurements .. jus' a chunk-a-butter
and a hand-full of dark brown sugar .. no special temperature or
time either .. (i do declare .. i think i'm finally getting the 'hang' of this 'cookin' thing!!!) ... which will be MUCH to the DIS-BELIEF of my family and Maryland gurlfrenz!!!
MOVE OVER MARTHA!!!!
oh my .. what a yummy country taste from our very own farm!!
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i also cut up some white 'gourds' .. and more of those apples
that fell to the ground .. and dried them in the oven
200 degrees .. until they are nice and DARK ..
then sprinkled them with cinnamon, pumpkin spice and cloves
the white gourds give a slight 'contrast' in color to the "pourii"
this is the size i cut the chunks into
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this is what they look like after they are thoroughly dried
and sprinkled with spices
(i 'bought' the orange slices')
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made cute little homespun 'bags' for them ...
(added dried apple slices and orange slices to the mixture too)
tied 'em up with linen twine and 'sweet annie sprigs'
(ordered some fabulous little 'grubby candles' from
Paula Oakes
Rusty Pins and Old Lace
Charming & Unique Handmades
for your heart & home
http://www.rustypinsandoldlace.com
to also tie to the front with olde rusty wire!
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another view of the little 'apple bags'
you can also make fabric 'envelopes' or 'purses' for these
by simply doubling your fabric .. you might want to line them with a nice
olde grunged feed-sack to make it more primitive ..
then you fold it over 2/3'rds and sew the sides up
.. then flap the top over .. add a vintage button and
linen twine to button it up with.
or you can do a cute 'hanging sack' to put your apple-pourii in.
sew a double fabric rectangle .. add a generous 'pocket' in a coordinating homespun to the front .. two little hanger loops at each side of the top .. and VOILA .. a prim country touch for your kitchen .. and it smells good too!
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my 'gnarley' apples offa' the ground ... in an olde tin pail.
when i first saw these .. being from the 'city' and buying
shiny, polised apples most of my life .. i said "EEEEWWWW!!!!"
.. first year i was here ... my neighbor up over the hill told me they were great cookin' apples ... for pies and frying.
i still let them just 'rot on the ground' for the critters to eat.
on monday, kathy sugarbucket and her honey eddie were here
and she, too, told me they are great 'cooking' apples .. and all
i had to do was 'cut the worms' out .. and fry up the rest
YEAH!!! like THAT is going to happen!!!
sooo .. i picked the ones off the TREE .. that weren't serving as a HOME to the worm population ... brought those in and fried 'em up .. DEEEEEEELISH!!! i'm slowly but surely going back to my 'country roots'!
the ones on the ground are GREAT for drying for apple-pourii though!
Nature's Gift!!!
the apple-pourii sacks make a nice little 'hostess gift' .. or when you gather with friends ... present each with one of these (i'm making these for our September Gurlfrenz Gathering as a little giftie for each of the gurlz.
AND .. they are a wonderfully quick little project 'filler' for when you do 'shows' to sell your hand-dids.
hope you'll find a nearby apple orchard .. go pick your own (with permission of course!)and try the fried apples and the apple-pourii
xoxo
Frannie Meshorer
CABIN CREEK FARM
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| Amie C. |
Posted - Aug 25 2006 : 11:27:20 AM
When I was in college, I used to make applesauce out of the windfall apples I found on the ground near campus. And I'm a city girl!
I like the potpourri idea. Will have to try it with some sour wild apples I know of. I'm glad they are good for something.
Amie C. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 6:22:37 PM
that's right miz katie ... i picked the 'eatin' ones right OFF the tree branches ..
and i peeled those.
the gourds and pot pourii apples are the 'lesser' ones .. that i surely wouldn't eat!
xo
True Friends, Frannie
CABIN CREEK FARM
KENTUCKY
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| katie-ell |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 2:52:30 PM
OK, the way I'm reading this, the butter n' sugared apples are for eating. The dried gourds and dried apple bits are for potpourri, right? Seems like I need to get back to my country roots as well -- it really confused me at first! |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 11:28:01 AM
I really want to do this, but before I do it all wrong, a few questions. Can I just dry the apples on a cookie sheet in the oven, I see in the picture above, frannie used a screen, I think. The apples were not pealed right? and will any apples work, even green? |
| Nancy Gartenman |
Posted - Aug 23 2006 : 11:21:50 AM
THANKS FRANNIE, will try it as soon as I get some apples, my daughter has an apple tree and most of the apples go to waste, they look like yours. So good idea. thanks!!
NANCY JO |
