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[Carlos del Vaca]

We went out to an orchard near the VA-WV line yesterday, and got thirty pounds of apples for nine bucks.

Combine that with the other five pounds or so the in-laws gave us, and we have a friggin' crapload of apples on the counter.

I am running the dehydrator.  Next weekend I expect to make applesauce.  And of course, there will be pies. But I welcome other suggestions.

We got pumpkins, too.

[lprkn]

And of course, there will be pies.

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[wombat]

Now I've got a wicked craving for apple crisp.

[Arachno-capitalist]

thirty pounds of apples for nine bucks.

Where is the bailout for the apple market?

[Carlos del Vaca]

Chunk them apples up some and use them in a sausage apple frittata.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME FRITTATA

That sounds pretty good, actually.  I had been thinking about frittata as we have like two dozen eggs in the fridge.

[CortJstr]

Damn, I've been paying $1.99 a pound like a chump.

[pmcd9]

And I thought I got a good deal at .98

[jaydub]

Any apple grower worth his salt should have a cider press you can use.

Ferment and enjoy!

[Golfhaus]

So wait... are those stock photos of apples and pumpkins, or is that what you're staring down?

I want to like apples, really, I do. But I can't. I don't even try to like pumpkins.

[Carlos del Vaca]

So wait... are those stock photos of apples and pumpkins, or is that what you're staring down?

Those are Carlos del Vaca original photos, but that's a bin at the orchard, and a crowd of pumpkins during the harvesting activity.  I didn't take all those home.

There's a DC-area food blog I subscribe to that just had a call for writers (they have been a little thin on content lately).  I wrote a piece on my apple expedition... and they rejected it.  Go... figure.

[wombat]

Well I was going to ask what blog, because I would like to read a good DC food blog. But if they don't care about your apples, can they be any good?

[Carlos del Vaca]

It's http://dcfud.smorgasblog.com/
I don't want to be all "I didn't want to write for your crappy blog anyway!", but it's got me scratching my head a little bit. 

[Carlos del Vaca]

Oh by the way, when I got home from work today, guess what Mrs. del Vaca had in the oven?
Hint:  three letters, starts with a p, ends with an e, has an i in between.  And apples in it.
How I love that woman.

[KeithHernandez]

So wait... are those stock photos of apples and pumpkins, or is that what you're staring down?

I want to like apples, really, I do. But I can't. I don't even try to like pumpkins.

I have no idea what you are doing with pumpkins?  Seeds?  Is there some pumpkin food that I'm not privy to.

Also, could we get a pick of your apples?  I kind of want to see what 35 pounds of apples looks like.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Most of the pumpkins (the big round bright orange classic style) will be either given to our kids' schools, or carved into jack-o-lanterns and put on our front porch, to be smashed by teenagers late in the night on October 31.  I may also roast the seeds from those, but that always seems to be better in theory than in practice.

I have a couple that look more like the pale ones in the fourth row from the left in this picture.  They are better suited for cooking.  I could roast one and make a from-scratch pumpkin pie out of it.  However, I may just peel and chop, and cook like any other squash, say in this R I S O T T O recipe.

I'll try to take a picture of the mountain of apples tonight.  We've probably used a good five pounds of them already.