Thursday, November 8, 2012

Apple Cider

Last Saturday we got to participate in the fun experience of making apple cider at our friends’ farm!

Check out their old cider press!

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Isn’t it great?!?  I love the old wood.

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The girls got to see the whole process, starting with the tree…

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They helped us gather apples for a bit, but didn’t last too long.  It was cold and raining so that didn’t help with their enthusiasm for the chore.

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They got to help wash the apples…

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then feed them into the grinder…

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…then watch the juice come flowing down into tubs, where Mr. D siphoned it into jugs.

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But the best part was definitely drinking it!

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Yum!

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What a fun experience!

3 comments:

  1. What a fun idea! You can make that a science lesson and talk about change and how the apple changed:). So exciting, what a great time!

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  2. That sounds like a lot of fun but I agree last Saturday was a horrible day to be outside ;)

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  3. So cool! Although it DOES remind me of my least favorite Curious George episode ever. That show makes me so nervous...

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