Well Uncle Roger has an apple tree behind his house. My husband brings back 2-1/2 bushels of apples and you could just tell he was tickled to death with himself. I have been off work since April and had just started a new job the previous week and I looked at him in disbelief! I said, "when am I supposed to put these up?" and "did you forget I am now working?"!! His response which I am sure you can guess by now was "Ask and you shall receive!" I asked for apples about two months ago, but nonetheless I did ask for them.
We put up 18 quart freezer bags on Wednesday night and I put up 8 more on Saturday. I will be glad we have them this winter for apple pies, fried pies, and fried apples.
The apples were a green sweet apple similar to a granny smith, so after peeling, and slicing them off the core (which was easier than coring them) I just added fruit fresh per the directions on the bottle and bagged them. I had 5 cups of apples per 4 quart freezer bag.
