Cider Pressing
Went with Elise to a cider pressing party this
afternoon, hosted by one of her professors. I was expecting a much bigger
machine in a barn, but it was a pretty small unit, around the size of a trash
can, in his back yard. You put apples in the top and by turning a wheel, tear
them into chunks. When you have a bucket full of chunks, you press the juice
out, turning a big screw. He used a plastic mesh bag, but I'm sure burlap would
do. He had a bunch of different trees, so we mixed the apples for a more
interesting cider. It was good!
It took
several hours to produce maybe 10 gallons of cider. As someone commented on the
way home, that was a lot of work to make something that you might be able to buy
for $50. We all knew that wasn't really the point, of course. I'm looking
forward to drinking ours!
Posted: Sat
- October 11, 2003 at 07:44 PM