Apple Day

Once a year when the apples on the trees ripen, we gather out at my parents place for Apple Day. Friends come too, with their apples, and we spend the day together processing apples into sauces, pies, and cider. My dad has dehydrators filled with apple bits and this year we also made apple butter! It was my third year attending this year and there are certain things about this day that have already become tradition.

Apple day starts at lunch time, with a specific Creole dish (i am told--although i do not know the name of it). Baked tomatoes with peppers and onions are placed onto a slice of bread/toast and then a cream sauce is poured over top. (This is usually prepared by friends of my parents so i don’t know the exact ingredients).

After lunch and iced tea or coffee has been had, the apple processing can commence!

By mid afternoon, everyone is ready for a snack. The outdoor clay oven has been stoked and fresh from the oven bread is made and served with butter and fresh fruit jams. And coffee for those in need.

After our mid-afternoon snack, we return to our apple-processing duties. There are several stations: the apple peeling and coring station, the sauce making station, and the cider making station. Tools like this make apple day move along so much quicker:

At the end of the day everyone sits down to a lovely outdoor oven baked meal: roasted chicken, veggies, and of course, apple pie.

Such a fun way to spend a September afternoon!