Ontario Fruit Explorers

["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hello,

Hergots has a new accordian press.  What comes out of it is bone dry.  The  
segments of apple pulp come out like dry, square cookies.

You could not compete with a cider mill with home equipment.  Plus they  
have the benefit of speed.

LAter,
Tom

On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:33:01 -0500, Biz Storms <biz.storms@sympatico.ca>  
wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Thanks for the info - such a great idea. I'll certainly follow up on  
> this.
> The bag thing is perfect. There's also a great opportunity to attempt to
> compare liquid output with Hergots versus manual at home. Just out of
> curiosity, of course.
>
> Cheers, Bizmark.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas  
> Olenio
> Sent: 08 November 2006 16:00
> To: Ontario Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [OFEX] grinding
>
>
> Hi Biz,
>
> I highly reccomend one of the cider mills west of Kitchener.  There is
> Hergots on Erb Street (between St Agatha and Waterloo), or the cider mill
> in Wellesly (sp?).  Same people who sell retail cider and juice at Zehrs.
>
> Bring your apples, and have it pressed into pails or have them seal it in
> milk bags.  Cider in milk bags freezes beautifully.  I know Hergots has
> the bag machine.
>
> It will all be done in an hour or two.  You need to make an appointment
> with both of these places.
>
> I think there is a six bushel minimum.
>
> Later,
> Tom
>
> On Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:16:10 -0500, Biz Storms <biz.storms@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone
> >
> > So we actually have a grinder and press - but there are about 13 bushels
> > of
> > apples waiting and softening - they're golden russets so they definitely
> > need to soften. While there has been oodles written about the garburator
> > (sp?) grinder on nafex, I'm hoping there's another solution or device
> > that I
> > could consider to spare me from grinding 13 plus bushels - the long way.
> >
> > The golden russet cider we made last season was so yummy, this year  
> > we're
> > going to quadruple the batch. I loved it since it didn't trigger a
> > headache
> > like many other wines. A neighbour has a power grinder that he purchased
> > from someone in or near Buffalo, and the ground bits are very small,
> > more so
> > than the manual grinder.
> >
> > I'll give anything a try, since next year we're likely to have even more
> > bushels to deal with.
> >
> > Cheers, Bizmark
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> > [mailto:labruscagrape-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Thomas
> > Olenio
> > Sent: 07 November 2006 18:09
> > To: labruscagrape@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [OFEX] Press
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > The only tricky bit in making that press is attaching the pressing  
> > shaft.
> > It is really easy.  See image.   tom
> >
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