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Am I to understand you put 3 knives in the bottom of the pot, a plate on top
of them
and then the apples?
jhecksel@voyager.net wrote:
>
> Greetings all:
>
> Please excuse the lateness of my posting to this thread. I wanted to play
> around
> with making some applesauce and this weekend was the soonest I could get to
> it.
>
> Steaming the apples whole is what worked best for me. I am sure there are
> gizmos
> one can buy for the purpose, but the last thing I need is one more thing to
> lose.
> Before I threw in the apples into my 19 qt canning kettle, I put in three
> stainless
> steel table knives and a heat resistant dinner plate on top of them. I add
> about a
> quart and a half of liquid (water or cider depending on my mood). I pick
> the
> apples and wash them. Then I put them whole into the kettle. Then I crank
> up the
> heat.
>
> |oooooooo|
> |oooooooo|
> | _______ |
> | knives |
> -----------
>
> Last year I was plagued with scorching apples. We did 32 quarts this
> weekend and
> steaming them worked slick. The only other thing I learned, again, is to
> add extra
> liquid when making sauce of less than fully ripe apples....either that or
> cook the
> devil out of them before canning. The less ripe apples still have starch
> in them
> and they make a thick sauce that does not let the gasses escape. The sauce
> tends
> to blow out beneath the lids. Yuck!
>
> Best regards from Eaton Rapids, Michigan. The town that takes Eat-on Rapid
> seriously!