What "Traditional Knife" are ya totin' today?

I had these two with me this weekend when we boiled 42 bushels of stamen apples to make apple butter at our church.

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We started cooking around 4:30 Friday afternoon. This was sometime late Friday night/early Saturday morning. Still a lot of steam (water in the apples.)

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One of the kettles around 4:00 Saturday afternoon. Ready to be sugared and spiced. Notice the dark color and lack of steam; boiling the water out of the apples is what makes good apple butter. We cooked this batch just over 24 hours.

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Today’s carry with the finished product. We ended up with 57 1/2 gallons of apple butter. Pretty good weekend; a lot of work, but a good time.
 
Crappie71 said:
I had these two with me this weekend when we boiled 42 bushels of stamen apples to make apple butter at our church.

7WnukLc.jpg


NfNHNEw.jpg

We started cooking around 4:30 Friday afternoon. This was sometime late Friday night/early Saturday morning. Still a lot of steam (water in the apples.)

8MIUcbQ.jpg

One of the kettles around 4:00 Saturday afternoon. Ready to be sugared and spiced. Notice the dark color and lack of steam; boiling the water out of the apples is what makes good apple butter. We cooked this batch just over 24 hours.

ClmfrSf.jpg

Today’s carry with the finished product. We ended up with 57 1/2 gallons of apple butter. Pretty good weekend; a lot of work, but a good time.
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I'd pay at least $10 right now for a scratch'n'sniff feature on my computer.
 
We live on a little street in the country with twenty houses. The first generation here moved in young, raised kids, and moved on. In the last five or ten years, new, young families have been moving in, so a couple of years ago, they revived the Trick or Treating. Anyone wanting to participate hangs black and orange balloons on their mailbox. Some of the okd grumps never do, but we enjoy having the neighbors bring their kids and grandkids around.
Besides our Jack O Lantern, this is the extent of our Halloween decorating. Some stalks from my sweet corn, and volunteer pumpkins and squash that grow all over where I toss the innards as we eat the squashes I intentionally grow. They cross breed and make interesting shapes.0897487D-FE70-4226-B77D-289B0F06D5B5.jpeg
I read that Americans spend more on Halloween decorations than Christnas decorations. I’d rather not have a bunch of plastic junk all over, but to each their own.🤪 But after the Free Stuff Brigade makes their rounds, we all meet over at one family’s place for a potluck, and he has a skeleton that must be over 15 feet tall, complete with huge fake spider webs. Seems like a bear to store and set up, but his kids like it.
This is my offering to the trick or treaters…no el cheapo “fun size” bars!
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That dates back to my days in food distribution, but back then, it was all King Size. One of the advantages of living far enough from town. We’re surprised if we get more than 20 at our door.

Anyway, looks to be great weather for the rugrats. It’s miserable if it’s raining. They hardly show up, and darn it ~ somebody has to eat that candy.
 
r8shell said:
Phrasing! :oops: I assume you mean stainless steel?

Perhaps I should try growing peas as a Fall crop. I get a bunch growing in the spring, but it's a very short season until it's too hot for them.

Have a great Halloween!

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Yes you should. Peas get planted way before last frost. They are done by summer, then I replant in September. Spinach and lettuce, too.
Modoc ED said:
Working on getting in the spirit for Halloween so for this Halloween Eve Day, I'm trying to decide what to carry tomorrow. It will definitely have to be an orange with black theme.

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Football and NASCAR today - back to baseball tomorrow. Sausage and two eggs up for breakfast.
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Yes! I should be totin my pumpkin orange Bull Buster. Thanks for reminding me!
Crappie71 said:
I had these two with me this weekend when we boiled 42 bushels of stamen apples to make apple butter at our church.

7WnukLc.jpg


NfNHNEw.jpg

We started cooking around 4:30 Friday afternoon. This was sometime late Friday night/early Saturday morning. Still a lot of steam (water in the apples.)

8MIUcbQ.jpg

One of the kettles around 4:00 Saturday afternoon. Ready to be sugared and spiced. Notice the dark color and lack of steam; boiling the water out of the apples is what makes good apple butter. We cooked this batch just over 24 hours.

ClmfrSf.jpg

Today’s carry with the finished product. We ended up with 57 1/2 gallons of apple butter. Pretty good weekend; a lot of work, but a good time.
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I love to see the old traditions alive and well!
Putting up your own food is awesome.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
I tried to use the Bowie on the punkin, but that is not what it’s for. Way too thick.
The Old Hickory boning knife, being slender and razor sharp, was perfect.View attachment 1973824
The usual morning look-see in the vegetable patch. Here are some of the plants that thrive right up until the ground freezes solid.Peas, View attachment 1973825ATTACH=full]1973825[/ATTACH]
Collards, View attachment 1973826
Turnips, View attachment 1973827
Celery, View attachment 1973828

And to complete my photo bombardment, here’s a cool old car at the farm where we buy our Jack ‘O Lantern pumpkin every year. He has old cars and trucks, and tractors ~ dozens and dozens. A huge machine shed filled with them, and a long row of old tractors outside. He always builds a House of Horror out of hay bales, and since they’re then ruined for feed, he lets me have them for mulching my garden.View attachment 1973823

Have a good ‘un.
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Great looking old car. To me collards taste better after a good frost.
 
Amir Fleschwund said:
I tried to use the Bowie on the punkin, but that is not what it’s for. Way too thick.
The Old Hickory boning knife, being slender and razor sharp, was perfect.View attachment 1973824
The usual morning look-see in the vegetable patch. Here are some of the plants that thrive right up until the ground freezes solid.Peas, View attachment 1973825ATTACH=full]1973825[/ATTACH]
Collards, View attachment 1973826
Turnips, View attachment 1973827
Celery, View attachment 1973828

And to complete my photo bombardment, here’s a cool old car at the farm where we buy our Jack ‘O Lantern pumpkin every year. He has old cars and trucks, and tractors ~ dozens and dozens. A huge machine shed filled with them, and a long row of old tractors outside. He always builds a House of Horror out of hay bales, and since they’re then ruined for feed, he lets me have them for mulching my garden.View attachment 1973823

Have a good ‘un.
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great post.
 
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