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I Are Baboon
10-03-2005, 11:35 AM
finally the good apples are in season. :) Mmmmm.....crunchy goodness. I just had a McIntosh. There are baskets of them set up in various spots throughout the building and we can help ourselves.
Westy
10-03-2005, 11:40 AM
It is a good time of year for food in general. I've been enjoying the peaches lately, decided I am going to try and grow a few peach trees in the yard. Had a bunch of fruit bearing trees in the yard when growing up. It was great to be able to go outside and grab a peach or apple off the tree. Throwing rotten fruit at my brother was also great fun.
Heidi
10-03-2005, 11:42 AM
I LOVE LOVE LOVE APPLES. I seriously eat one a day, so, I know what you're saying Babs.
McGRP01
10-03-2005, 11:53 AM
I just had a McIntosh as well! Yummy, appley goodness!!
berkshire_rider
10-03-2005, 12:33 PM
I've been enjoying fresh cider for a couple of weeks now. Another good thing with apple season is a dessert that is simple to make - apple crisp.
Mackie
10-03-2005, 12:35 PM
finally the good apples are in season. :) Mmmmm.....crunchy goodness. I just had a McIntosh. There are baskets of them set up in various spots throughout the building and we can help ourselves.

Went picking this weekend.
I'm fond of empires & winesaps myself, but that's just me.
This coming weekend we're baking up a caramel apple tart flavored with calvados & cardamom.
MMmmmmm.
boostindoubles
10-03-2005, 12:47 PM
apple season.... just means work for me. I've been picking for the last week, and am waiting for last nights rain to evaporate so i can go out and pick today. Were picking granny smiths and will probably move on to fuji's next week. i think i'm gonna go for 5 bins today :dead:

my favorite apple is a cameo though.
SkaredShtles
10-03-2005, 01:09 PM
Go check for recipes for veal/chicken normandy if you like apples - that stuff is really tasty.... :thumb:
kinghami3
10-03-2005, 01:10 PM
Mmm, homemade apple cider! I can't wait...
GumbaFish
10-03-2005, 01:33 PM
warm apple cider with a cinamon stick and powdered doughnuts...and pumpkin pie, aww man I love fall.
valve bouncer
10-04-2005, 08:30 AM
apple season.... just means work for me. I've been picking for the last week, and am waiting for last nights rain to evaporate so i can go out and pick today. Were picking granny smiths and will probably move on to fuji's next week. i think i'm gonna go for 5 bins today :dead:

my favorite apple is a cameo though.
Yeah, picking apples is hard work.
Been eating nashi recently. Bloody beautiful. Yum yum.
Skeg
10-04-2005, 08:47 AM
My wife wants to go apple picking this weekend...
What type of apples make the best pies???
Anyone got a good apple pie recipe???
I really like it when the apples are all soft and yummy....
great, now i'm getting hungry, Any help is appreciated as this will be my first apple pie attempt.
stosh
10-04-2005, 12:18 PM
I make baked apples in my slow cooker.
MudGrrl
10-04-2005, 02:06 PM
Apple Cider Donuts

I *LOVE* apple cider donuts.

It's too bad that there doesn't seem to be an orchard around the DC area that has any idea what a respectable apple cider donut is supposed to be like....
stosh
10-04-2005, 04:07 PM
Apple Cider Donuts

I *LOVE* apple cider donuts.

It's too bad that there doesn't seem to be an orchard around the DC area that has any idea what a respectable apple cider donut is supposed to be like....
DEE I TEE TEE OHHH
robdamanii
10-04-2005, 06:41 PM
F all that....it's RASPBERRY SEASON BEEYOTCHES!
SkaredShtles
10-05-2005, 10:03 AM
F all that....it's RASPBERRY SEASON BEEYOTCHES!
Raspberry season? That was like two months ago..... :think:
jacksonpt
10-05-2005, 10:15 AM
I played football back in high school. Every friday practice for the first 6 weeks or so, our coach would bring in a huge box of freshly picked Macs every friday. That was the best... I still love Macs - probably because of the nostalgia.
SkaredShtles
10-05-2005, 10:20 AM
I played football back in high school. Every friday practice for the first 6 weeks or so, our coach would bring in a huge box of freshly picked Macs every friday. That was the best... I still love Macs - probably because of the nostalgia.
Naw - macs are one of the best pure eating apples around. :thumb:
MudGrrl
10-05-2005, 10:23 AM
Last year, a friend of mine and I were reminiscing about going apple picking with our families (his in Michigan, mine in NY)... so we decided to find a local orchard and go pick apples and eat cider donuts.

sounds like fun, no?

He asks his gf to go. She comes along. Doesn't see the charm. Gets mad because we dragged her out to the border of West Virginia to go wander around an orchard.

And ... the apple cider donuts were *not* what apple cider donuts should be.

So this year, we are going picking by ourselves.
SkaredShtles
10-05-2005, 11:10 AM
Last year, a friend of mine and I were reminiscing about going apple picking with our families (his in Michigan, mine in NY)... so we decided to find a local orchard and go pick apples and eat cider donuts.<snip>

And ... the apple cider donuts were *not* what apple cider donuts should be.

So this year, we are going picking by ourselves.
Road trip to Michigan! :thumb:
bluebug32
10-05-2005, 02:16 PM
I enjoy Galas and Cortland apples the most. There's nothing better than going apple picking and then making an apple pie :drool:
boostindoubles
10-05-2005, 02:45 PM
ok, i live on an apple orchard, and have my entire life. We make our own cider at the end of the season, and have a ton of varieties of apples. yet i have no idea what is meant by apple cider donuts? der? like donuts you eat with your cider?
SkaredShtles
10-05-2005, 02:51 PM
<snip> like donuts you eat with your cider?
Yep - they're cake donuts. They're heavenly. :drool:
TreeSaw
10-05-2005, 06:59 PM
Mmm....fresh apples, fresh apple cider, dutch apple pie, apple crisp, apple-upside down cake, homemade applesauce (which I just had some of) :drool: I too enjoy the fall :D
berkshire_rider
10-05-2005, 08:48 PM
Yep - they're cake donuts. They're heavenly. :drool:

:stupid:

You can easily eat 3 or 4 good cider donuts. :drool:
boostindoubles
10-05-2005, 10:19 PM
Yep - they're cake donuts. They're heavenly. :drool:


i like donuts. around here we grow donut peaches too.
MudGrrl
10-06-2005, 07:48 AM
You can easily eat 3 or 4 good cider donuts. :drool:

especially if they're still warm in their little wax bag


I can't get out of the parking lot without eating 2 if they are still warm
berkshire_rider
10-06-2005, 12:39 PM
especially if they're still warm in their little wax bag
I can't get out of the parking lot without eating 2 if they are still warm

Last year when I was still living near Albany, NY there was a place in Ballston Lake that always had fresh, warm cider donuts this time of year. Another good one in Milton next to the Northway. I haven't seen cider donuts in Massachusetts, yet.
allsk8sno
10-06-2005, 01:09 PM
mmm appplessss....dammit now i am hungry...and homade cider is friggin so good!!! dammit!!! ok Will your gonna have to save some cider for me and zoae and next time we see you i will throw a couple bucks at you!!

aaaahhhhhh i am all thirsty now toooo..!!!
boostindoubles
10-06-2005, 02:26 PM
hey pete, if you want i can bring a grab bag of apples over to you and zoae tomorrow. I'll be coming into town anyways, and i just have to go out and pick some for ya tonight. what you want? braburns? granny smith? fuji? cameo? gala's? scarllets? goldens?

hit me up and we can make this happen!
MudGrrl
10-07-2005, 08:39 AM
Last year when I was still living near Albany, NY there was a place in Ballston Lake that always had fresh, warm cider donuts this time of year.

Lakeside Farms
:love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :drool: :drool:
berkshire_rider
10-07-2005, 12:28 PM
Lakeside Farms
:love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :drool: :drool:

Yep. That's the place. Used to have a witch on the roof this time of year, too. :thumb:
boostindoubles
10-08-2005, 11:36 AM
this cider donut must be an east coast thing
MudGrrl
10-08-2005, 01:05 PM
is Michigan considered east coast?

my bf is jonesing for the cider donutey deliciousness too........
berkshire_rider
10-08-2005, 05:27 PM
Just picked up some fresh cider and cider donuts. :drool:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6820/cider3it.jpg
McGRP01
10-08-2005, 05:57 PM
Lakeside Farms
:love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :drool: :drool:

:thumb: :thumb: :thumb: I went by that place everyday a couple years ago when I used to drive truck. Stopped for luch all the time! :drool:
boostindoubles
10-08-2005, 07:53 PM
is Michigan considered east coast?

well, not east coast, but definitly east side. and i lump basically illinois and everything east into 'the east coast' :think: Its not so much a geographical statement as it is my opinion of a way of living.
kinghami3
10-08-2005, 11:42 PM
My family just made 5 gallons of apple cider today so I brought some back to school with me. I can't wait to drink it :drool:
Kanter
10-09-2005, 05:02 PM
We have a huge apple tree at the main FR trailhead. I usually eat a few after a ride. It seems like a lot of people just pass the tree on by. I really dont see why. Its not pruned or sprayed so you have to search for a good apple but I always find a few.
MudGrrl
10-11-2005, 11:46 AM
Just picked up some fresh cider and cider donuts. :drool:

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6820/cider3it.jpg

:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

you are sooooo rubbing it in, aren't you?
kinghami3
10-11-2005, 06:22 PM
Yeah, but it's not fresh, homemade cider like I'm enjoying :thumb:
berkshire_rider
10-11-2005, 07:59 PM
:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:

you are sooooo rubbing it in, aren't you?

Haha. Actually, no. I just wanted to show those who had never seen them, what cider donuts look like. :drool:
berkshire_rider
10-11-2005, 08:03 PM
Yeah, but it's not fresh, homemade cider like I'm enjoying :thumb:

Pretty close. It was pressed the day before at an orchard in Rhode Island :think: and transported up to the local apple farm that doesn't have a cider press on hand for resale.
MudGrrl
10-17-2005, 07:03 AM
I found a respectable place in Virginia that has spot on cider donuts!

Carter Mountain Orchards.

So what that it is 2.5 hours away from where I live.

Woo Hoo!
McGRP01
10-17-2005, 02:32 PM
I went apple picking with the fam this weekend for the first time since I was 4 years old. The place we hit (Hick's Orchard in Granville, NY) was a bit pricey, but it was worth it to see the smile on my daughters face as she climbed tree after tree to get "the really red ones up top"! Came home with a 1/2 bushel of tasty Empires. :thumb: