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| I was driving past the local orchard and saw a sign for Deer apples. I had to find out. They were putting the slightly damaged apples in a bushel box and selling them to bait deer! ( hunting season is right around the corner.)$5 a box. Mixed varities. I'm thinking applesauce.
Bought one box and was surprised at the small amount of waste. Probably go back next week and get one more box. (unless I find some more irrestible recipes!) |
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| Just be sure to add the lemon juice to them since windfall (aka deer apples) need extra acidification since they are lower pH and have a higher bacterial count. Dave |
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| Just for clarity - that means they are "lower pH" as in lower-acid pH. Dave |
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| Do you know whether they are drops, or just seconds (damaged during sorting)? |
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| I don't understand this idea of windfall apples being less acidic. With some of my not-recently-pruned-but-shoulda-been trees, to harvest the high ones, I just shake the branches and they fall off - an exercise that requires a hardhat, or in my case, a pretty stiff straw cowboy hat. I heavily mulch around the base of the trees with dried grass clippings, so they have a soft place to land. I can see that the wormy or deformed apples that fall off may not be much good, but what about perfectly formed ripe ones that fall? |
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| Overripe fruit is less acidic, so maybe they figure if it's ripe enough to fall instead of having to be picked, it's riper? Then there is the bruising, which I guess causes a drop in acidity, and finally the bacterial contamination from the ground. Of course if there is any decompostion, there are a lot of bacteria in the rotting part(s) too. Orchards in CT can't sell or use drops/windfalls in cider, but can sell seconds (damaged by machinery during sorting, bug bites, deformed, small). Hard to find this year though - they're processing them all into cider, pies, etc. since the harvest is smaller than usual. |
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