from tree to jar

because apple tree is SO prolific, we (mom trudy, grandma mae and i) decided to graduate past pie and enter into other culinary delights - applesauce, apple pie filling, dried apples.

harvesting proved to be dangerous - inhaling, choking on and spitting out tree dust, bugs, and who knows what else, a few bonks on the head, some precarious chair ladders.

both grandma and i had the sweetest little apple peeler/corers. they're not error-proof, but they sure made the work a lot easier, and they're under $30.