Pressing Apple Cider
Every year about now we wish we had a cider press. We have several apple trees and after canning dozens of quarts of applesauce and some pie filling, a few fresh apple pies, eating fresh apples until we're sick of them, we pick several boxes, store them in the garage, eat a few & throw the rests out in the spring. So wasteful! This year Dave decided he would build a cider press. After perusing the different home made presses others have made and posted on the internet, he built one we quite like! He used materials we had on hand or that were scrap, so the total cost for the press came in under $50! The grinder for our apples came from Dave's grandparents. Grandpa hooked it up to a motor years ago and it worked pretty slick for grinding up our apples. A few days ago we had Cider Pressing Day. A few family and neighbors brought apples to press and in between, we pressed our own. We started just after 10am, finishing up about 6p...