The Mountain Messenger, Thursday, September 20, 1990 7A
of Farmin
Ella S. Galford
22, the Pearl S.
Foundation is
annual Fall Festival.
numerous old time
YOU will see there will
of applebutter
copper kettle.
Was a child, Mother
jam, grapebut-
tn the copper
)lien she made two
flavoring
and one with
Friday evening before
making, we children
the sacks of
soon as evening
were over we
Peel apples. A three
tub was lined with
to hold the snits.
Older children
peeled apples and
helped core
into snits. Some-
came to help
neighbor chip
play and stayed to
to peel an entire
breaking the rind
accomplished by
so they could toss
over their left shoul-
~eling would then
initial of the man
,lng to marry. Well.
have to use your
to get a letter of the
the swirl of apple
that was alright be-
you lean more to-
tial wanted to
if the peeling
it hit the floor be-
meant a failed re-
possibly the chance
maid.
We worked we told
riddles, raced to see
finish their pan of
teased each other
llng bees. Often
someone
around the tub to
or to whet their
rim of the stone
ng nearby. Finally
it a day and we
to see we
h snits.
morning Mother con-
apples while we
kettle with
until it glowed
The stir -- a
bored in it and
handle -- was
scalded with boil-
the wood yard
a circle of
a bare spot of
Spider was set on
to set level. The
on the Spider
apples and water.
bemoaned that
Water Instead of
her mother had
apples. As soon
going good the
This stirring
until the apple-
As the apples
more snits were
The fire had to be kept just so
-- not too much and not too
little and don't let any stick of
fire wood touch the bottom fo the
kettle or the butter will surely
burn. Smoke blew into the eyes
of the stirrer no matter which
side of the kettle you moved to
escape it. When one complained
Mother always advised us that
smoke always followed beauty.
Mother was here, there and
everywhere, taking a turn with
the stir, fixing fire, adding snlts,
preparing jars, adding sugar and
testing the applebutter. Finally it
was a delicious red color and
Mother could draw a line
through the sample she had on a
plate and there were no watery
edges around it. The applebutter
was done. Tile kettle was lifted
from the fire by running a long
bar under the bail and it was
carried to the porch. During this
procedure an older child was as-
signed to keep the young ones in
the front yard. Innus there would
be no danger to them if the
kettle should tilt and spill its
scalding contents.
Freshly scalded tall gallon
stone jars were waiting and the
apple butter was ladled into
them. Brown wrapping paper
was fitted over the tops of these
and secured with wide rubber
bands. The jars were lined along
a wall in the kitchen until the
applebutter got cold and then
they would be stored in the cel-
lar. Soon a pan of hot bread ap-
peared and we drenched It liber-
ally with butter and piled spoon-
fuls of applebutter atop it. Fresh
applebutter a treat for a king or
beggar.
I also make applebutter. (My
apple peeling must have formed
the letter G). No neighbors came
to help me peel apples because I
cooked the apples on the stove
and separated the peelings from
the sauce with a food mill. I
cooked the applebutter In a large
enamel pan in the oven and only
stirred tt a few times every hour.
I made four or five gallons of
butter and canned It In pint jars.
As time elapsed and our children
left home I needed less applebut-
ter. I occasionally make a few
pints but I now put the apple
sauce in the slow cooker. I sel-
dom stir it and often it cooks
half a day before I even look at
it.
I still sample the fresh apple
butter on hot bread which Is
now drenched with oleo. Many
folk claim it is not as tasty as
the applebutter made in the
open kettle but it is much easier
to do and certainly much tastier
than that store boughten stuff.
It is with nostalgia that I and
a lot of other people recall the
days when making apple butter
by the gallons In the copper
kettle was part of our yearly lives
and that Is why folk from all over
will attend different fall festivals
and leave with a jar of fresh ap-
plebutter tucked under their
arfn.
Better Than Sex Cake
Hine Chocolate 1/2 cup Veg. Oil
1 tsp. vanilla
1 - 8 oz. Sour Cream
3/4 cup. Pecans
or two of cake mix and use to coat chips & pecans, set
mix, eggs, oil, water, vanilla, pudding mix and
u Well and add to chocolate chips and i~cans. Turn into
ered tube pan or flat pan. Bake at 350650 to 55 minutes
sts done. Remove from tube pan & cool or let cool in flat
COmpletely cool.
margarine melted in sauce pan. 1 c~Jp Packed Brown
stirring constantly until bubbly, add I/4 cup evade
cook continuing stirring until mixture is smooth. Remove
sifted Powdered Sugar until spreading consistency is
will be ome more firm as it cools so resist adding too
ar. Should be slightly firm than runny.
By May Shires
Waiteville
recipe to
er
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