Uncle Earl called my parents' house while we were there yesterday and invited us all to come down and make cider with him! Our kids love cider, and I had told them about how we used to make it with Uncle Earl when we were kids. It was so generous of him to offer to share the tradition with us again today!
He has an awesome antique cider press! The kids asked him where it came from, and he said he didn't know exactly, except that their great grandpa (My Grandpa, Hubert.) rolled in with it on a trailer one day and it's been around since.
The kids happily dropped the apples into the big funnel, and Scott and Jeremy cranked the handle, apparently faster than it's ever been cranked before.
We all made sure to get in for a good view of how everything worked...
The kids started to catch the first drips in cups Aunt Wanda brought out for them.
Then Uncle Earl used a lever to press and squeeze the rest of the juice out of the apples.
It dripped out and was filtered through some cheesecloth into the big metal pan. It made about 2 1/2 gallons.
It was sooo very yummy!!
It was so fun to learn about making cider hands-on! And the whole extended family will enjoy the cider at our Thanksgiving feast tomorrow!
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