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The Problem of Too Many Apples…
If you had asked me a week ago if it were possible to posses too many apples I would have answered with an unequivocal “no.” This week I know better.
The trouble started at school. One of my favorite classes in the AFE program at Tufts is our Experiencing Massachusetts Agriculture class. Every week we take a field trip to a farm, land grant university program, or other agricultural location and learn first hand about how our food is grown. Last week we took a trip to the UMass agricultural research and extension center in Belchertown
When you are a student at a well respected institution of higher learning it is expected of you to hold yourself to a certain standard. This standard is one of abject poverty. Tufts is a fantastic school, but boy is it pricey, and so is rent in the
As I sat in my kitchen that evening, admiring more apples than I could eat on my own, I was confident that my roommate would be able to help me in disposing of this windfall. Ha! Two hours later he arrived home, rosy cheeked with cold and bright eyed with triumph.
“Just wait till you see how many apples I picked!”
What does one do with so many apples? Well, first you give two to each of your professors. Then you send some home with your roommate’s girlfriend. You eat an apple with your lunch every day and an apple with peanut butter as a snack every evening. You bake a Tart. You bake a Crisp. You Bake Apples. You start wondering how many apple desserts you can stomach.
As for savory apple meals, I can think of many. Recently my current roommate concocted a wonderful meal from apples and red cabbage, I’d ask him for the recipe but he seems to be in a coma. No doubt it’s apple induced. My old roommate Sarah (she of the delicious Spring Rolls) came up with a great recipe for Apple and Spinach Salad with Feta. Before I lived with a vegetarian I was a big fan of Roast Pork Loin with Apple. Now I mix diced tart apples into my Tarragon Chicken Salad and leave out the celery and tarragon; the results are surprisingly good.
I’ve now cooked every apple dish that I can imagine and yet there are still more apples. I think they multiply at night. I’ll make an Apple Pie tonight and if there are still more I’ll just have to throw an apple fest at my house this weekend and give away what we don’t bake that day.
Posted by KeysAmy on October 23rd, 2008 under Cooking Adventure, Greatest Hits, Local Agriculture, New Recipe
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October 24th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
wow.. so many apples!
I had a peanut butter, apple, and honey sandwich yesterday: mighty tasty, if you want to get simple about things
I recall seeing someone one slice off the very top of an apple, core it out, making a hollow apple like a squash, then putting in some butter and brown sugar, recapping them, and baking it.. haven’t tried it, though
[found you through facebook while clicking on random people who also enjoyed the book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle]