A couple weeks ago I talk about apple picking and mentioned that my dad's side of the family was going to get together to make apple cider. Last Saturday (Nov 5) most of the extended family that lives in Oregon got together and made A LOT of apple cider. It was a fun, but chilly day.
My dad pushing apples into the cider press. My cousin Peter is in the red sweat shirt and his son Caleb is on the left side of the picture.
Some of my cousins kids sorting/playing on the apples in the trailer.
The truck was full of apples as well. A second trailer was used to dump the apple pulp in after the juice was squeezed out.
Washing, sorting, and cutting the apples before passing them to the next group to be pressed.
The women waiting for more cider to come so that they could strain it and pour it into jugs.
Layla had a great time helping. Here she threw an apple into the cider press.
Next Layla helped sort the apples.
Apparently tasting the apples was part of her sorting technique.
Nate jumped right in on the action and got to work cutting apples. You won't find a single picture of me working or helping with the cider making process because I was busy watching the girls. Nate had so much fun with my family and I was quite happy to just let him chop away.
Sanaa with some of my cousins kids climbing the mountain of apples.
More apple sorting.
A shot of the big operation from the end of the driveway.
They began making cider around 8:30am and wrapped things up around 4pm or 4:30pm. We had over 150 galloons of cider by the end of the day! I'm not sure what the exact total was since they lost count after 150 galloons, but that is the most they've ever made. My dad went home with a truck load of apples that didn't get pressed since we had so many apples.
We're hoping to do this again next year. I know my girls had a blast. We came home with 10 galloons of apple cider and it is really good. In one week Nate, the girls, and I have polished off 2 1/2 galloons of cider.
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