What are you Cooking the Week of November 12, 2023?

[Mike Nolan]

What they used to do with hard cider when I was young was leave it in jugs outside, wait until the temperatures dropped below freezing and drain off the unfrozen liquid in the bottom of the jug. Wicked stuff!

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[Joan Simpson]

I'm cleaning out my refrigerator, I had cucumber salad, deli Turkey slices and sliced tomatoes.

Thanks BakerAunt I can't wait.

[BakerAunt]

I have been remiss in processing my pumpkins, and I noted a spot on one of the two peanut pumpkins on Saturday, so I went ahead and roasted and processed it after cutting out the bad parts. I will do the second one tomorrow. The sugar, or pie pumpkins, last much better, but I will be roasting two of those early next week for pumpkin pie.

Dinner tonight was a repeat of chicken salad sandwiches on the last sub roll. I also had some of my butternut squash soup.

Mike--uh, what did they do with what was left after they drained off the alcohol (part that did not freeze)?

[Mike Nolan]

Not much, as I recall, though it may have been used for things in the kitchen. Farm wives don't let much go to waste.

The unfrozen part of the hard cider is often called applejack. Depending on how cold it gets, it can be anywhere from about 50 to 80 proof, though I've been told that if it hits 20 below the applejack can get to about 120 proof.

[Mike Nolan]

We had tomato soup and fried cheese sandwiches today. Tomorrow I think I'm making chicken, rice and mushroom casserole.

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