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20.09.16 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Homesteader Heirloom Apples and Real Cider

Food + Landscape Trees + recipes

The Renaissance of Heirloom Apples Traditionally, an old fashioned fall treat has been the availability of aromatic autumn apples and the rich complex flavor of pressed cider. Although grocery stores attempt to carry “cider” in pasteurized containers all year, the taste is insipid in comparison to the special flavor that blended heirloom varieties give to…

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08.04.11 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Plant Your Apples Now

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Remember yesterday’s video from The Brooklyn Kitchen? I just love all their videos, and this one is about “heirloom apples”. I planted a couple heirloom apple varieties many years ago. One, the Cox’s orange pippin, is the old variety that has been improved and marketed as “Gala” apples. Yeah! Anyway, if you are interested in…

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18.09.06 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Autumn Abundance Recipes

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Autumn provides an abundance of certain foods … and besides, the change of season just makes us hungry for those apple desserts and tomato-laced stews. The sweet peppers are becoming red and we all have our favorite culinary uses for those. I thought I’d share some of mine. My favorite apple cakes are the Hungarian…

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20.10.04 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

Autumn and Orchards

autumn + Landscape Trees + Seasons

Autumn in the Midwest is quintessentially apple time. Wonderful apples in abundance and sweet cider that rivals the ambrosias of the Greeks. Ok, that is a little overboard, but nothing beats apple cider from a farm market in the fall. Nothing! If you have a freezer and a good source of unadulterated cider ( no…

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