Comments | agent00groovey: Right here, right now.

agent00groovey

Right here, right now.

Oct 10, 2007 13:25

I work near the intersection of I696 & Telegraph, in Southfield.

I love working here during autumn. The Franklin Cider Mill is just a short trip down the street. Apples, maple candy, donuts, cider, nuts...

I'm in liquid apple heaven right now.

And, as I was just mentioning in a conversation with doggiesushi, what's up with the price of honeycrisp apples ( Read more... )

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tamarai October 10 2007, 18:29:45 UTC

Oh man, honeycrisps are heavenly. And priced accordingly, it seems. Ugh!

agent00groovey October 10 2007, 21:48:17 UTC

Stupid free market. >:(

sugarcoatedlie October 10 2007, 18:48:03 UTC

For real! We canned applesauce last week, and paid as much for a 5 lb bag of honeycrisps for snacking on as we did for almost all the other 25 lbs of apples for canning. And that's at the farmer's market!

agent00groovey October 10 2007, 21:47:15 UTC

doggiesushi was drooling... err... talking about that apple sauce when I mentioned the mill earlier today. I think you've got a winner with that.

rainonlevs October 10 2007, 18:53:26 UTC

Could it be that the weather conditions this year led to a difficult apple growing season?

agent00groovey October 10 2007, 21:45:21 UTC

That has some to do with it, this hasn't been a particularly good growing season... but when prices are $15/5lb bag and all other apple types are ~$5/5lb bag it's a bit out of whack. They also have a relatively short harvest period, generally only a couple months. We had a bunch stored in the fridge (Closest we could do to a barrel in the river) that we enjoyed nearly year-round last year.

omnian October 10 2007, 18:54:09 UTC

Someone else I know has mentioned the Franklin Cider Mill. I have yet to visit it.

I have no idea what a honeycrisp apple is. Is it a particular variety? Is it special to the area?

agent00groovey October 10 2007, 21:42:55 UTC

Franklin is nothing amazing as cider mills go these days, but they have an apple stand, do the pressing on-site, sell a ton of maple syrup & apple related things. I like them because they're really, really close. :)

Honeyscrisp are a relatively new crossbreed. They're juicy, firm, sweet, not mealy and (IMO) tasty. I like them to eat, and for a specific recipe, they hold up really well to baking, especially when whole.

BEWARE! dtabraha October 17 2007, 21:16:05 UTC

Oh no! Don't drink the whole thing of cider by yourself!! :)

Sorry Leah broke your pumpkin.
Apparently my "word of the day" campaign was not too successful.