Deb’s Gourmet Apples

Alright, so you’ve picked the perfect apples and now you need to know how to store them.

In order to retain the apples best qualities, you’ll want to store them at about 32 degrees.  You can do this in a garage, basement or root cellar but the best place to store your apples is a refrigerator. 

One true way to shorten the life of an apple in storage, is to raise the temperature.  A refrigeratior can keep the temperature consistant.  

Another thing you’ll want when storing apples is humidity.   Humidity helps keep the apples from shriveling in storage.  Most refrigerators are low in humidity so store the apples in perforated plastic bags or a covered container, so that their natural humidity will be retained. 

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With the holidays closing in on us, I thought it would be a good time to list some books about apples that children will love.

It is Fall! And for one little girl, that means the special joys of visiting the Comstock Farm: choosing the reddest apples from the trees and finding the best pumpkin in the patch.
Back home, she helps her mother carve a funny jack-o’-lantern face and puts a glowing candle inside her prize new pumpkin…just in time for Halloween and an evening of lots of “trick or treats”!

5 stars

$4.99

Apples and Pumpkins

What do you do if the market is closed and you want to make an apple pie? Why you go around the world to collect the ingredients of course. First you need to take a steamboat to Italy for the finest semolina wheat. Then it is off to England to pick up a cow for the freshest milk. Then of course you need to pick fresh apples in Vermont.
This fun book even includes a simple recipe for apple pie.

We give it five stars.

$6.99

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

Have you ever eaten part of a flower? You have if you have eaten an apple! Find out how an apple grows from bud to flower to fruit–ready for you to pick! This beautiful book describes the life cycle of an apple from its initial appearance as a spring bud to that point in time when it becomes a fully ripe fruit.

We give it 5 stars

$5.99

How Do Apples Grow?

Mr. Peabody’s Apples takes place in 1949 in Happville, USA. One Saturday, Mr. Peabody, the beloved elementary school teacher and baseball coach, finds himself all alone on the baseball field. He wonders where everybody is until he sees the bat boy, Billy Little, walking toward him with a sad look on his face. Billy tells him that another student, Tommy Tittlebottom, spread a rumor that Mr. Peabody was a thief after Tommy saw Mr. Peabody taking apples twice from the local market.

Mr. Peabody then shows Tommy that what matters is the truth - not how things appear - and teaches him an unforgettable lesson about how we must choose our words carefully to avoid causing harm to others.

Outstanding 5 Stars

$19.95

Mr. Peabody’s Apples

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Dark Chocolate Delight

Mrs. Prindable’s Gourmet Caramel Apples, to comemmorate Halloween and all that is dark and spooky, has launched a brand new product: Dark Chocolate Delight.

This caramel apple is a dark chocolate lover’s dream! A fresh, juicy Granny Smith apple is dipped in creamy caramel, rolled in chunks of chocolate and doused in premium dark chocolate. A treat not to be missed. Net Wt. Approx. 1.25-1.5 lbs. Serves 8-10.

Can it get any better than this? I don’t think so.

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