AJ & LJ's (bro- and sis-in-law) neighbors have a crazy producing apple tree. One day they sent niecey LJ over to ask if they could pick some apples. The neighbors said they wanted to pick first and then they would let them have at it. The neighbors got all they wanted and then sent us crazy Js over. I just can't even tell you how many apples were picked but it was a ton. Our kids got in on the action and had a grand time. AJ & LJ shared some apples with us, and kept a bunch for themselves, making things like apple butter, applesauce and apple chips. JJ didn't want to do any of those things and just wanted to eat them. I let him have at them for a while, but it didn't seem like they would get eaten fast enough and I didn't want them to go to waste, so yesterday I decided I was making apple chips, which, in my opinion was the easiest option! :)
I could NOT find our mandolin slicer, so I resorted to one of our other "slicing" products. Kinda sad that we have multiple options, but if you know anything about JJ, you probably know that he is a gadget kind of guy. And he loves to cook. Ok, two things about him! But put them together and we have A LOT of random kitchen gadgets.
I got out our apple peeler-corer-slicer. After wrangling it a bit, CJ and I figured out how to make it peel the apples, but we could not figure out how to make it core the things or slice them for that matter. It took me a looong time (well a lot longer than it should have) to put them through the peeler, then core them, and then slice them by hand. THEN put them in a lemon water bath. And THEN put them in the dehydrator. TOO much input what seemed like not "enough" output.
I told JJ all about this last night when he was home. He looked at me incredulously. He took one look at the peeler-corer-slicer thingy, flipped up a little knobby, and even moved the handle back into position with another flip of another lever (rather than hand crank it as CJ & I had done all morning)... UGH. We could've saved SO MUCH TIME!
Today in about 10 minutes I had a second batch of apples ready to go. So. Should I count this as a fail? No. I am not. I learned something new and will be much more willing to tackle those apples next time!
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