#apple county

[sketchbook-gal-xe]

Hmm.. I could suggest Apple Jack and Rainbow Dash

XD

Yes!! This was the one I was most excited about!

This is Lucky, they have a talent for farming odd crops like zap apples and all the steps to growing them. she's a little clumsy but somehow always tumbles backwards into fortune, they also have a pet black cat!

Originally, I was thinking of just naming them Zap Apple but that's apparently a pretty common name for appledash ocs, so I decided to spice it up a bit and I really like how this one came out! :3

[emaadsidiki]

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[ettawritesnstudies]

Happy storyteller Saturday (glad we’re bringing this back)! Your characters go to the county fair! What do they eat? What rides do they go on? Who gets so into petting goats they forget to even look at rides? Who wins a questionable number of clearly rigged games? Who gets their face painted? Who overhauls their entire aesthetic based on booths of scarves and accessories? Who finds something hyperspecific to learn about while the others tap their feet impatiently? Etc.

(that last one is based on me going to the county fair and becoming so engrossed in a local history lecture at the museum exhibit I did not even go check out the rides)

Happy STS Moshke! What a fun question!

I feel like the Twins are big fans of the rides and food trucks, they take turns waiting in the lines and babysitting their other siblings, switching whenever they're bored of one task and feel like tagging in for the other. Like Marco loves spinny rides but hates waiting in line for them, Matteo isn't a fan of the spinning but doesn't mind the wait, so they switch when he gets to the front of the line. Meanwhile, Marco gets funnel cake as a favor so when Matteo switches out, Marco can go in his ride, and Matteo can have a treat! They've really hacked the system.

Tess is Extremely Intimidated by all the hubbub and Hannah hates crowds with a visceral passion, so the two of them gladly hang out at the petting zoo.

Quercu would win all the rigged carnival games. She's been sneaking into human fairs for 200 years and she knows all the tricks. She won't keep the prizes though and passes them off to the kids in line who don't have her kind of faerie luck.

Cecelia gets her face painted so that nobody questions when she uses her glamours, just a tiny bit. It looks a little too hyperrealistic, but no adults are looking that closely.

Lady Brigid would enjoy seeing the crafters, though I don't know if she'd completely overhaul her aesthetic (she is supposed to be based on a nun) but she would like to support the arts, so she'd buy a few pieces as gifts for the girls! I also imagine Mrs. Tegan might run a stand like this. In my imagination, she has a large craft room and runs a fairly successful small business out of her home. Cecelia might help her stock inventory and run the table.

If Hannah ever left the petting zoo, she'd get lost at the farm show exhibit with all the heirloom varieties of vegetables and apples, and the panels on local agriculture. She's a huge plant nerd and learning how to yield a successful harvest would interest her. Her dad would find her talking the ear off a gaggle of old-timers and she'd leave with an internship or something sldjsflkjds.

Thanks for the ask!

[rabbitcruiser]

Beringer Vineyards, St. Helena (No. 5)

1887 - A REPUTATION FOR QUALITY BEGINS

Beringer wins an award at the Mechanics Institute Exposition in San Francisco, just the first of many over the years. In more recent times, noteworthy accolades include being named #1 Wine of the Year for the 1986 Cabernet by Wine Spectator (1990 edition). Six years later, Wine Spectator named the 1994 Chardonnay #1 Wine of the Year (1996 edition) - this is special because not only is it the first time a white wine has ever garnered that top spot, but Beringer is the first and only winery to ever have both a red and a white wine in that top slot. In 2012, Wine Spectator named the 2009 Knights Valley Reserve #8 Wine of the Year.

1915-1933 - THE SECOND GENERATION & PROHIBITION

After Frederick's passing in 1901, then Jacob's passing in 1915, Jacob's children, Charles and Bertha Beringer, take over ownership of Beringer winery.

While most wineries shut their doors at the beginning of Prohibition in 1920, Beringer continued to operate during Prohibition under a federal license that allowed them to make wine for religious purposes. Of course, Beringer went beyond selling sacramental wine to churches, which is the story behind the Whisper Sister label.

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[kimberly40]

🍎 Apple Butter- Apple butter “frolics” were major social events. In spite of the chores involved, the assemblage had relatively little to do; so they told stories, gossiped, sang, and otherwise enjoyed fellowship. Courting couples were given special attention, often given the job of stirring. The most popular stirring technique was to move the paddle twice around the sides and then across the middle. This old rhyme reminds the stirrers to follow this technique:

“Twice around the side

And once down the middle

That’s the way to stir

The apple-butter kittle.”

At some frolics, if the couple stirring bumped the kettle and splashed the butter, they had to kiss each other.

Apple butter was made in large quantities, using a copper pot over an outdoor fire. First, a couple of gallons of apple cider was boiled down to half its original volume. Then several bushels of peeled, cored, and quartered apples were added to the pot. Aromatic apples with a pulpy texture were preferred for making apple butter, varieties such as Royal Limbertwig, Buff, and Wolf River. A long wooden paddle, made of hickory with a couple of holes cut through the blade, was used to stir the boiling liquid. Half a dozen pennies were added to the kettle to keep the apple butter from sticking to the bottom of the pot.

Constant stirring of the liquid was required; it was an all-day job, taking as much as twelve hours. When a dollop of apple butter on a plate stayed put when the plate was turned upside down, the apple butter was ready to eat. The first tastes were eaten fresh and hot from the pot, spread on slices of home-baked bread. The rest of the apple butter, preserved by canning, was kept on cellar shelves to be enjoyed through the winter.

🍎 Other Interesting Facts Related to Apple Butter:

•If the fire wood touches the kettle the butter will burn.

•Oak makes the best fire for a butter boiling because it gives a steady heat without creating much flame.

•Copper pennies are placed in the apple butter kettle to scrape the bottom of the kettle and prevent the apple butter from burning.

•It was said that a young woman who splashed the butter when she stired the kettle would make a poor housewife.

•If you turn the crock upside down, without a lid, and the mixture stays in the container without running out or dripping, it is “real” apple butter. (If it pours out, it is “jelly” butter.)

•When the butter is finished and poured in the crocks, the person who gets the penny from the kettle should save it because it is a good luck token.

[artofhoneyxbun]

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I loved every moment of making “Wined & Dined”

This is “Glad To Be Your Ex-Girlfriend” music.

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[aisphotostuff]

Gate to the Apple Orchard Kent by Adam Swaine Via Flickr: On nature the reserve on the Kent Weald as you walk down the beautiful lane a stunning small apple orchard.

[big-tiddy-goth-ghoulfriend]

every time I remember that my actual congressional representative really is Marjorie Taylor Green it's like being hit in the face with a frying pan, like that Tom and Jerry meme

[iamrhyme]

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[njhgc]

Autumn means apples are everywhere!

By 1670, New Jersey's apple orchards were so productive that hard cider was plentiful and cheap. And by the 1770s, cidermaking thrived in the Garden State where its consumption was widely seen as healthful.

Several manufacturers from Morris County distilled their hard cider into Applejack, a popular liquor also known as Jersey Lightning. Richard Kimball from Harding Township was an early distiller, having purchased a 12 gallon copper still from England in 1773.

The Bryant family ran a successful Succasunna distillery built in 1809, that operated until Prohibition forced its conversion to plain cider in the 1920s.

[juiceboxsteve]

This funny thing has happened with my music app on my iphone and it has switched around album covers for different artists and it cracks me up every time one of them comes up in my playlist.

Here are some of my faves

[rabbitcruiser]

Beringer Vineyards, St. Helena (No. 6)

1934 - BERINGER BECOMES TOP WINERY TO VISIT

After Prohibition, Beringer was the first winery to offer public tours, sparking wine tourism in Napa Valley. This was further expanded in 1939 when winemaker, Fred Abruzzini, distributed flyers and maps at the Golden Gate Exposition on Treasure Island. Hollywood stars, like Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, also made the trek up to Beringer. Because of the gorgeous estate and the award-winning wines, it became, and has remained, a favorite destination for travelers.

1977-PRESENT - WINEMAKING REFINEMENTS

There have been winemaking advancements over the past 145 years, and there are several significant upgrades that are still in place today. In 1977, Beringer began fermenting Chardonnay and Cabernet in French oak barrels. Beginning with Bob Steinhauer, vineyard manager in 1979, we began a legendary partnership with our growing operation. Continuing its pattern for being a pioneer, in 1989 Beringer launched the first formal research and sensory evaluation program. Expanding vineyard sourcing to the Central Coast in 2012 also broadened Beringer's portfolio.

2021 - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BERINGER'S NINE WINEMAKERS

Like its investments in innovations, Beringer has invested deeply in its winemakers, with an average tenure of almost 16 years per winemaker. In 1971, Myron Nightingale joined Beringer as the 5th winemaker. He developed a special French Sauternes-style wine called, aptly, Nightingale, which is still made and bottled at the winery today. Ed Sbragia joined Myron as assistant winemaker. Together, they launched the Private Reserve collection, using specifically selected Cabernet and Chardonnay grapes. Ed, of course, then got promoted to winemaker in 1984. Laurie Hook became the 7th winemaker in 2000, with Ed staying on as Winemaker Emeritus. In 2015, Jacob Beringer's great, great grandson, Mark Beringer, joined the team as our Chief Winemaker, with Laurie Hook staying on as Winemaker Emeritus. Finally, in 2021, after six years working side-by-side with Mark, Ryan Rech took the reins as Chief Winemaker.

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[kimberly40]

This is an old Apple Press for making homemade Cider. The press essentially grinds up the apples into pulp and then presses the juices out. The part under the bucket crushes the apples and the crushed apples drop down into the wooden cylinders. Then, the cylinders are moved to the right in the picture under the press. As you turn down the press, the juice is squeezed onto the trough and into a tub.

You can also use it for grapes or anything else you want to use to make juice.

🍎 Learn more at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cider_mill

[artofhoneyxbun]

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