I was able to get some apples this year from the same place Jeremy and I have picked grapes from for the past three years. I wanted to get some apple juice. I thought it would be just about the same as the grapes. I had a five gallon bucket of apples, I did have to cut out the wormy spots, but it filled by juicer/canner. I was thinking that the same amount of grapes will give me 8-9 quarts of juice, so I should get that much from the apples. I talked to my Mother about why there was not very much, I had gotten three. She said to just leave it steaming and maybe it would break the apple pulp down and I could get some more. I had about 2 quarts of grape juice that had drained out of the pulp from the day before, I poured it over the apples thinking it would release more juice. I only got one more quart. I left it to steam and the water ran dry. In the process of putting more water in, I was in a hurry and did not put my gloves on, I poured the water in the hot pan while holding the upper parts and it turned into a huge steam cloud that enveloped my hand.

Eventually the entire portion from knuckle to first joint on my pointer and middle finger blistered. The skin came off the blisters when Jeremy and I dug all of our potatoes on Saturday. I could not get my ring off for four days as my finger swelled up so fast. My whole hand is looking much better this week.

The four jars of juice is all I got for all the pain and suffering. I also did get some fruit leather made from the pulp. Maybe next year I will try and find an apple press so I can get more juice out.