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[dymphna79]

Cold! Cold!  Cold!  This is the first day it's been cold enough that it actually feels like something of a challenge, not turning the heater on until December.  We've had an unseasonably warm November (we actually got STRAWBERRIES in the CSA box this week, which was a surprise to everyone, including the farmer); last year, one of the reasons we

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[amojojo]

I would be willing to bet it's more like the fancy stuff. Mmmm, mmmm.

[brierbrier]

Glad to see someone else is having a battle of wills with their heat; we haven't turned ours on yet and we're aiming to keep it off at least until January.

[dymphna79]

You make me feel competitive. But it's COLD! I don't think I'll be able to put it off any longer than December 1. I suppose I'd have to know your actual indoor temperature if I really wanted to be competitive, since our apartment is pretty inefficient when it comes to heating and cooling and tends to get colder than other people expect a Sacramento apartment to be. In the winter, that is.

[kmcdade]

Let's see...I got 20 lbs of apples for 50 cents per pound at the pumpkin patch...made probably 10 or 11 quarts of sauce (the 12-quart stock pot was nearly full) and then put it into freezer containers of various sizes. Oh, and I didn't quite use all the apples for sauce; I got tired of peeling. Anyway...that's like a dollar per quart. And I can get applesauce for a dollar and something per quart at Winco. So yes, not very economically satisfying. Maybe we'd do better in larger batches? But like I said, I got tired of peeling.

I used two kinds of apples as well -- Gala and Golden Delicious. All of the websites I looked at recommended using more than one kind of apple for the best flavor.