Monday, September 5, 2011

Cider Making


We made some apple cider while visiting my dad in Tyringham this past weekend. Weirdly early for apples-- normally they aren't usable until a good deal later in the fall. This year, though, it seemed as though every branch was packed; there were trees bearing fruit that I had never seen with apples before.







Also a few interesting mushrooms and fungi:


These ones below are puff-balls: quite edible (and tasty to boot).  We had some for dinner our first night.



Joanie made a delicious lamb recipe from the NYT. Here is a recipe link. I'm going to try making it myself (it was yummy and it doesn't look too difficult).

The peach trees were also loaded down. A lot of the trees had lost limbs because of the weight of the fruit:


It was a very nice weekend... the weather was a bit warm but quite cooperative overall. Ethan and I had a couple of good long runs, and the kids spent countless hours in the swimming pool with their cousins Ken and Janet.

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