Saturday 14 November 2015

Apple Picking Time

The time had come to pick the cooking apples. We grow them espalier-fashion between the posts of the pergola.


The apples were big; some of them were very big.



 I have rather large hands but still I could hardly hold these monster apples.



Here is the apple compared to a £1 coin. According to the Royal Mint, a pound coin has a diameter of 22.5 mm. I weighed the apple too . It weighed a pound!



It only took two apples to make a delicious tart.


I've made three tarts so far and also used some apples in making my Christmas puddings. Actually, I must do a post about making Christmas puddings as the recipe is a good one.

Thanks for your lovely comments about my crochet projects.

21 comments:

  1. Hello Gillian,
    That looks very well. A delicious cake with this lovely large apples.
    Hmmmm...!!!

    Have a nice weekend,
    Marco

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  2. hello gillian,
    wow.......very big apples. the apple tart look delicious!!!
    have a nice weekend,
    regina

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  3. Wow, they're huge apples. Your tart looks delicious.

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  4. That is certainly a humongous apple! The resulting pie looks very good :)

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  5. Hi Gillian,

    Your apple pie looks delicious! Looking forward to seeing the Christmas pudding recipe.
    Hope you are having a great weekend. Barbara xx

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  6. Your pie looks delicious and I can't get over the size of your apples !! Seems late to be picking apples but our fall hits a bit earlier here. Love your hat and what a great colour!

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  7. Wow! So big! I hope they are big on flavour too. Needing only two apples for a pie, that harvest will keep you cooking for some time. :-)

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  8. Far out!! That's the biggest apple I have ever seen!!!! lol
    The pie looks yummy.
    Cheers, Anita.

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  9. Those apples are enormous! There will be rather a lot of puddings I would think! Enjoy that delicious tart xx

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  10. Wow they are fantastic and put my apples to shame, I have about ten tiny apples on my tree. The apple pie looks yummy I have never made Christmas pudding because I'm the only one who likes it in my family. I love apples in chutney too. :) x

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  11. This looks like it belongs in a story - the mysterious footsteps of a gigantic apple. I would read it.
    Amalia
    xo

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  12. Those are fantastic apples! They really are huge. I love having an apple tree, especially in the years when it actually grows any apples. This was not one of them. :)

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    1. It'll probably be a bumper harvest next year.

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  13. They are HUGE! I love the fact that you need only 2 to make apple pie, a favourite in our house!
    Caz xx

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  14. Your tart looks scrumptious. How wonderful to bake something as lovely as your tart with apples you've grown yourself.

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  15. Wow! Those apples are huge! The tart looks so tasty! I have cut sweets out of my diet for a while so this looks ezpecially yummy! Your crochet in the previous post is so lovely. You are very talented. I have often wish I could crochet but I have tried several times with no success. Hopefully some day! I am looking forward to the card exchange. Have a lovely day!

    Hugs, Vicky

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  16. Yummy! I love apples, and apple tarts... I'm curious to read your puddings recipes too, I've never tried making a pudding but I'd like to... xx

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  17. Hi Gillian, Those are some humungous apples! Looks tasty!! xoRobin

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  18. These apples look yummy - have you tried making apple strudle with them yet? They look perfect for strudle!

    Take care
    Anne
    Crochet Between Worlds

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    1. I've never made apple strudel. I should try it.

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