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We had an awesome day apple picking today! The whole group of us met up at Barden's Orchard in the northwest corner of Rhode Island. I thought I would blog a little something about it today, especially after my writing about being so interested in life in other parts of the country. This is a great part of being in New England!
My father drove up from South County with my sister Alexis and her 4 year-old Aidan in the backseat, my brother Albie and his fiancee Barbra drove up on their motorcycle from their apartment in the middle of the state, and my husband Alex and I drove together from our Mill building condo just 15 minutes away, but late as usual. My family has been doing this on Columbus Day Weekend for many years, and I am so happy that we could do it again this year!
After picking the apples, we stopped at a farmstand to buy cider and were surprised to find apple wine. We bought a bottle of that as well, to enjoy with dinner. Then we all returned to my father's house near the ocean where we began making several apple pies (one for each household) and, for the first time this year, apple dumplings! Alex and I learned about and ate our first apple dumplings when we visited northwest Arkansas in August, and we decided to give them a whirl ourselves. For dinner we ate sauteed fish in lemon sauce, mashed cauliflower, roasted green beans, and a garden salad with some of the last of my father's garden tomatoes. Delicious!
Here are a few photos of us:
Here's my husband Alex striking a pose for the camera
My sister Alexis holding the bag while Aidan industriously fills it with apples
Rare sister shot: I'm stuffing an apple in my mouth while Alexis avoids the camera
This year Aidan helped peel the apples for the first time!
I hope this is how apple dumplings should look un-cooked! I got the recipe from southernfood.com
Here they are cooked! Not sure we prepared the pastry quite right!
And now for something we ALL knew would be just right: my father's apple pie!!
My Dad's crust is the best, and eating it with him makes it even better!
You can imagine how this ended: we ate a pie and apple dumplings served a la mode with vanilla ice cream from the homemade ice cream shoppe. I'm still full!
Hope you all have had a wonderful weekend yourselves!
- April |
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