Here’s how we press cider from wild and homegrown apples!

[@violetvillard1347]

I haven't had homemade apple cider in ages. Looks good. I prefer apple cider over pumpkin spice anything at this time of year. 😋

[@mckennabringman5505]

Agreed

[@themushroominside6540]

Before the pumpkin spice craze took over the sensation of autumn, it indeed used to be apples, the, fruit that marked the end of summer and the beginning of fall, the season of candied apples, baked pies, and cider

[@serenitymoon825]

@@themushroominside6540 Apple needs to make it's comeback! I need to start making pies!

[@sagisdoodleverse9696]

Never cared for pumpkin spice

[@subtleusername5475]

​@@sagisdoodleverse9696wow youre so unique

[@aldralee]

Would love to see a video on the apple scrap vinegar. Mine always molds, and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong.

[@Scperma]

Me too

[@adjjal]

I'm not sure if I'm correct about this, (so definitely do your own research first too,) but from what I've heard you can just remove the mold and use the vinegar as normal, as vinegar doesn't go off itself - as long as the mold hasn't overtaken the whole jar, then I've heard it's still good vinegar once you skim off the mold.

[@zahirarex8005]

I usually add some sugar and boiled (cooled) water with the scraps to get good things started faster, have made it four five times now and never had a mold problem

[@aldralee]

@@zahirarex8005 boiled water sounds like a good trick! I will try that next time. Thank you for the tip.

[@aldralee]

@@adjjal I might be brave enough to do that if I start with a larger quantity. I've done small batches, which doesn't give me much room. Thanks for the tip!

[@Areyousurrraboutthat]

The dog loved the apple 🥰

[@SpecialK711]

Sure did! I wish I could get my dog to eat apples, all she wants is chicken & steak 😂

[@hildahernandez247]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@m.j.thayne5591]

Just don’t let them eat the seeds!

[@robbobthecorncobjriii8195]

​@@m.j.thayne5591eh, as long as they don't chew them it's perfectly fine. They're pretty small and hard so sharp teeth won't have an easy time breaking them. Also the amount of cyanide in a few apple seeds is negligible.

[@FeralWeirdo]

​@robbobthecorncobjriii8195 actually it's unsafe to assume dogs won't break the seeds. There is a warning for a reason. And with such abundance, it's something to keep an eye on

[@ImmortalLemon]

Oh I made hard cider last year from all the apples I had access to around my neighborhood and from picking with the family for fun. I ended up getting about 4 gallons of juice that I fermented into a nice dry carbonated cider. I’m going to do it again this year except I’m going to try and get much much more and then do 1 gallon batches with flavoring

[@hellskitchenkritterandfrie3372]

Pear cider is also delicious

[@ImmortalLemon]

@@hellskitchenkritterandfrie3372 I would do pears as well if I had access to enough of them

[@sunriseeyes0]

Your folks’ channel is always motivating to me. I love hand-crank tools over motorized ones. They are quiet and dont have the risk of having motor oil smell leaching into the food.

[@triciabarr4620]

I absolutely LOVE 😋🥲warm Apple Cider 🍎 🍏 with a teeny tiny pinch of cinnamon in Autumn and winter. It's like drinking a piece of Apple pie 🥧 😋 ❣ I've never made my own apple cider but I'd love to try next fall. Thanks for the entertaining, informative & inspiring videos

[@goombajuice]

Did this last week with the same press it works a whole lot better if you use a food processor and blend everything super fine before pressing you get a lot more juice

[@daisybuchanan8205]

It's a brilliant idea and it saves time and you harvest more cider, the only problem is, the seeds give bitter taste when you process them.

[@deus_ex_machina_]

​​@@daisybuchanan8205Also the seeds have a bit of cyanide in them, so shouldn't be consumed in large quantities (hundreds of seeds), especially after being crushed in a food processor.

[@diogeneslantern18]

@@daisybuchanan8205 I cannot fathom why they chucked the seeds in

[@Chemeleon15]

@@diogeneslantern18 The seeds only went in cuz the cuts weren’t very straight. Sometimes the core is a little off-center. Bulk of the cores went into their vinegar making scraps The video is up now

[@herpderp4908]

in german "antigeliermittel" will soften up the apples in a few hours so much, the juce comes almost completely out without pressing. dint know whats called in english but has to be something like "anti jelly agent".

[@gloriae.h.9130]

Do some research on apple seeds guys. Do yall core your apples? I absolutely love Everything Yall are doin. Team work makes the Dream Work 😊. I greatly appreciate everything Yall Share cuz I’m learning Sooo Much and it’s The Beginning of a Legacy That Will Keep of Thriving in the young minds of my grand babies 😁. I Especially love the 3 Sisters Method. Thanks 🙏 Soo Much for Sharing. I look forward to more as the seasons change and Gracias for that too 😊 Sending Yall The Best Of Blessings and May Delightful Ones Always Surprise Yall 🥰🙏✌️

[@emmy8009]

There’s something about home grown, not so picture perfect apples that make me so happy

[@ralsharp6013]

Yum. Have you ever tried cloudy apple cider vinegar? Its so so delicious!! Apple cider soda is good too! Do you have a ginger beer plant? I use half a cup of ginger juice to inoculate 3 gallon capacity of soda. It can be used to make bubbly lemonade, lime-ade and snapple pop, pear soda. (we call it soft drink, I think you call it soda) I make it from the juice of our English mulberries as well.. I recycle plastic one litre water or soft drink bottles. That way when I bottle it's up, I squeeze out the excess air as I'm tightening the cap and as they ferment and become Everest and, the bottles expand out to original size. That's how I know when they are ready to drink. Sometimes have to give them a burp if there's lots of sugar in the apples etcetera. I've cracked opened a bottle of soda after a year and still absolutely delicious

[@margomoore4527]

You’re correct in using the imperfect apples. I talked with a local apple place (now gone) years ago. They made their own cider, and said that if you only use perfect apples, the cider will wind up tasteless. Even a worm or two is part of the real thing. They also made cider doughnuts that were the BEST! I swear I can still taste and smell them just thinking about them!

[@averycheesypotato]

Cider would traditionally be made with windfall apples- those plucked off the ground rather than off the tree

[@morganagrave]

Love these videos

[@sviolet892]

Your videos inspire me so much 🥰

[@LilithBlack333]

I’ve only seen fresh cider done at an antique farm show growing up with an antique press that’s huge, they have a trailer full of apples that the just dump in whole, never seen it done on a smaller scale cool to see the difference.

[@d.desrosier7856]

I have the same press and holy cow is it a pain in the ass. I miss the days of college when my downstairs roommate had access to a real cider press. It was easy! It had the shredder attached and the press was in the back without that stupid rod in the middle. We pressed 30 gallons in one party.

[@lukevarney1120]

My brother and I would go to our grandparents and use a very similar antique press to extract as much cider as possible from the chopped apples. The press we used had four vertical handles, so we would stick an old softball bat in-between the handles to add some torque and maximize our cider output. With everyone working together, we routinely made enough cider to us through the winter (we'd freeze it). It is easily my favorite fall beverage. Using the hand grinder and press is quite the workout, but the reward is totally worth it.

[@sandramj1812]

Question: Why is it called "Cider"? Is it not just apple juice? Cider to me is describing the fermented alcoholic drink. Why do they call it "Cider" in America when it it's not fermented?

[@celoindela7406]

Adam Ragusea has a whole video explaining this

[@sandramj1812]

@@celoindela7406 Do you have a link?

[@celoindela7406]

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[@brettjohnson791]

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[@Mr_APeezy]

Apple cider machine aka the Jenga machine 😅

[@ralsharp6013]

That's true. Have to be careful don't put too much Xtra sugar in lol😅

[@mwahaha945]

It would be so cool if at some point in the future you guys did a road trip and showed what it’s like to forage different native plants in different areas and educated folks on what they could do with things in their area

[@lovewillwinnn]

Used to do this as a kid with Dad in the good ol Northwest. Good happy times. 👏 Love your cute, hungry dog. That was adorable. 🍎 🐕

[@donbowles6386]

looks delicious thanks for sharing

[@Sg-de9wo]

Curious, how much seed do you remove from the apple for this process before worrying about it?

[@courtneyronk472]

⁠You need about 150 to several thousand crushed seeds to kill an average adult, and the average apple has around 5 to 8 seeds, so I’m gonna assume he probably doesn’t have that many

[@MrPojopojo]

​@@courtneyronk472less concerned it would kill more concerned it would poison. I'd rather leave the seeds out entirely tbh

[@famf6234]

Natural food made by natural hand! 👍💕

[@Me-ev4ix]

Spiced apple rings are delicious and easily to can also, they actually stay crispy.

[@oviraptorking3744]

Will still never get over the fact that americans call essentially cloudy apple juice, cider and actual cider hard cider, amazing videos as always and fun to see what wild foraging can get you in the states

[@redyankeerose]

I’m curious if you’ve thought to remove seeds before pressing to prevent having too much amygdalin (a lot easier to consume dangerous levels in juice vs by eating apple cores). Hopefully these varieties are ok!

[@Meerkat628]

I think that only becomes a potential concern at industrial levels of juice and even then, its highly unlikely to hit a concentration that high unless something weird is going on

[@courtneyronk472]

You need about 150 to several thousand crushed seeds to kill an average adult, and the average apple has around 5 to 8 seeds, so I’m gonna assume he probably doesn’t have that many

[@ropeyarn]

Same here in NJ, lots of apples. Apple pies with cheddar cheese.

[@jeanlee9569]

Satisfying to see two young ppl working their land w sustainability like our grandparents had to do to survive. They save lots of money and control the pesticides, gmos, cheap labor etc.

[@perughai]

Is it okay to put in the apple core/seeds? Does it not contain cyanide?

[@melissamcclain34]

It would take alot of apple seeds to get enough cyanide to cause issues

[@kashbash9645]

As I understand it, you need certain compounds that are not present in the body to unlock the cyanide from certain foods. Perhaps that’s true for the apple seed.

[@sierraburmese4083]

​@@melissamcclain34those were a lot of seeds though so I wonder what amount crosses the threshold and how far he was away from that specific amount of seeds

[@williampatrickfurey]

Believe it's deadly to grind them, making the cyanide compound much more digestible than swallowing a seed whole. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8512454/ "Lethal oral doses (LD50) for cyanide are 2.13-6 mg.kg−1 body weight, and it has been confirmed that 59 mg of cyanide is released from 1 g of amygdalin [24,33]."

[@courtneyronk472]

@@sierraburmese4083 you need about 150 to several thousand crushed seeds to kill an average adult, and the average apple has around 5 to 8 seeds, so I’m gonna assume he probably doesn’t have that many

[@lesliebarnard1997]

I love, Love, LOVE all things apples . Most years I go to an orchard where I get my of i freshly picked apples r and then go to work to make up all the things I dream about canning, baking, ( Pies & handpicks ) Bread s & cakes, spiced apples, and other goodies.

[@curlygirlbri]

I love this channel, ive been ningong your shorts for an hour in total peace and bliss ❤

[@toriladybird511]

Love to see the doggo enjoying the apples too ❤

[@SeedsofFaithGarden]

You guys are inspiring! How did you learn to preserve so many different foods?

[@amaionnaise]

are the seeds ever a problem since they contain cyandide when crushed? Awesome videos!!

[@FrejaInWonderland]

If you have the freezer space, it gets even better if you freeze the apples first. We (or rather, the bartenders) did it at my old job and that cider is probably the best thing I've ever had. It's something sciency that breaks down the apples and makes the product so much sweeter and apple-y. (Yeah I'm this great with words...). They used a press really similar to yours as well.

[@elizabetheaton3882]

I've never seen cider made, thanks!

[@angeliquerodriguez8931]

Every time I’ve made apple cider I’ve cored my apples… I didn’t know you could leave the seeds 😅

[@lornaj3310]

Do a video on making apple scrap vinegar!!! Please. If you have a minute. I'd like that. Thank you.

[@PintuMahakul]

👍 Very healthy guavas and beautiful apples you have harvested. Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful work.

[@pjpat6040]

Love watching you guys! I wish I could do what you guys do. Thank you! 🙏👍

[@nancynelosn5830]

Looks luscious.

[@deborahscott5463]

My uncle made it for years. I love it but since he passed many years ago, I haven't found any real cider that is not processed. I really miss it.😊

[@SweetLotusDreams]

Last year I bought one of those apple ginders but it wasn't so effective, it just broke up the apples and it was hard to get the juice out. I put them through the apple grater attachment of my food processor and it was much more effective. I got around a liter of juice for each kilo of apples. You won't believe the improvement.

[@opheliamaples]

You are so blessed and fortunate! There is absolutely nothing to forage in my neighbourhood other than purslane, dandelions, and blackberry nightshade, but they're all routinely sprayed by the council. The mushrooms that grow are mainly deathcaps. The abundance you have to forage is wonderful.

[@creativelauri]

You can also pickle apples with white onion slivers & a cinnamon stick....so good. Make sure your dog doesn't eat the apple seeds, it's arsenic. Love the cider idea. I'll have to try that. I made apple, quince & pear compote. The quince really gives the apples a delicious taste.

[@irmaromo1635]

Just subscribed why cuz ur Booth cool smart and a hell of likeable and u teach me something new every video I see thanks cuz my teachers never learned me anything usefull no wait they learned me how to read and write so thank u😂😂❤❤❤

[@vivianp5962]

I've never seen wild apples naturally in Missouri they've all planted in tree nursery 's or peoples houses.

[@elladoz1966]

Thanks for sharing 🙂

[@susieast450]

Ughhhh, the press is my favorite. I love fresh apple cider more than life lol

[@daddeyy208]

quick qn.. the rust on the metal rod in the press.. wouldn't that be poisonous..?

[@susieast450]

​@@daddeyy208It wasn't rust. It looks like little like it, but it's crushed apple that had already turned brown. This wasn't the first batch they made and smooshed apple is on the rod. Yes though, rust would be very bad. You would not ever want to ingest rust. ❤

[@daddeyy208]

@@susieast450 ohh thanks for replying. makes sense, thought the cider would nullify the rust or something haha. thanks

[@kristis4147]

That looks so fun. Wish we could be like “ city slickers” , pay for a weeks visit to really help out, work and maybe earn some our labor in food -) it would be so refreshing to be with nature and produce instead of consume

[@mississippiqueen2u]

I see those cute toes! It’s when the pup is eating apple scraps.

[@krisplus2]

I love these vids

[@mariapizzaa]

Have you considered making korean cheong with your foraged fruit? It would be another way to preserve with an interesting flavor profile!

[@schnitzel8746]

In Denmark we make æbleflæsk which is Apples cooked with fat and bacon, it is sooo good. But we eat it on rye bread and I dont know if you have something like that 😊

[@mriopelle33]

Never heard of that, but that sounds awesome and sounds very tasty. I know for a fact that if you take apples and cook pork chops with it is absolutely out of this world. It’s like the best pairing of fruit and meat, and I’ve had ever so I would imagine mixing with bacon, but also be very good.

[@stevethomas5857]

Love what you guys are doing

[@nelsenfamily631]

My family used to have a nice orchard and fresh press apple juice is amazing.

[@Lovereignsupreme]

Mmm,spiced or mulled Cider is so good 😊

[@debiesubaugher]

I love mixing the crabapples and honey we collect, freeze and put into the ice shaver.

[@andreevaillancourt2177]

Yummy 😋 I love fresh pressed apple cider.

[@jilllunsford9614]

I'm sure you said this before but I'm new to your channel and I'm wondering where do live? Also you guys are awesome, so excited to watch all the cool foods. I'm a vegetarian cause meat just makes me sad but I don't know how to make vegetarian meals. I'm hoping I could learn from you guys because I just eat raw vegetables and fruits plus I like cheeses and beans ect. I'd love to know how to live off these foods better. I'm just so excited I found your channel and very hopeful about learning new things from you😊

[@henkpizza788]

Such hard work

[@mamajewels8481]

I can't wait until our apple trees produce and we can press cider for our family!

[@Beeeeeeeeeep]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful life!

[@AnnaBrown-h4e]

I always wanted to do that. Wish you were in our area I'd give you all the apples from our 5 trees. We're not able to do anything with them anymore and can't even give the apples or pears away, 😢

[@chawkins1963]

You can make applesauce or apple butter.

[@Felixd_d]

Thats a healthy pupper

[@StarlaBizarre]

I really love hard cider, I would definitely buy some off you lol

[@shawncooper7086]

My dad who was a Mennonite. He teaches us kids how to live off the land and what wild herbs and wild plants and wild flowers can be eating and being canning for the winter season. My mennonite grandma showed me how to make tea from raspberry leaf and dandelion leaf and catnip. I made the last of my catnip tea last night for our three cats to drink. I don't like when you have people calling their self prepper. When our mennonite grandparents and our dad would take us kids out camping we eat off the land. The only thing we would bring with us was a tent and a frying pan pot to boil water and make tea and paper cups and paper plates and paper bowls and place spoons and forks and foil the put over t frying pan and pot to keep the food hot and keep the bugs out of the food.

[@beccasabaka8116]

You GET to deal with abundance 😊🙌🏼

[@bri.b6448]

i can smell this video. pressing apples is so fragrant and wonderful.

[@DustinPlatt]

_Taking advantage of what foods are in your area_ Me: (In a huge metropolis) _scanning the people for harvest_

[@NGoditrust-ox4hv]

Living life as you know how and doing it right! The fruits of your labor ❤👍🏽🙏🏼

[@beachobsession29]

I love Apple cider. We use to be able to buy it in.the store. Walmart doesn't carry it as far as I know. Superstore did in Edmonton. And Nfld.

[@SeanOlsen-dz8lu]

You two are awesome, I can't wait until my wife comes home from helping her mother over her illness, then we're going to start this same situation together,👍💯

[@WaddellJudy]

I love it!

[@julecaesara482]

where I live, all the apples fell off before they were properly ripe... but it's a good year for pears

[@ruud24k]

You can also make cider from pears

[@clynthia0510]

You guys work very hard. Well done! ❤❤❤😊 I'm jealous of your knowledge. Being a "city girl," all of my 69 years have left me being dependent on all things from big box stores and modern technology. I've never been camping or anything. 😢 This is not a good thing and feels bad. I would not know the first thing about surviving off the land only. 😢😢😢

[@betsychavez2914]

Right on !

[@a.s.7936]

Abundance!!! Yeah!!

[@nicholehackett4571]

I can’t believe your Dog likes Apples 🍏

[@laszlotresanszki7262]

Man a new channel to sub to.

[@noellemiles8193]

Where do you live to find all this? I am in a very dry desert area of New Mexico. Foraging is very hard here. Love what you do.

[@strawberrymilksoup]

What apples do you guys grow? My family is renting a house that has a gorgeous old gravenstein tree on the property that has massive harvests every other year, and god are they some of the best apples I’ve ever had. I actually just made baked apples tonight and it will definitely become a weekly thing from now on.

[@TheHannahizcool]

We don't have a lot of apples this year, but my dad and I are still making hard cider.

[@villagesteader3552]

May I ask, what growing zone you are in?

[@HomegrownHandgathered]

6b

[@villagesteader3552]

@@HomegrownHandgathered was curious because your harvesting coincides with ours ! We’re in 6a

[@mossystonesubs]

Hard cider is shockingly good with crispy pizza❤

[@jessicamcwilliams3346]

You should try making apple cinnamon pancake syrup with your apple scrapps.

[@tinamariewebb4449]

I live in the UK and have found a few grape vines this year, can we have some ideas of what to do with them including wine please?

[@spaghettieggplantsauce8533]

Will it be different, if the apple bits are salted before it is pressed? Normally, salting process will help to sweat out the juice inside any fruits and veggies, resulting more juice, less energy to press down. Walowee,,, looks like a good burpee thirst quencher there!

[@antoniocampen]

this brings me memories of my grandfather making cider at this time of year. of course he made the alcoholic kind which is real cider this is just apple juice.

[@Ae-ne5iy]

I need to learn vinegar. I wouldn’t have made it this summer with my vegetable and fruit addiction without cider traps and sticky fruit fly traps.

[@Stacystann]

Where do y’all get all the gear to preserve your food? Like the cider press thing

[@adterpandrea]

You can make fruit leather from the leftover scraps.

[@MrsFizzes]

“Can I have this?” “The cider?” “No, this life.” One day we will get there! We’ve already made the move, now it’s on to finding the land!

[@elizaleroux9173]

apple cider vinegar are the best of anything you can make from a apple..a natural fat burner...then apple sauce. a spoonful of cider in a glass of warm water.. brilliant diet every morning.

[@paulagathings7050]

Yum Cider

[@Back_To_Basics]

I love your chanel, but it looks labour intensive. How about investing in a Hurom slow juicer? You get the apple juice and the pulp to make apple muffins.

[@rickyclark4870]

I bet it is delicious!!

[@earthsuyom4966]

oh my applejack loves this so much

[@nelysilva5833]

Yummy😋, and cool 😎👍

[@jturtle5318]

You can dehydrate apple sauce and apple butter.