A few weeks ago when we went to pick the apples in the orchard, most of them had disappeared and although we had fun picking the left over apples with pickers we only had enough for each family to take some home to make some pies and apple sauces. Unfortunately not enough to press them into fresh juice.
As both parents and children were disappointed we decided to have an apple pressing event after school with apples parents would bring in. So the date was set: Friday 25th September after school in the covered area.
I brought in my press with Dan who with an other dad, were in charge of crushing and pressing the apples. Jo and 2 other mothers were amazing to keep up the pressers and washed and cut the apples in no time. Well, we had so many apples that it took altogether 2 hours to produce about 20 litres of juice.
Children and adults alike were lining up with their cups to either catch the juice straight from the press or from the jugs of juice that were constantly filled up.
The juice was a big hit as out of all those present there was only 1 child and a couple of parents who did not want to try some and most came back for more over and over again.
A simple activity that was appreciated by many. Well worth doing again next year.
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