Get Foraging!
Apple Pressing is coming up – Friday 8th May 2015 at the Community Nursery Education Centre -1pm-4pm. Malcolm McKenzie will be here again this year with his cider press, so take advantage of this opportunity – and for $2 you can press your own apples or help someone press theirs.
A recent foraging trip was very successful and we didn’t take all the apples (or walnuts). It’s a great day out for the family – a road trip with a purpose and there’s nothing like getting something for free! Go to Gore/Tapanui country roads (you may also see Robert Redford!) or Queenstown way for great foraging. Ray’s designer foraging pole makes the job easier (is that cheating?), but there are always apples on the ground too.
The apples can be frozen and taken out of the freezer a few days before the event. Freezing the apples breaks them down and they don’t have to be chipped first, just pressed. By freezing your apples you get more juice and a clearer juice. If you come along to press your own apples please bring enough plastic containers to put your juice in.
Posted: 27 April 2015