To The Garden We Go

One of our family traditions for many years was to get everyone together and make apple butter.  We have a copper pot and utensils that has been in our family for over one hundred years.  My great grandparents used to boil down apples in their day.  We even have their old recipe (which they measured bushels different than today).  Typically, we get around 70-80 pints of apple butter depending on the year.  My brother tries to carry on the tradition, below are some pictures from a number of years ago when my dad was still alive, and Emma was a little girl.  The pictures are instructional on how to make apple butter.  First, decore, then peel, then cut, then put in the kettle, then add ingredients, then stir, then ladle.