Apple Pressing Days

Among the many attractions and traditional crafts on display

at this year's Festival of the Plough you might have seen the crowds around the

apple juicing stand run by The Apple of Your Isle.

 

You might not know that they pressed ½ tonne of apples that

day and gave away the juice to about 500 people. The overwhelming response was

how good the juice tasted – far better than that bought commercially – and that

the process for making the juice looked good fun – and even fairly easy.

 

Well, The Apple of Your Isle group are bringing you the chance to

turn your own apples – and pears – into juice using their equipment. As well as

the fun of doing that, you get the added bonus of taking your own juice home!

 

They have planned 2 Apple Pressing Days this month. The

first is at 1 Battle Green, Epworth on Saturday 20th October, and

the second on the following Saturday – 27th – at the Methodist

Church Hall, Fieldside, Crowle. They each run from 10am to 4pm.

 

You will be able to press your fruit during one of the half

hour slots on these days at a cost of £5 for a half hour. To book your slot

please contact Peter Barnard on 873937 or via peter.barnard@me.com

 

Members of the group will be on hand at the Apple Pressing

Days to help and guide you and also to talk about the process for making and

storing apple juice. They will also happily talk about how to turn your juice

into cider. You will be able to buy apple produce and see apple recipes.

 

The group will also be in Epworth Market Place on the

morning of Saturday 13th October when you will be able to sample

some apple juice and book into one of the pressing day time slots.

 

Peter Barnard is

one of The Apple of Your Isle group and said

 

"This year has been

a patchy one for fruit, but if you have apples that you fancy turning into

juice then book yourself into one of the half hour slots. The process is an

easy one and is really enjoyable."