Ashley's blog

We saw how the crusher ground apples with a thick iron drum, which had flat teeth. It spun around and around, shaving apples into small chunks. The pulp went into a muslin (cloth) placed inside a rack. When it was full we stopped the motor and folded the muslin into a bag.

Three bags got stacked on top of each other with slats in between. The presser had a turn-wheel which squeezed the muslins full of juice-filled apple pulp until all the cider was pressed out. The cider was then strained through a milk filter then it was bottled into old juice and soda bottles.

I brought blueberry muffins, chocolate chip cookies with cranberries and coconut, a hat rack and a flower collection. I got a red ribbon on the blueberry muffins because they weren''t puffy enough. The cookies got a blue ribbon because they were moist. I got a blue ribbon on the flower collection because it was built well. The hat rack had a red ribbon because the sticks were loose.

Chocolate Chip Cookies PLUS