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8:53 pm
February 10, 2011
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Hey Everybody,
I just posted a blog about how our family made 50 gallons of apple juice in a day with very little effort… in a washing machine! Thought it may interest some of you: http://lundkids.blogspot.com/2…..chine.html
Have a grand day! 
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9:31 pm
December 14, 2010
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That's cider. and a very good job of it too.
10:37 pm
May 23, 2010
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Mary, that is awesome!
11:07 pm
August 24, 2011
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I read the blog post. That's sooooooooooooooooo awesome!!
8:35 am
February 10, 2011
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Ross said:
That's cider. and a very good job of it too.
Okay, yes, I suppose I should have entitled it 'apple cider', but the kids keep calling it juice, as it's so sweet fresh, that it stuck. But we're going to let some harden off for a few months and see how that tastes. Mmmm!
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8:36 am
February 10, 2011
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Thanks guys! Ya, I thought it was pretty neat! The idea originated from a Backwoods home article tho, so we can't take the inventing credit for it! ;)
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11:22 am
August 24, 2011
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I was wondering how you came up with the idea but even if you didn't think of it, you still executed it and that's just so cool!
12:21 pm
December 14, 2010
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Be careful not to cork the jugs tight as they will burst when the cider starts to ferment.
5:10 pm
February 10, 2011
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Yes, we have to burp the jars that don't have airlocks regularly. We've experienced those cider bursts before!
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9:00 pm
March 22, 2010
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That's very slick. For the cider you're not fermenting, how do you process it so it keeps? Do you have to pasteurize it? And where did you get the jugs? You've got me curious.
9:01 pm
December 14, 2010
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When I was a kid in high school one of the kids brough cider in on Friday for a haloween party on Monday. Our teacher put it in the closet and on Monday morning we had a large brown puddle on the floor in the classroom. That same kid when we were in high school filled his thermos with cider each morning all winter . The longer winter lasted the less he cared. ;)
1:12 pm
August 13, 2011
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MaryMooCow… sounds neat. The pictures were blocked for me to see them. Photo bucket is a blocked site from the school district server that I have internet through. We are big apple cider fans around here. I wish that we could make our own as well. Thanks for sharing.
8:20 am
February 10, 2011
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whaledancer said:
That's very slick. For the cider you're not fermenting, how do you process it so it keeps? Do you have to pasteurize it? And where did you get the jugs? You've got me curious.
Yes, I'm sure pasteurizing would slow down/possibly stop the fermentation. Never tried it tho. Everything gets drunk up so fast around here! :) The jugs are recycled wine jars from a friend.
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8:22 am
February 10, 2011
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Homekeepn said:
MaryMooCow… sounds neat. The pictures were blocked for me to see them. Photo bucket is a blocked site from the school district server that I have internet through. We are big apple cider fans around here. I wish that we could make our own as well. Thanks for sharing.
Cathy, we just posted a youtube video with more detail. Maybe that would work for you: http://lundkids.blogspot.com/2…..apple.html
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9:04 am
February 3, 2010
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Great job, we live in WNY apple country but don't have a spare washer. Don't know if they'd let us pick up the windfalls here anyway. I think they hire people for that.
My question is "How did you get all the laundry goop out of the hose?'' You know, all that grey gunky stuff that gets up in there and you don't know about it until a $40.00 repair bill later. That stuff.
And I thought that in the country, all spare washers went on to become Herrick Kimball's WizBang chicken pluckers. I wonder if you could use one washer for both purposes. Maybe with a lot of bleach in between?
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