Apples and Cider at Minea Farm in Redmond, WA - the juice press

[Guest guest]

Sounds wonderful, Blanc, thanks so much for sharing about this. Is the video

downloadable?

Elchanan

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BlancW [blancw]

Monday, January 21, 2008 9:45 PM

 

Re: Apples and Cider at Minea Farm in Redmond, WA

 

 

Yes, from what I saw, it was mostly wood. The apples were washed & cored,

then some kind of porous brown fabric was placed onto a large wooden square

tray which had (I think) a metal-looking grate on the bottom. The apples

were piled onto the fabric, the squares folded over the apples and then

squashed. I didn't catch all the details, as I was conversing also while

watching the show, so I didn't see what the material was used in the

pressing. I will have to go back and see

the video again - and ask more questions.

 

Blanc

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

The video is on VHS tape, so it isn't downloadable. I searched

Google yesterday on " wooden apple cider press " and came up with all

sorts of very interesting reading on the making of apple cider,

histories of the practice, early uses in the form of an alcohol which

was also made for drinking, apple cider vinegar, and many kinds of

cider presses, from large old ones, wooden and metal, to small

machines and modern versions. It's made me wonder what is the real

difference between cider and just what we could get from using

something like a centrifugal juicer. I also searched YouTube for

anything similar and discovered quite a few videos, though they all

seem to use variations on the theme and very few are of the old kind

of press. Two which are somewhat similar to the one at Minea Farms

and give a good idea of how it's done are these below:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw62gXOZiUc & feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgRzv2_6q9U & NR=1

 

 

Blanc

 

 

 

On Jan 22, 2008, at 6:36 AM, Elchanan wrote:

 

> Sounds wonderful, Blanc, thanks so much for sharing about this. Is

> the video

> downloadable?

> Elchanan

> _____

>

> BlancW [blancw]

> Monday, January 21, 2008 9:45 PM

>

> Re: Apples and Cider at Minea Farm in

> Redmond, WA

>

> Yes, from what I saw, it was mostly wood. The apples were washed &

> cored,

> then some kind of porous brown fabric was placed onto a large wooden

> square

> tray which had (I think) a metal-looking grate on the bottom. The

> apples

> were piled onto the fabric, the squares folded over the apples and

> then

> squashed. I didn't catch all the details, as I was conversing also

> while

> watching the show, so I didn't see what the material was used in the

> pressing. I will have to go back and see

> the video again - and ask more questions.

>

> Blanc

>

>