Crab Apples!

[Thanks to UC#1 for today’s post]

After the fascinating expose on bovine transportation, and my natural curiosity on whether bovines twine, I decided to ‘think outside the box’ and look for other twine related areas.  The most obvious immediately popped into my head: crab apples!

Here are a few photos of my latest crab apple jelly effort.

1. washing & cutting
2. boiling
3. related supplies
4. simmering
5. filtering
6. bottling
7. the final result
8. the aftermath

See if you can spot the twine connection.

PS: we still have 3 jars of jelly left over from last year and I have enough crab apples to make another 14 jars this year. What to do?
– UC#1

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Detail: Mountain Daylight Time

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If Crabapple Were a Place, Where Would It Be?

Not to be confused with Cabot Cove or other fictitious Maine towns
(thanks to wlbm.com)

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Speaking of Cabot Cove, please use caution if planning to visit.

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Crabapples in Literature

Crab apples make an appearance in Joseph Heller’s Catch 22:
(This is the kind of crap I remember from college….)

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Semi-Sequitur: Richard Russo

Richard Russo (mentioned above) is a WLBOTT Celebrated Author. UC#4 considers Straight Man to be one of the top 27 funniest books written within the past 134 years.

And yes, there is a duck.

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Crabapple Bonsai

As it happens (as it was meant to happen) that Crabapple trees can make beautiful bonsai.