Apples and Deer

How is it?

Apples and Deer in the orchard. Look out!

Collected a few wind fall apples, Gravenstein. Tools needed to process the apples before drying are placed onto the chopping board.

The apple corer is plunged down and up, twisting as you go, and up comes the core.

The peeler is next into action, I try and do this in a continuous strip.

Then the accurate slice, with the sharp knife. I then soak the slices in a mixture of lemon juice and water for a few minutes. Drain and dry on paper towels.

Then arrange into the drying trays.

The finished trays are stacked on top of each other. Try and get as many slices as you can per tray, the odd overlap seems to be OK. The slices shrink about 50% during the drying procedure.

On with the lid and plug in and switch on. Six hours later.....