Apple pies, candied apples, apple crisps, and apple flavored drinks fill kitchens during autumn.
In the Midwest, most apple orchards are ready to be picked by September or at the end of August. The season wraps up in October, around Halloween.
Many people casually go apple picking every once in a while, like Carl Taraporevala, junior, who went with his family to Eckert’s Farm a few years ago.
“They tasted really good and it was really fun to pick them straight off the tree and eat them fresh,” said Taraporevala.
A popular spot for apple picking in St. Louis is Eckert’s Farm. They have locations in Millstadt, Grafton, and Belleville, Illinois.
Nevaeh Kerber, junior, also went Apple picking at Eckert’s farm this fall to fulfill her family tradition of making applesauce with her family.
Kerber’s family meets every year in the fall and use Kerber’s great-grandma’s apple peeler in order to make applesauce.
“It makes me feel really wholesome and reminds me of where my family is rooted,” said Kerber.
This year they convened on Sunday, September 10th, and made tubs of apple sauce for the family to enjoy.
“The applesauce is really good,” Kerber said. “It’s a fun thing to do with the family and it brings us together every fall.”
Apple pie is one of the staples of apple-based dishes and according to the family of Leslie Tiemeyer, FACS teacher, she makes a pretty good one.
“My sisters-in-law are always complimentary of my pie, they say ‘It’s so good, you have to make this every year!’” Tiemeyer said.
Tiemeyer makes apple pie every year for her family on Thanksgiving. She usually buys Honeycrisp apples for her filling, and the night before she makes the crust to refrigerate it. When building the pie she cuts her peeled apples into thin slices, and constructs it the day of Thanksgiving.
Another favorite apple dish that reminds Tiemeyer of fall is apple cake. Tiemeyer’s mother made it for her family every year, and her grandfather loved it. The dish consists of a regular cake with apple pieces mixed in. Unfortunately, Tiemeyer no longer has the recipe.
