Apple Butter On the Way

The dark red, rock hard cooking apples were at the Farmer's market today. You know what that means. Apple Butter Time. Must run. First, a short rant.

I stopped to get some apple juice or cider (storebought, they are the same thing these days) yesterday for the week-end's preserving. All the juice on the main shelf (even the dirt cheap stuff on sale, and the name brands) was from CHINA! We grow tons and tons of apples in this country. What on Earth are we doing getting apple juice from China? I finally bought an "organic" brand that appeared to be American. Aargh. Off to drown my frustrations in a half-bushel of apples. Whew!