Hello family and friends!
Good news Fall is in the air and that means the Hollinger Apple Butter Reunion is close-at-hand. So make plans now to join us at Mark and Pam Heirholzer’s cabin located on Brock-Cosmos Road just a few miles North of Ansonia on State Route 118.
The festivities kick-off Friday evening October 11th as we light the fires and begin to get everything prepped for making apple butter. We’ve also been known to thrown all kinds of good food on the grills and enjoy an evening dinner by the fire with whomever is on-hand. Bring whatever you’d care to cook or share and stop on out—we’ll be glad to see you!
Apple butter making starts bright and early in the wee hours of Saturday morning October 12th, the fires and cider will start off promptly (we always hope) at 4:30 a.m. and the apple peeling commences thereafter when the “peelers” arrive. From apple coring, peeling, snitzing the apples, running them to the kettles or to the relentless tasks of feeding the fires and stirring the apple butter there’s plenty to do so jump in and help out wherever you care to—if you don’t know how, that’s ok someone will be happy to show you the ropes.
Saturday’s lunch is a carry-in dinner of all sorts of delicious dishes and sides and pies the-likes-of-which any bakery could only dream of offering, we’ll be providing fire-pit chicken and ice-cold lemonade. This year we’ll once again pass the hat for donations to help cover and defray the cost of the chickens, paper products and the port-o-let toilet. So make sure you have your wallet or pocketbook handy! Everyone is encouraged to bring your own beverages and place settings. Lawn chairs are also a good idea. Please remember there is no running water or electric at the cabin so please plan accordingly and remember to pack out any trash that we have.
Once the apple butter finishes up we’ll divvy up what we’ve made and figure out the price based on the cost of the ingredients and the number of gallons we make. After which, we’ll all gather around the main campfire and enjoy the rest of the night in the company of great friends and family members.
Sunday October 13th will be reserved for breakfast, cleanup and setting the cabin and property in good order again. It’s a super event filled with great people and wonderful stories. I’ll also add a new album for 2013 photos to our FaceBook group page that everyone can upload photos to. Also for twitter or facebook users be sure to tag any photos #hollingerapplebutter so they’ll show up in the groups feed for others to view and share.
If anyone has any questions please use the contact information below or leave a comment on our blog or FaceBook page. We look forward to seeing everyone soon!
Happy Apple Butter!
-Rob
Date: October 11th — 13th
Location: Mark and Pam Hierholzer’s cabin and pond
Address: 3101 Brock-Cosmos Rd, Rossburg, OH 45362
Hollinger Apple Butter Blog: https://hollingerapplebutter.wordpress.com/
Email Correspondence: circa71@gmail.com or romickje@who.rr.com
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