
This post is sponsored by the Ontario Apple Growers – the opinions and recipe idea is entirely my own.
Do you know where your apples come from? Contrary to popular belief, they don’t magically appear on grocery shelves.
This year I was invited to tour with the Ontario Apple Growers. We headed to Wilmot Fams to the Apple Orchards and onward Algoma Orchards to a packing plant. Last year we visited another farm in the west end. Although it was an amazing trip, we didn’t get to see any of the apples on the trees as it was November and picking was done for the season. You can watch that video here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8J1BnQXSSI&t=239s
This trip was made mid October and although Apple picking is finished for the most part, the trees are still laden with Ambrosia that is picked in the mid to late fall.
We started off at Wilmot Farms in Bowmanville. This farm is owned by the Stevens Family Charles and Judi and their daughter Courtney. Courtney is the seventh generation farmer in the Stevens family!
Ian Parker, Orchard Manager is very knowledgeable and it blew my mind to learn how much strategy and science in involved in keeping the apples safe. Everything is calculated, the height that the tree is allowed to grow to, and the distance between each tree and the rows. The trees are also thinned so they produce the right amount of apples. If it tree is over producing there are many methods to trim back the apples to maintain quality; including thinning, pruning and applying certain products. Machines such as frost fans are used to suck in the cold air and push it upward, pushing the warm air back onto the orchard. The difference even if it’s a few degrees can save the crop. They also protect the crop from hail using a hail cannon.
Apple Fact: There are 15 different main varieties of apples are grown on nearly 16,000 acres in Ontario
This farm grows about 10 varieties of apples at this time of year the Ambrosia is ripe for the picking. The Ambrosia is a fairly new apple discovered in British Columbia in the early 1990’s. This was found growing in the orchard among another apple variety. This fruit is typically picked late fall.
Many of the trees in the Orchard that are done for the season have a lot of fruit on the ground. In commercial growing, if the apples touch the ground, they cannot be sold under Food Safety protocols. I asked the farmer why the fruit couldn’t be saved by installing a net and the answer he gave me made perfect sense – when the apple falls, even if it is caught in a net, when it collides with another apple it will bruise, which makes it unsellable. Also the cost of picking the apple on the ground for organic waste or cattle feed is labour-intensive & too expensive, so the best is to leave it on the ground to fertilize the soil for next year’s crop.
Our group of eager bloggers had plenty of photo ops to get up and personal with these beautiful fruit. Here you see my friend Puneeta from Maple and Marigold look for the perfect shot!
Other bloggers on this trip were The Kitchen Fairy, Eclectic Soapbox, Nutrition Artist, Little Sweet Baker, The Viet Vegan, The Messy Baker, The Cookie Writer, Imagelicious, Carmy – Run Eat Travel, The Unlikely Baker, How To Eat, Nomadic Nutritionist, Weekend at the cottage & Baking for Friends – check out their recipes too!
As I was busy admiring the flawless fruit that Eve lured Adam with, I spy a group of pickers! These pickers typically are seasonal agricultural workers that come from Mexico and Barbados to work in the orchard and pick fruit every year. They live on the farm for between 4-8 months and then either transfer to another farm, or go back home till the next season.
The farmers that run this farm are filled with passion and love for the apples. This farm also grows blueberries and you can pick your own in season.
After a busy morning trudging through the apple orchards, we were served a delicious apple themed lunch and these gorgeous apple centrepieces made by the owner Judi Stevens caught my eye.
After lunch we made our way to Algoma Orchards to meet Kirk Kemp a partner with Mike Gibson. In addition to running apple farms they run a top notch apple packing & storage facility and juice processing plant.
Apples arrive by the bins and start to move in massive streams of water to wash the apples and removed any stems and leaves. It is also a gentle way to move the apples through the grading process. This minimizes bruising and damage to the fruit.
Anything that hasn’t come off will be manually picked off.
The apples are then photographed 50 times and monitored by a machine. The fruit that are less than perfect are separated from the perfect fruit.
These move on belts like a highway of apples where they are cleaned. This plants can process 9000 cases of apples per day.
Kirk Kemp, guides us through the plant and we hang on every word.
The apples are kept in temp controlled storage rooms till they are ready to be packed.
Once the apples are ready to be sold to the grocery store, they move through the plant on the belts and are sorted and boxed by staff.
Apple Fact: The top five varieties in Ontario (based on acreage planted) are McIntosh, Gala, Empire, Red Delicious, and Northern Spy.
Many of the popular store brands you see are packed right here. Boxes of apples are rushed out of here onto trucks to make it into stores for you!
And what does one do when one has way too many apples? Make apple juice and cider of course. Algoma Orchards invested in a state of the art facility to make apple juice that supplies many big brands. Their tanks are insulated which gives them much longer shelf life.
There is a lab on site that monitors the quality of the apple juice.
Apple Fact: It takes four apples to make a glass of pure apple juice.
This chamber controls all (I can’t remember what the specific task of this chamber is) the tanks and everything is temp controlled and computerized.
To keep the facility germ free, the ground is filled with soap suds.
And on our way out we were were sent home with a nice big bag of apples! Yummmm
Now that you know so much about apples, you’re going to love how I developed this recipe for a sweet and savory treat. These Stuffed Spiced apples are brined, then stuffed with a savory filling with herbs and topped with Cheddar. The Apples are just about cooked till the cheese melts to maintain that nice crunchy and juicy exterior. If you’re having a sit down Fall or Christmas lunch or dinner, this is the perfect start to the meal and looks incredible.
I was gifted a large bag of Galas and I decided to use this in this recipe. You can find the right type of apple to use in your recipes by following this guide – http://onapples.com/apple-usage-guide
Although the Gala is not recommended for baking, I only let it go in the oven for a few minutes so the cheese melted to preserve that crispiness. Have apples been brined before? I have no idea, but I think it’s a great idea!
I start with a sweet savory spicy brine and soak my cored apples in so they absorb some more flavour.
While they soak, I prepare a quick filling using ground Chicken, spices an herbs. This is stuffed into the cavity, topped with cheese and baked for a few minutes. Super delicious!
Here is the super simple recipe!
Ingredients
- tesr
Instructions
- tes

Apple Facts courtesy of http://onapples.com/apple-facts
Check out my other Apple recipes:
Candy Apples: https://kravingsfoodadventures.com/candy-apples/
Cheddar crust Apple Pie: https://kravingsfoodadventures.com/candy-apples/
Curried Chicken Salad – https://kravingsfoodadventures.com/curried-chicken-salad/
More pictures!
Hey there! I realize this is sort of off-topic however I needed to ask.
Does running a well-established website like yours
require a massive amount work? I am brand new to operating
a blog but I do write in my journal on a daily basis.
I’d like to start a blog so I can share my personal experience
and feelings online. Please let me know if you have any kind of ideas or tips for
new aspiring blog owners. Appreciate it!
erythromycin eye
ez8lt
tyxeg
hcvx
online prescription for ed meds canadian drugs
https://drwithoutdoctorprescription.site/ buy prescription drugs without doctor
cialis low price tadalafil 20mg best price
ed meds online without doctor prescription canadian online drugstore
best non prescription ed pills comfortis for dogs without vet prescription
Hey there! I’ve been following your web site for some time
now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you a shout out from
Huffman Texas! Just wanted to mention keep up the excellent work!
what Does Cialis Cost?
certainly like your website but you have to test the spelling on several of your posts.
Many of them are rife with spelling issues and I to find it very bothersome to tell the truth however I’ll
surely come back again.
https://drwithoutdoctorprescription.online/# canadian pharmacy online
buy prescription drugs from canada amoxicillin without a doctor’s prescription
canadian online pharmacy buy prescription drugs without doctor
canadian drugs buy prescription drugs without doctor
how Long Does Cialis To Kick In?
https://drwithoutdoctorprescription.com/# buy anti biotics without prescription
fougera erythromycin ophthalmic ointment
pain meds online without doctor prescription buy prescription drugs online
prescription drugs without prior prescription dog antibiotics without vet prescription
Bollinger bands is a method of chart analysis. Based on the normal distribution, it is assumed that current prices of a cryptocurrency are more likely to be close to the mean of past prices than far from it. Bollinger bands are often used to make buy or sell decisions. Disclaimer: Our site’s sponsors pay for press releases. Please do your research before investing in or buying their products or services. We are not responsible for any losses you may incur. This site’s articles do not represent financial or professional advice. Google also utilizes our site to promote its services and goods. Caution is advised while dealing with advertisements. Investing in cryptocurrency may result in a 100% loss of your capital. Disclaimer: Our site’s sponsors pay for press releases. Please do your research before investing in or buying their products or services. We are not responsible for any losses you may incur. This site’s articles do not represent financial or professional advice. Google also utilizes our site to promote its services and goods. Caution is advised while dealing with advertisements. Investing in cryptocurrency may result in a 100% loss of your capital. https://curiouswonderer.com/community/profile/muoisteinke8484/ Technical glitches and other issues have plagued BTC adoption among Salvadorans in the last month. Let’s see what happened in the last month of BTC as a legal tender in El Salvador. The ups and downs of Bitcoin continue at the beginning of the week. The crypto currency is again trading in the range of 36,000 US dollars today. At the time of going to press, the price of the digital store was trading at $ 36,206, up 1.12 percent. Ethereum is both a platform that allows for the creation of decentralized applications and a currency. The currency, Ether, fuels the platform. Its incorporation of smart contracts, which allow for anonymous agreements on the Blockchain, spawned the DAO (decentralized autonomous organization). To continue, please click the box below to let us know you’re not a robot.
buy stromectol canada https://ivermectinuni.com/
neurontin action medicine neurontin blood work side effects of neurontin how to get gabapentin prescribed
dapoxetine hydrochloride buy priligy buy en cuales farmacias venden priligy argentina how to use dapoxetine and sildenafil tablets
buy plaquenil online friends program
over the counter viagra viagra from india
stromectol otc
https://sildenafilmg.shop/# cost of viagra
п»їviagra pills viagra shop
viagra price order viagra online
https://sildenafilmg.com/ cost of viagra
viagra cost sildenafil
https://sildenafilmg.com/ viagra from india
zithromax 500mg tablet zithromax for sale uk how to get azithromycin over the counter what class of antibiotic is azithromycin
where can i buy viagra over the counter п»їviagra pills
viagra amazon cheap viagra online
buying viagra online sildenafil
hydroxychloroquine pills for sale hydroxychloroquine sulfate over the counter
вот такое
viagra without a doctor prescription usa viagra without a doctor prescription
3fittest
buy real viagra online sildenafil
doxycycline hydrochloride doxycycline 100mg generic
online pharmacy stromectol generic stromectol 6 mg
how to clomid buy clomid in canada
can you buy zithromax over the counter in australia zithromax generic cost
albuterol toddler albuterol 0.043 is albuterol short or long acting where can i buy ventolin nebules online
5mg cialis cost buy cialis online best over the counter viagra substitute no viagra needed when you try this
amoxicillin buy no prescription can i purchase amoxicillin online
ivermectin cost generic ivermectin 12 mg
buy clomid for men clomid 100mg coupon
https://zithromaxforsale.shop/# buy zithromax canada
amoxicillin 200 mg tablet amoxicillin 750 mg price
doxycycline 40 mg capsule where can i buy doxycycline online
clomid online no prescription medicine clomid 50mg
buy plaquenil generic hydroxychloroquine hcq over the counter
https://buynolvadex.store/# tamoxifen moa
generic lasix lasix dosage
http://ivermectinetc.com/ ivermectin without a doctor prescription
ivermectin online
furosemide 40mg furosemide 40mg
pbs viagra sildenafil 50 is it legal to order viagra online where to buy real viagra
comment utiliser viagra viagra acheter en ligne viagra pour femme et homme plante qui remplace le viagra
tamoxifen hip pain tamoxifen postmenopausal
https://buylasix.icu/# lasix medication
https://buylipitor.store/# lipitor 20 mg where to buy
Прямой эфир 12 канала онлайн.. Кино
тор любовь и гром смотреть онлайн.
Прямой эфир 12 канала онлайн.
liptor generic for lipitor
Где смотреть онлайн бесплатно.
Фильм Тор Любовь и гром 2022 года.
Фильмы онлайн · Фильмы онлайн
— Фильмы онлайн высокого качества (HD, 720p)
where can i buy neurontin from canada neurontin 100
https://gabapentin.icu/# neurontin 600 mg tablet
How do I shorten a URL for free? bit.ly
How do I shorten a URL for free? bit.ly
The Martingale is the most famous roulette strategy around. In fact, at first glance, it looks foolproof. Like most things associated with online roulette, it is very easy to understand. The method works best with the even money bets, for example, red or black, odd or even. As you can probably tell, the spinning of the wheel and the number picked by the ball are almost based on luck. We say almost because some wheels may be rigged or biased, which is not cool. Regardless, since the roulette roll is not in your control, what you can do is use the best roulette strategy for betting and tip the odds in your favor. Luckily, in roulette, you can bet on several numbers, even more than half of the roulette mat if you like. This positive betting system is based on letting your winnings ride. For example, you have set a win goal of $200 for yourself and intend to start with an initial bet of $10. You start by staking your $10 on red, 25 Red comes up, and you collect $20 in total. Then you bet the $20 you have just won on black and win again, collecting $40. You bet your $40 on the six-line placing your chips between 4 and 7 thus covering numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Number 7 hits and as your bet returns at a ratio of 5 to 1, you collect a net profit of $200, thus reaching your win goal for the session. If you lose at any stage prior to achieving the win goal, you go back to your initial bet sizing of $10. https://salonstreet.com.hk/community/profile/staceyfarringto/ When you are looking for free spins to play on casinos, finding the right ones is not always that simple. Many things should be considered if you want the best possible value out of your casino offers. Wagering requirements, deposit amounts, or slot restrictions, for example, are important for players to know about. We will address these issues on this page for your convenience.To facilitate your process, we have created a search tool that allows you to filter out various features from Canadian online casinos and specify, among other things, the number of free spins, no deposit spins, what are the wagering requirements, etc. You won’t find a tool like this anywhere else than Bojoko! The good thing is that you arrive at continue everything winnings. Sure, there canada no deposit free spins are many advanced bonuses noted from the BonusFinder. You receive yet free spins no deposit incentives whenever playing at the cellular casinos. Once you have reported FS, playing web sites is actually inviting the newest people which have an initial deposit bonus bring.