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| - I'm so upset that we got rained out (and yes, we waited for almost an hour in the car just in case the rain stopped) and we couldn't really partake of the "picking" from this adorable orchard. What happened instead was that we paid 4 bucks to take a hay ride to the back of the orchard (about a 5 min ride; I can't really tell distance because I'm not sure how fast a tractor goes) and then back again because it started pouring! Oh well, we should have looked at the forecast. But there were plenty of people there, so it wasn't only us dummies.
Anyway, after we realized that the rain wasn't going to stop, we got a pumpkin, a teeny pumpkin for Lorelei, a butternut squash, and two bags of apples. So far, they have gotten rave reviews. The squash yielded the best soup I've ever made of this type (uh, yeah, it really does pay to get 'em from a farm instead of Giant Eagle). I made apple crisp and apple pancakes with the apples, and there's still half of both bags left! Hmmm...baked apples next? I'm also going to try my hand at pumpkin pie from scratch, because last time I used pumpkin to make something (soup) it was a jack-o-lantern and even though it tasted good, I am looking forward to using a real "pie pumpkin" (smaller) for this project.
I would recommend this orchard even though we didn't get the full experience of picking. It was really friendly, had a playground for kids and a cute little market out front. We will be back!
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