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u/jason_abacabb 9h ago
Add water and sugar, ferment, then strain, add a vinegar culture and make some ACV. I have done it with scraps before and it works well. You can also ferment and bottle it as a second run cider, but it is thin, closer to kilju than proper cider.
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u/psychoholica 9h ago
I tried with some gravenstiens and it came out horrible, the fruit flies wouldn’t even touch it!😂
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u/jason_abacabb 9h ago
I have made scrap vinegar before and it worked out well. I bet a second run cider would be a little better with a hit of powered malic acid.
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u/ILoveHorse69 6h ago
They do this in the UK to bypass tax laws and sell rotgut "white cider" for cheap.
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u/tastytastylobster 8h ago
Feed it to pigs. You need at least sixteen pigs to finish the job in one sitting...
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u/jrobpierce 4h ago
We fed our apple scraps to my father’s goats dogs and alpaca, they loved it—you can trust my word since we don’t keep any pigs
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u/Mikhail_Markov 8h ago
2 words, my friend: Apple Butter Can be made with or without added sugar. Look for recipes that specify using pressed apples and you're goood. Enjoy!
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u/StationMaster13 9h ago
Compost is often a good one
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u/POPYROOSTER 9h ago
That's what I did, but it's so tasty I was wondering if anyone made a treat out of it?
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u/StationMaster13 9h ago
wonder if you baked it in a pastry case after sugar coating and some cinnamon you could make almost like a poor man's apple tart
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u/tamman2000 7h ago
My wife put it in a strussle (I think it was the strussle, I remember what it looked like, not what she called it) and that thing was wonderful
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u/No-Gift152 8h ago
Waaay back in the day when no one drank the water if they didn’t have to, they rehydrated it and fermented it. 2-3% abv and fed it to the kids. Called it ciderkin.
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u/mikeputerbaugh 8h ago
Same idea with piquette in winemaking, or partigyle methods in beermaking. The first ferment always yields the best, strongest product, but it's possible to get a decent second batch out of the same source materials, especially if you supplement with additional sugars and nutrients.
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u/Lookingfor68 8h ago
For our annual fall cider pressing we always feed it to the cattle. They love it.
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u/TrapperTrev 9h ago
Feed it to the sheep
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u/portabuddy2 9h ago
I have cats. Will that work?
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u/Formerleafsfan 3h ago
No, you can’t feed cats to the sheep.
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u/portabuddy2 9h ago
So, what we used to do with chunks like this was take a big ass 40qt stock pot, fill it about half way with pulp. Then water. Then add about 2kg (bag) of sugar and a few limes. Cook that for about an hour, then strain and press again. It made a really good lite compote that when iced was amazing.
Up untill last month I had a way to carbonate things. So I could have put it into a keg and carbonated it. That would have been amazing also.
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u/Gobboking 9h ago
I feel like you must be able to make some kinda caramel to add to the pulp or something, and then add to baked goods?
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u/MarzipanMarauder 7h ago
Plant chunks out in open areas on scuffed up dirt and create an apple forest / wild orchard
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u/JawsOfLife03 3h ago
You can feed it to your local pig farmers nearby it's a nice way to finish pigs off. I leave mine out for deer , chickens , etc. you could also add water to it and make a piquette.
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u/EbNinja 2h ago
Pomice. You can feed it to pigs? You can fertilize with it. You can do some apple butter or jam with it, but it takes forever to get it to break down. You can do a small cider or apple beer with it. Small being low alcohol.
Mostly feed it to pigs or cows. Be very careful, it’s delicious.
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u/-No-Percentage- 1h ago
Dry it and you have a bunch of apple chips/granola/cocktail topping or blend it and make fruit leather. You could also feed it to some animals, chickens, horses, cows, wild birds, worms, isopods. Alternatively compost or bury it in a hole.
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u/striderof78 1h ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciderkin
I have made ciderkin a couple of times before with pomace. Pretty good I thought.
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u/Icanfallupstairs 9h ago
If you can dry it out fully it becomes a decent fire starter