Comments on: In the Archives: The Girl Who Burned

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:56:50 +0000

Dave: What a wonderful memory. That sounds absolutely delicious. We always pick apples in the fall and dry ‘em but I never thought to make applesauce. Might have to try it.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:11:41 +0000

Laura,

It is definately a fruit press, made for mainly apples. I remember my grandmothers, that always sat in her kitchen next to her fruit canning jars and lids. We used to help her turn the handle and watch the juice flow out of the bottom into a large bowl. She made the best cinnimon apple sauce I ever tasted. Great memories I had almost forgotten.

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:12:26 +0000

Andrew: Thank you for your comment. I was astounded to learn of the scale of the operation…so early in the century. A few scattered descriptions of the agonizing pain made me realize how badly she suffered (shudder).

Yet she did, amazingly, survive and go on to get married and have kids…I imagine that even today with modern medicine such a good recovery would be seen as pretty amazing.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 28 May 2010 12:06:03 +0000

That was an amazing article. Made my skin crawl. I love it when I get a physical reaction from reading something.

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:40:32 +0000

Mr. Richards: Yes, the area is famous for its pioneer stands of…….olive trees….. :D :D

By: Pete Richards

Pete Richards — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:07:22 +0000

Personal sized extra extra extra oh, heck, extra virgin olive oil press?

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:23:43 +0000

Wendy: Still another good guess; looks like that, doesn’t it?

By: Laura Bien

Laura Bien — Fri, 28 May 2010 00:23:17 +0000

Cosmonican: That’s funny, I was just reading about cheese presses today in a book about home life in colonial times. Very labor-intensive, but nowhere near as labor-intensive as processing flax! There are at least 40 steps to the latter…sheesh.

By: Wendy Woods

Wendy Woods — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:07:19 +0000

Was it used to grind coffee beans to make coffee?

By: cosmonıcan

cosmonıcan — Thu, 27 May 2010 22:01:14 +0000

With a little help from your hints, I would venture that a mass of curds wrapped in cloth would be placed inside this device in order to squeeze out the whey, later to be hung and aged for a tasty block of cheese.