It's finally apple season so maybe you'll find some good ones grown this season that haven't been shipped in from some far-off land.

I've never tried freezing apples, but thought I might give it a try one of these days.

Apples for the Freezer

2 tablespoons salt
1 gallon water
(this is the proportion, if you are doing a lot of apples you might need two or three batches of this)
Apples

Peel and slice the apples directly into the salted water. Let stand, covered, about 15 to 20 minutes, no longer than an hour). Drain and cook in boiling water for 1 minute, then cool in ice water. Drain. Package and freeze. Some cooks like to spread the apples on cookie sheets lined with plastic wrap to freeze them, and then store in freezer bags. That way, you can get just as much or as little as you need.

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My grandmother used to make sauteed apples to go with patties of breakfast sausage for dinner.

Fried Apples
Thinly sliced apples, unpeeled
Butter
Salt to taste
1/2 teaspoon sugar

Melt the butter into a frying pan and slice the apples into it. Sprinkle with salt and sugar, cover, and cook slowly until soft.

I know this recipe is no big deal, but every time I make it, I think of that grandma cooking supper in her kitchen. She had one of those old stoves with the raised oven on the side and listened to the 5 o'clock news on the radio while making dinner. Come to think of it, she never had a television set. In fact, even after my cousins moved into the house after my grandma died, I don't know where they had their TV set. Now I need to go email someone and ask.