Spending our summers on a 40 acre peach orchard in Western Colorado that my Grandparents owned has made us very picky about the peaches that we like.
Most of us peel our peaches before we eat them.
Most of us will not appreciate a peach that is too firm since tree rippened peaches are the best.
We prefer pies thickened with tapioca instead of flour or other thickeners.
In my immediate family the controversy rages over cake cobbler (Heather) or biscuit cobbler (Linzi). Unfortunately no cobblers will be hurt this summer.. We have no sink or oven.. we are waiting for 700 square feet of kitchen. bedroom and art room to be added.
In recent years Dad and I have been farming in our backyards these wonderful white peaches. They are very sweet. I don't know why but I think there is a virus that prevents Colorado orchards from raising white peaches.. Dad would probably know.
His variety is called Babcock. It is older (at least 30years) and mine is called Sugar Lady (about 15 years old). This is the first year that I have had a mature crop. I planted the tree four years ago. We have a bushel this year and the neighbors and I have been enjoying them. White peaches are very sweet and have less acid in them. There is a significant drop in acid from his peaches to mine. Mine when tree ripe, almost loose their peachiness. There is a temptation to eat these early as they acquire average sugar when green.
Walked today and put together a deck chest to hold the fertilizers and provide some more seating on the front patio area.
I definitely side on the cake cobbler side... this was Nellie's recipe: 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar and 1 cup milk, baking powder and salt (a teaspoon or so of each), don't forget the vanilla.
ReplyDeleteOne of my earliest memories of Bayard is his hands using a pocket knife to skin a peach in the orchard. The sight of the almost orange skin of the peach, dripping the juices over his hands, mmmmn! Nothing quite like a Colorado peach!
...some of us are too impatient to peel our peaches before gobbling them up on the way home from the farmer's market...
ReplyDeleteLove the blog, pbrownie!
mmm, CAKE, that's right!
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