It was a beautiful autumn day and the apple trees in the orchard were heavy with ripe fruit. The wind rustled through the leaves and the apples fell to the ground with a soft thump. Emma and her brother John were out for a walk in the woods and came upon the orchard. They saw the apples lying on the ground and decided to have a little fun.
They started throwing apples at each other, laughing as they dodging out of the way. Soon they had quite a pile of bruised apples at their feet. But one particular apple caught John’s eye. It was big and red, and it looked perfect for eating. He picked it up and took a bite, but something wasn’t right. The apple was sour!
Emma laughed at her brother as he made funny faces after tasting the sour apple. But then she spotted another apple that looked just like it, only this one was green! She decided to give it a try too, and sure enough, it was sour as well. The siblings tasted several more apples, some red, some green, but they all tasted sour. They couldn’t figure out what was going on until they noticed an old woman watching them from afar with a smile on her face.
“What’s wrong with these apples?” shouted Emma.”Oh nothing,” said the old woman, “they’re just sour because they’ve been pickled!”
Emma and John were both a little upset that they had been eating sour apples. But the old woman assured them that it was all part of the fun. She explained that pickled apples are a traditional autumn treat in these parts, and Emma and John should be honored to have been given a taste.
The old woman told them that if they want to try making their own pickled apples, all they need is a jar, some sugar, and of course, plenty of sour apples! She showed them how to mix everything together, and before long they had their very own batch of pickled apples.
Now every autumn, Emma and John look forward to going on walks in the woods and finding their own hidden stash of sour apples to make into delicious pickles!
A few years after Emma and John first discovered the old woman’s pickled apples, they had both moved away from home. But every autumn, they made sure to visit their parents and take a walk out to the old apple orchard. And of course, they always brought along a jar of pickled apples to share with the family.
One year, when they were both in their early twenties, Emma and John decided to start their own pickled apple business. They rented a small farmhouse on the edge of town and filled it with all the supplies they needed to make hundreds of jars of pickles.
Now, every autumn, people come from all over to buy Emma and John’s famous pickled apples. The siblings have never forgotten their humble beginnings in the little apple orchard, and they always make sure to leave a few jars of pickles for the old woman who started it all!
The pickled apple tradition started many years ago with a woman who loved to experiment with different flavors. She was always coming up with new recipes for her family and friends to try, and one day she decided to try pickling apples.
She started by gathering up some apples from the trees in her backyard. Some were red, some were green, and she even found a few that were yellow! She peeled and cored the apples, then sliced them into thin strips. Next, she mixed together sugar, vinegar, and water in a big pot.
She added the apples slices to the mixture and let them soak overnight. The next day, she took a taste of her creation and was delighted to find that the apples had taken on a delicious sour flavor. And so the tradition of pickled apples was born!
One autumn day, Emma and John were out for a walk in the woods and came across a small stream. They followed it until they came to a clearing, and in the center of the clearing was a huge tree. Its trunk was as thick as a house, and its branches reached high into the sky.
The siblings had never seen anything like it before, and they climbed up into the tree to get a better look. As they climbed higher and higher, they started to notice strange things happening. The leaves on the branches were starting to turn red and gold, even though it wasn’t fall yet!
And when they looked down, they saw that the ground was covered in apples. Red apples, green apples, yellow apples… there were so many of them! Emma and John filled their pockets with apples and climbed back down the tree. They knew they had discovered something special, and they vowed to keep it a secret between them forever.
