Apple Creations?

Question

This weekend I went to the Bob Evans Farm festival and I saw one exhibit where I really wanted to buy something and learn to make the things myself. They cut apples into slices and preserved them in paraffin. They said the apples would last forever like that. They also scented the apples with cinnamon. They made baskets and other things out the apples, one apple basket had real flowers preserved with paraffin, which they said would last forever as well. Has anyone here ever heard of this, I would like to know how to make them myself? I tried searching the internet and can't find anything.

I would like to learn how to make them, and maybe use them in my wedding this April.

I would like to learn how to make them, and maybe use them in my wedding this April.

Thanks for your answer, I read the article and it was very interesting. But it was not what I am looking for it doesn't say anything about how they were preserved.

Answer 1

Apple Preserves
Make a syrup of one pound of sugar and to half a pint of water; add the thin outer rind and the juice of one lemon; let boil briskly for five minutes. Drop quarters of apples into the syrup and cook gently until clear; stand aside to cool. When cold, transfer carefully to jars and boil the syrup down. Pour over the apples and seal.

Gifts to Make

Candles
Paraffin; Old crayons; Cold water; Hot water

This one needs some supervision, but it's awfully fun.

Take paraffin and melt it (boil some water in a big pot and put the paraffin in an old coffee can inside the pot of water). Fill some small little water balloons with water. Take old crayons and melt them into the paraffin to add color. Dip the water balloon (holding the tied end) into the melted paraffin. Keep the paraffin about 1/2-inch from the top of the balloon. It works great if you dip in hot water then dip in the bucket of cold water to cool it. Just keep dipping until there is a thick layer of paraffin around the balloon. Let it dry overnight and harden. Then pop the balloon, and fill the shell with more melted paraffin and a wick. The candles turn out really cool shapes. You could try dipping hands in the mixture and make candle hands…

Cinnamon Ornaments
1 large bottle ground cinnamon (about 1 cup); 3/4 Cup applesauce

Combine cinnamon with applesauce to form stiff dough (adding additional applesauce if necessary). Roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutter. Make hole for ribbon. Carefully place of wire rack to dry. Let air dry several days but turn occasionally. Makes 12.

Flower Preservative I
1 pt Powdered Borax; 2 pt Cornmeal; Covered cardboard box; Fresh flowers

Thoroughly mix borax and cornmeal. Cover the bottom of the box with 3/4 of an inch of this mixture. Cut flower stems about 1 inch long. Lay the flowers face down in this mixture. Spread the petals and leaves so that they lie as flat as possible. Do not place flowers too close together. Cover the flowers with 3/4 of an inch of the mixture. Place the lid on the box and keep at room temperature for 3 to 4 weeks. This is an excellent way to preserve corsages or flowers from someone special. Try daisies, pansies, apple blossoms, asters, violets, and other flowers with this method. They will stay summer fresh indefinitely.

Flower Preservative II
Fresh Flowers (roses, pansies, violets, sweet peas, chrysanthemums, zinnias, marigolds, daisies); Florist's wire; Airtight container such as -a coffee can; Plastic bag; Borax; Wire or string; Soft brush

Pick flowers at the peak of their bloom. Remove the stems. Make new stems with florist's wire. Run wire through the base of the flower and twist the two ends together. Line the coffee can with the plastic bag. Pour enough borax into the plastic bag to cover the bottom to a depth of 1 inch. Place flower face down in the borax. Pour about 1 inch of borax over the top of the flower. Add more flowers and borax until the container is full. Gather the top of the bag, squeezing out all the air inside it. Fasten shut with wire or string. Place lid on can and set aside in a dry place for at least 4 weeks. Remove flowers from borax and carefully brush away all borax with a soft brush.

USES: Flowers preserved in this way make colorful "permanent" floral arrangements. Flowers picked at the peak of their bloom remain fresh looking indefinitely.

TO USE: Using the wire stems, makes an attractive flower arrangement as you would a fresh-flower bouquet.

Answer 2

What in the international is creation technology? i've got in no way heard of that. There are people who have faith in creation, and a great sort of incorporate scientists, yet there's no examine application that i'm attentive to that's talked approximately as creation technology. i've got faith that everyone genuine technology proves we've been created, because it may ought to when you consider that we've been. If there have been a creation technology, i'm specific that the atheists could do despite they could to suppress it. do not subject, you will determine it out ultimately. with any luck before that's too previous due for you.