Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder, I am not. I decided yesterday to harvest the peaches from our tree. First off, I only kept about half and threw the rest that I deemed "gross" into the lake. Even the good ones looked kind of spotty, but not really sure what homegrown peaches should look like. So then after researching on the good ole internetz I decided I could freeze them for later. I washed them, made a syrup from water and sugar to pack them in, and started boiling water to peel the skins off. It took awhile, but I finally got them to start peeling, then dunked them in cold water to help with the process. It was at this point that I started cutting them open and slicing them up. By the time I cut out brown spots I probably only saved about 1/2 a peach. Then, on top of that, every other peach had a little white worm (gagging as I recall this) so those peaches went straight to the trash. I am living in constant fear that I didn't catch some of the bugs in the 'good' peach pile. So after about 4-5 hours of work, I have 8 SNACK size ziploc bags in the freezer, of which I may never eat as I think of the worms *shudders*. Now starting at that poor apple tree...ugh...