Historic Los Rios Rancho November 29-December 1, 2024
Riley's at Los Rios Rancho
39611 Oak Glen Rd. #13, Yucaipa, CA. 92399
Free admission,
losriosrancho.com
There's no better place or way to honor tradition than at this historic
California rancho, with its annual Apple Butter Festival held Thanksgiving
weekend. (The event will be held each year after Thanksgiving Day, unless
otherwise noted).
Making apple butter has been a long tradition spanning several hundred years in
America. Pioneer families made apple butter from the last of the season's crop. When canned properly, it lasts
longer than applesauce and makes a fantastic gift or family treat. In colonial
times apple butter was a practical way to preserve the apples throughout the
year and a pleasurable way to preserve community spirit.
Families are invited to share the tradition on Thanksgiving weekend at Rileys at
Los Rios Rancho. Hands-on demonstrations of apple butter making in a big copper
kettle outdoors, visitors can "start the snitz" and "add the money". If you
don't know what that means, you will learn on a visit to the farm. There will be
pioneer crafts and games, music, carriage rides, and other fun activities
rekindling memories of a simpler time.
Pioneer families made a custom of
gathering together in late fall to cook up apple butter from the last apples of
the season. It was a practical way to preserve the apples throughout the
year and a pleasurable way to preserve community spirit.
Annual Thanksgiving weekend Apple Butter Festival celebrates this fine old
tradition, and we invite families to come up and share in it. We'll have a
hands-on demonstration of apple butter making the old-time (and slow!) way -
outdoors in a big copper kettle. Come learn how to "start the snitz" and "add
the money", plus enjoy pioneer crafts and games, music, carriage rides, and lots
more.
Admission to the Festival is free; there are small fees for some activities.
The Festival admission is free (small
fees for some activities). Tickets are required for the hoedown on Saturday
night and include a supper of Pumpkin Bread and Harvest Soup.
Oak Glen and Los Rios Rancho include: History, early settlers and pioneer
ranches. Pictures private collections, the Glen's journey from agriculture to
agritourism, and from a purely farming community to Southern California
destination events planning and marketing.
Events are not guaranteed. It is your responsibility to confirm before going.