OT: question about applesauce

My jam recipes have a bit of butter to cut down on the foam that can form on the top of the fruit mixture, in the pan and in the jar. Not sure but it might be the same for applesauce? HTH, Taria "off kilter snipped-for-privacy@somwherequiet.net" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@f10g2000vbf.googlegroups.com...

Maybe because everything is better with butter :) But I've never put butter in applesauce. Back in the days when I did a lot of canning, I used my Foley mill for making applesauce . I washed the apples, cut them in quarters, cooked them until tender with a little water, and put them through the Foley mill. No peeling or coring necessary. The peelings and seeds stayed in the mill. A potato ricer could be used in a similar way, but isn't too efficient if you're making a lot of applesauce. The applesauce does have more color than when the apples are peeled.

Julia > Ok, so I finally got around to making homemade applesauce with my

It gives it a richer flavour that goes well with pork and ham.

Other than the fact that butter makes everything taste better, nope, can't think of a single reason.

:-)

Cindy

"off kilter snipped-for-privacy@somwherequiet.net" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@f10g2000vbf.googlegroups.com...

Thanks everyone....I'm thinking Kate is on the right track.....but butter does make things taste better...lol.

It went over to mixed reviews....the adults loved it, the kiddos...not so much. In fact, DD said that she didn't like cinnamon in her applesauce...um, hello?? All the applesauce we've gotten has had SOME cinnamon in it. Maybe it was just more than she was used to, who knows.

I took one jar over to my friend who is recovering from surgery. Her in-laws were supposed to be here until the 16th, but have now decided to leave this Friday, so she is a little bummed about that. Then she told me that they planned a cookout tonight, but of course, she couldn't go, so she was stuck at home alone. Argh....oh, and her hubby is trying to get her off the pain pills already - she just had surgery on the 30th!!!

Regardless, I told her the recipe and she said she's looking forward to having some tomorrow. I will also be heading over to hang out with her for a little while so she isn't just sitting in bed in an empty house......

Thanks again, everyone!

Larisa

there is apple butter or applesauce to replace butter. never heard of butter in applesauce. seems silly to me to put fat into all that lovely delicious applesauce. defeats the purpose imo. butter makes everything taste better???? you and Paula Dean, eh. j.

"teleflora" wrote ... Other than the fact that butter makes everything taste better, nope, can't think of a single reason.

:-)

Cindy

The best apple recipe I ever made was apple butter made with apple concentrate taking the place of sugar. Cooked those darned apples for HOURS. Oh my it was good. Cinnamon and cloves and -- a little bit of butter. So delicious. And made with just plain old apples, nothing fancy. Yum.

Sunny

I use Bramley apples, a little sugar, and a knob of butter. Also a pinch of salt if the butter is unsalted. We make it fresh each time it is needed. It's not a thing to make in batches and keep...

One Bramley Seedling (about the size of a large grapefruit, and somewhat less sweet!) One heaped tablespoon of sugar

Peel, core, and chop the apple Put everything in a small saucepan with a lid and cook on a low heat until the apple is well mushed. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.

When cooked, beat smoothish with a wooden spoon and serve warm with roast pork. Bramleys mush down really well, but you need to leave it with a little texture. It should not be dead smooth, like cream.

Makes enough for about 6 decent portions, if the apple is large enough.

On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 17:09:59 -0500, off kilter snipped-for-privacy@somwherequiet.net wrote (in article ):

I don't really know. Maybe because butter just tastes so good? ;-)

Maureen

All that I am, I owe to butter.

And donuts.

Cindy

I had 2~

:-)

Cindy

Nobody is going to live forever even if they don't eat any donuts. My personal belief is that I'll never miss those three minutes of life that I lose because I ate a donut. But I would mourn not eating donuts- and other 'naughty' foods that I love- mourn every day.

It's a quality of life issue for me. Donuts, ice cream, chocolate and REAL butter win every time. I don't want to live forever without those! LOL

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I don't eat them and do miss them... I don't want to live forever without them either, but neither do I want to live the time I *do* have in pain. So I live without the doughnuts, butter, and full fat ice cream. I occasionally have butter as a treat, or a bit of cake, or a Skinny Cow, and manage without the pain. Quality of life again. We're all different. ;)

I watched my diet and exercised all my young life. I got cancer. I survived. I decided at that point, I was not going to deny myself what I enjoyed. I try to stay in my normal weight range, I don't like to buy clothes. But I don't hesitate to eat gravy if it's offered. I just don't eat it ALL.

That said, if, like Kate, the foods I love made me FEEL bad, I wouldn't eat them. I don't mind the dying so much as the being sick.

OTOH, I have a favorite Aunt and Uncle who will not eat anything that is not good for them. They are in their 80's! They are VERY healthy and I have no doubt that their lifelong diets and exercise have contributed to their well being, but come on! Have a piece or 12 of pie! It's good! They drive me crazy.

Cindy

I rarely deny myself good eats. I bake a lot and guess I just choose truly wonderful 'bad' foods that are not good for you. I know what I put into my home baked goods. They are top notch and worth eating. ; ) I really never in my life have been on a diet. We have cut fat around here though. I think I just use donuts as the line in the sand at what just has no redeeming value for me. I never feel great after eating them but actually the eating the really great part. Lunch today is going to be berry cobbler made by me with home grown berries. Now that is good eats! A friend is on nutrisystem right now and keeps threatening to come over and eat some of my treats as her 'cheat'. I am proud. : ) Taria

Prezackly!

I just make low fat yummy me-friendly pie! My Christmas mince pies are made utterly yummy by using and all rice flour shortbread for the pastry, and tiny so that 2 or 3 FEELS like pigging out but really isn't! :D

And most of the time I prefer half fat creme fraiche to double cream.

I prefer the Weight Watchers way: treats not cheats or sins.

MOST of the time I cook the WW way, and adapt things to suit my low wheat/almost zero fat/low sugar way of cooking chicken 9 million different ways. It's not so much that as the limited coffee, zero red wine, low beer intake, no red meat, no full fat cheese thing that gets me...