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  • As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. Joan Gussow

    Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are. Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

    If we're not willing to settle for junk living, we certainly shouldn't settle for junk food. Sally Edwards

    If organic farming is the natural way, shouldn't organic produce just be called "produce" and make the pesticide-laden stuff take the burden of an adjective? Ymber Delecto

    Food is an important part of a balanced diet. Fran Lebowitz

    He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well. English Proverb

    All I really need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt! Charles Schulz

    Soup is liquid comfort. Author Unknown

    Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. Voltaire

    The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. Chinese Proverb

    It's bizarre that the produce manager is more important to my children's health than the pediatrician. Meryl Streep

    I prefer to regard a dessert as I would imagine the perfect woman: subtle, a little bittersweet, not blowsy and extrovert. Delicately made up, not highly rouged. Holding back, not exposing everything and, of course, with a flavor that lasts. Graham Kerr

    There is a lot more juice in grapefruit than meets the eye. Author Unknown

    Dyspepsia is the remorse of a guilty stomach. A. Kerr

    Sugar is a type of bodily fuel, yes, but your body runs about as well on it as a car would. V.L. Allineare

    After eating chocolate you feel godlike, as though you can conquer enemies, lead armies, entice lovers. Emily Luchetti

    Happiness is life served up with a scoop of acceptance, a topping of tolerance and sprinkles of hope, although chocolate sprinkles also work. Robert Brault

    Plant a radish, get a radish, never any doubt. That's why I love vegetables, you know what they're about! Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt

    We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons. Alfred E. Newman

    When baking, follow directions. When cooking, go by your own taste. Laiko Bahrs

    Eat little, sleep sound. Iranian Proverb

    Hunger is the best sauce in the world. Cervantes

    One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright

    As the days grow short, some faces grow long. But not mine. Every autumn, when the wind turns cold and darkness comes early, I am suddenly happy. It's time to start making soup again. Leslie Newman

    Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree. Astrid Alauda

    Most of the food allergies die under garlic and onion. Martin H. Fischer

    I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

    My soul is dark with stormy riot, Directly traceable to diet.Samuel Hoffenstein

    Researchers have discovered that chocolate produced some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two, but can't remember what they are. Author Unknown

    A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. Old New York Proverb

    Anyhow, the hole in the doughnut is at least digestible. H.L. Mencken

    Stored away in some brain cell is the image of a long-departed aunt you haven't thought of in 30 years. Stored away in another cell is the image of a pink pony stitched on your first set of baby pajamas. All it takes to get that aunt mounted on the back of that pony is to eat a hunk of meatloaf immediately before going to bed. Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com

    No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. Channing Pollock

    Chocolate is like medicine - but as with medicine, the key is the proper dose. Don't overdo it. Edward "Grandpa" Jones

    Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables. They probably get jet-lagged, just like people. Elizabeth Berry

    Chemicals, n: Noxious substances from which modern foods are made. Author Unknown

    The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them. Ralph Waldo Emerson

    It would be nice if the Food and Drug Administration stopped issuing warnings about toxic substances and just gave me the names of one or two things still safe to eat. Robert Fuoss

    The spirit cannot endure the body when overfed, but, if underfed, the body cannot endure the spirit. St Frances de Sales

    This is every cook's opinion -no savory dish without an onion, but lest your kissing should be spoiledyour onions must be fully boiled.Jonathan Swift

    The breakfast slimes, angel food cake, doughnuts and coffee, white bread and gravy cannot build an enduring nation. Martin H. Fischer

    Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. Jim Davis

    Food is so primal, so essential a part of our lives, often the mere sharing of recipes with strangers turns them into good friends. Jasmine Heiler

    After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile. English Saying

    In general, mankind, since the improvement in cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. Benjamin Franklin

    There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves. Thomas Wolfe

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September 8, 2009

Making Applesauce: Family Style

After eating flavorless applesauce from the store, thinking about the homemade stuff makes me salivate. So when I found a smashing deal on small, tart apples at the farmer’s market, I had to go for it. Besides, my handsome honey loves tart apples.

Tart Apples from Farmer's Market

I was excited about throwing all these small apples in the pot and cooking the halves, but after we started cutting it was obvious there were lots of worms in them. We perservered and cut out bad parts for a while.

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After 3/4′s of the pot was full, I gave up and …

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pulled out the apples I bought last week from the farmer’s market.

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No worms. A full pot in 5 minutes flat.

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A moment of silence, please. These pots are . . (sigh) the most amazing cookware I’ve ever used. They function at very low temperatures, so my food isn’t cooked to absolute death every time I make something.

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My old pots used to burn every time I cooked batches this big. They have little whistles on the top of every lid. I use medium heat until the whistle sounds. then I close the vent and turn the heat to low.

Everything cooks faster in just a little water (which keeps in the vitamins), with much less energy. My friend Ray from Oklahoma, taught me all about using them (3 years ago), and I’ve been a happy cook since.

A quick wash for sparkling jars.

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Raquel is pushing the cooked apples into the fruit strainer (Back to Basics).

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It spits out the pulp and seeds and pours out beautiful sauce.

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Lily and Seth have to get in on the action.

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The kids love the tart sauce with a bit of brown sugar. I use unrefined sugar called Sucanat (dried cane juice) and savor its crunchy texture. Here’s Nathan, Joel and Raquel inhaling it as fast as I can dish it.

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I add a shake of cinnamon before pouring it in the jar. Yum!

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Finished with about 8 quarts-not enough to bother steaming and sealing them. I just stuck them in the outside fridge, since we’ll probably eat them all within a couple weeks.

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A girl in our town orders a semi truck load of Yellow Delicious and Fuji apples every October. I’ll do another big batch then, enough to last us more than a few weeks . . . I hope.

See the video we made for fun:

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